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<blockquote data-quote="Charles Dunwoody" data-source="post: 3764687" data-attributes="member: 17927">I haven't posted much on a D&amp;D site since Wizards cancelled D&amp;D. This thread got me thinking, though.When Wizards cancelled the magazines they had almost no internal staff posting on forums. We gamers were livid that they wouldn't talk, wouldn't answer our questions, wouldn't speak up.Now the designers have blogs, which by nature are fairly informal. And now Wizards is getting blasted for not sharing enough and not giving professional previews.While I hated the way Wizards handled the cancellations, I can start to see why they stayed quiet. They are now blogging and posting and now they aren't doing that right according to some customers.I've read every review that has come out for 4th edition. None have rules in them but some, like the elf preview, have great story in them. Wizards used to get blasted for too many mechanics and no story and now the previews get blasted if they have too much story in them.To me, the blogs show the designers are real people and real gamers. They play other games besides D&amp;D and they play D&amp;D a lot.I'm going to give Wizards a chance to provide more info. The designers have already stated they won't reveal the exact details on race and class because of the preview books coming out.So we have to wait. And since they are sharing some details with us, finally, I'm okay with that decision. At least I have a timeframe now.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Charles Dunwoody, post: 3764687, member: 17927"] I haven't posted much on a D&D site since Wizards cancelled D&D. This thread got me thinking, though. When Wizards cancelled the magazines they had almost no internal staff posting on forums. We gamers were livid that they wouldn't talk, wouldn't answer our questions, wouldn't speak up. Now the designers have blogs, which by nature are fairly informal. And now Wizards is getting blasted for not sharing enough and not giving professional previews. While I hated the way Wizards handled the cancellations, I can start to see why they stayed quiet. They are now blogging and posting and now they aren't doing that right according to some customers. I've read every review that has come out for 4th edition. None have rules in them but some, like the elf preview, have great story in them. Wizards used to get blasted for too many mechanics and no story and now the previews get blasted if they have too much story in them. To me, the blogs show the designers are real people and real gamers. They play other games besides D&D and they play D&D a lot. I'm going to give Wizards a chance to provide more info. The designers have already stated they won't reveal the exact details on race and class because of the preview books coming out. So we have to wait. And since they are sharing some details with us, finally, I'm okay with that decision. At least I have a timeframe now. [/QUOTE]

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