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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Umbran" data-source="post: 7664869" data-attributes="member: 177">I state so myself - yes, there was arguing.  But arguing and edition warring are not the same thing.  It is a lot the same, but it is a lot different as well, especially in terms of social structure, and the attitudes of the participants.  1999 was not the same as 2008 on the internet.Thus, as I said, there was no solid, emotionally invested 2e community present.  You are rather demonstrating my point - the community was different.As 3e ran, folks on the forums still had different experiences, but they also had unifying communications from places like this, WotC's site, and others - which were largely missing in the 2e era.  So, there wasn't a solid block of users to break apart - and thus no war.  In addition, much of our communication style about RPGs had changed significantly - The Forge, for our purposes, didn't really get rolling until 2001, after the 3e rollout, and like it or not, that work significantly impact how we approach discussing games.In addition, 1999 was back before either Facebook or Twitter, both of which have impacted communications styles, and are still doing so today.  We *couldn't* have argued over whether it is okay to tweet product status information when 3e rolled out!So, I think I can reiterate - the social and communication structures that were required for the Edition Wars to happen didn't exist in 1999.</blockquote>