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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Jester David" data-source="post: 6965484" data-attributes="member: 37579">Not an alt; renamed my account to better fit the name I use elsewhere online. Why did I post on the 4e forums? Well, I posted on the "general D&D forums" on the WotC side for a while (and here). That was my forum of choice prior to the 4e switch. And on that site, the "past editions" forums were a ghost town waaaaay at the bottom of the page. (Unlike here where it's a few lines down and no scrolling is required.)After the switch, I posted for bitter, trolling reasons. That lasted for maybe six months or so. Then I grew a brain and realized that was a waste of my time. From then, I was critical, but tried to post relevant stuffs. And to get advice and discuss stuff for my ongoing 4e homegame, which ran for over a year (almost two). Typically spending as much time on the DM advice forum as the general one. I posted to talk general D&D - regardless of edition - to get advice, give advice, discuss new releases, speculate on future releases, and chat gaming as a whole. Picking an edition war helped with none of that. And taking shots at 4e derailed discussions more than not. Even valid complains inevitably started edition warring. Saying he "hates 5e with a passion" isn't relating his experience. Going onto any fan site and saying you hate what that community is about "with a passion" will draw fire and generally not lead to productive discussion.. Doubly so when his love for 4e is mentioned in the same post. That's drawing a line in the sand. Except he's not asking for help. He doesn't even detail the house rules he's using. He just identifies himself as a "power gamer", acknowledges he's already using houserules, and doesn't request any help with his game...The TL;DR for the OP is basically "Gave 5e a short, ran a game, still think it sucks." The best response to that is a "Cool story bro" GIF. Similarly, the only advice I can give is "go find a 4e game." He identifies as "the biggest 4e fan" so who am I to try and change that? If the people at AL like him as a DM, he try and convert them. Advertise at said store. Or put out a call for players on Roll20. Failing that he can maybe find a non-D&D game.If he just wants to complain about 5e then I'd direct him to <a href="http://screamintothevoid.com/" target="_blank">http://screamintothevoid.com/</a></blockquote>

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