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<blockquote data-quote="thedungeondelver" data-source="post: 5774681" data-attributes="member: 34865">Maybe it does fragment.&nbsp; Maybe it does.&nbsp; But here's the thing...WIZARDS OF THE COAST has paid a lot of lip service to the idea that &quot;It's all D&amp;D!&quot;...except that never meant anything.&nbsp; It's all well and good to tell a guy like me, an ardent AD&amp;D (1e only) fan that &quot;It's all D&amp;D man - we're all D&amp;D players, it's all the same!&quot;...except of course, y'know, the parent company yanked PDFs, there was the ad campaign for 4e...ahem.&nbsp; It's like they were actively trying to drive off &quot;guys like me&quot; (of ANY edition).&nbsp; Who was it from WIZARDS that said right in these very forums that to him D&amp;D was now 4e, or the occasional older game, but not 3e or 3.5?&nbsp; Anyone remember that?that's fragmenting; that's divisive.Maybe you guys and I never ever play the same game.&nbsp; Go look at the forums at rpg.net and somethingawful (yes, they have an RPG forum); there is some serious wailing and gnashing of teeth.&nbsp; There are folks in those places who have a serious hateboner about D&amp;Dn, and are determined to make their stand at 4e (4e grognards...whodathunkit! <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f600.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":D" title="Big grin&nbsp; &nbsp; :D"&nbsp; data-smilie="8"data-shortname=":D" /> ) - but the thing is now?&nbsp; Despite of the HUGE chasm separating that kind of gamer and myself, we're all back on the ship.&nbsp; Or rather, we will be.&nbsp; Can be.Even if things are fragmented, this time WIZARDS OF THE COAST are keeping the pieces (that's us!), and all in the same box, instead of throwing a bunch overboard.Now if you'll excuse me, I'm off to get another cup of this delicious kool-ade.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="thedungeondelver, post: 5774681, member: 34865"] [font=century gothic] Maybe it does fragment. Maybe it does. But here's the thing... [b]WIZARDS OF THE COAST[/b] has paid a lot of lip service to the idea that "It's all [b]D&D[/b]!"...except that never meant anything. It's all well and good to tell a guy like me, an ardent [b]AD&D[/b] (1e only) fan that "It's all [b]D&D[/b] man - we're all [b]D&D[/b] players, it's all the same!"...except of course, y'know, the parent company yanked PDFs, there was the ad campaign for 4e...ahem. It's like they were actively trying to drive off "guys like me" (of ANY edition). Who was it from [b]WIZARDS[/b] that said right in these very forums that to him [b]D&D[/b] was now 4e, or the occasional older game, but not 3e or 3.5? Anyone remember that? [i]that's[/i] fragmenting; [i]that's[/i] divisive. Maybe you guys and I never ever play the same game. Go look at the forums at rpg.net and somethingawful (yes, they have an RPG forum); there is some [i]serious[/i] wailing and gnashing of teeth. There are folks in those places who have a serious hateboner about [b]D&D[/b][i]n[/i], and are determined to make their stand at 4e (4e grognards...whodathunkit! :D ) - but the thing is now? Despite of the HUGE chasm separating that kind of gamer and myself, [i]we're all back on the ship[/i]. Or rather, we will be. Can be. Even if things are fragmented, this time [b]WIZARDS OF THE COAST[/b] are keeping the pieces (that's us!), and all in the same box, instead of throwing a bunch overboard. Now if you'll excuse me, I'm off to get another cup of this delicious kool-ade. [/font] [/QUOTE]

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