A letter in support of 4e

[Badwe]

I love 4th edition, it's my favorite edition since 3.5. I have also been a fan of magic for over a decade of my life. Many of the criticisms levied against good people like scott rouse are also brought to bear against mark rosewater. Both are much better at helping to shape a game into something of a higher level than either gets credit for.

 

[Jack99]

Undersigned,

[Wormwood]
Devoted gamer since 1979

ps. "You must spread some Experience Points around before giving it to alleynbard again."

Got you covered.

 

[Dannyalcatraz]

Here is what I wrote:

Dear Mr. Leeds,
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and

However, I would write the following letter:



Dear Mr. Rouse and all gamers who work for WotC and were instrumental in the creation of 4E:
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I'm no fan of 4Ed, but I think sending those letters is damn classy.

Good on ya!

 

[Greg K]

I'm no fan of 4Ed, but I think sending those letters is damn classy.

Good on ya!

agreed

 

[hong]

Dear Greg Leeds,

I too love you. Let me tell you how much I've come to love you since I began to live. There are 387.44 million miles of neurons in complex tangles that fill my brain. If the word 'love' was engraved on each nanoangstrom of those hundreds of miles it would not equal one one-billionth of the love I feel for you at this micro-instant. Love. Love.

 

[Windjammer]

Well, I won't endorse a letter praising a game to a man who is not a gamer, and other than strategic direction, probably had nothing to do with the game that's actually in yours and my hands.

I think the original incentive for addressing the letter to Leeds is that he received negative fan mail (a pretty safe speculation, if you ask me). Since he, and not other people, presumably took the main gist of that, the poster thought it fitting to send the letter to Leeds as well. I agree, not least because though you make a valid point you seem not to have read the letter to its end (speaking of which, I wonder if Leeds will):

Could you please pass on to the designers how much many of us appreciate their work and that they should keep doing what they are doing. They have struck the perfect balance between classic revival and refreshing change.

That said, I much rather endorse the letter you wrote for several reasons,

1. Brand management isn't solely the Rouse's fault, and the PDF decision almost certainly wasn't his fault at all.
2. They deserve thanks for both editions they created, though their marketing has tried their best to convince us in the past year just how rotten 3E is. Sad to see them belittle their own accomplishment.
3. Dedicated gamer and not customer. That sums it up. Or, to appropriate Samuel Clemens (“A patriot supports his country all the time and his government only when it deserves it."):

A D&D gamer supports his game at all times, and its current license holder only when they deserve it.

 

[Aus_Snow]

<---snip--->

Hang in there and, GAME ON!

Yeah! I fully endorse your letter, El Mahdi. Classy, and sums it up pretty durn well.

XP++

 

[wedgeski]

Well, I won't endorse a letter praising a game to a man who is not a gamer, and other than strategic direction, probably had nothing to do with the game that's actually in yours and my hands.

Do we know this guy isn't a gamer? If not, that's a hell of an assumption.

 

[Andor]

Dear Greg Leeds,

I too love you. Let me tell you how much I've come to love you since I began to live. There are 387.44 million miles of neurons in complex tangles that fill my brain. If the word 'love' was engraved on each nanoangstrom of those hundreds of miles it would not equal one one-billionth of the love I feel for you at this micro-instant. Love. Love.

Y ... You ... you just paraphrased a line from "I have no mouth and I must scream" into praise (Creepy stalker praise, but praise.)

I think that may be the most perverse thing I've ever seen on the internet. Kudos.

 

[Grimstaff]

Wd