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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Kzach" data-source="post: 5631707" data-attributes="member: 56189">Eh, I've long held the assertion that forum users are only a minuscule percentage of the overall player base and do not, even in this day and age, have that large an effect on things like D&D.This is where I feel WotC really lets itself down. I feel they pay FAR too much attention to the posts of forum users. In effect, I think it's the lazy-man's customer feedback. You see feedback and think a forum is a useful means of feeling the pulse of your customer base when in truth they're only a very small minority of vocal users who aren't even representative of the overall customer base.DDI, for instance. WotC have really shot themselves in the foot in terms of advertising this service. Most D&D players I sit down and play with at Living games or who I play with online, have never even heard of DDI. They have a few 4e books and are keen to play, but wouldn't have the faintest foggiest about all the forums and online content.The same goes for finding players. There are dozens of player finder resources out there these days. I have an advertisement on all of them. Yet, 9 times out of 10 when I get a response to one of my advertisements, it's from either word of mouth from someone I already know, or it's from a paper ad I've put up in a game store.</blockquote>