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<blockquote data-quote="Umbran" data-source="post: 301005" data-attributes="member: 177">Um, I haven't referred to Monte Cook or his essay at all.&nbsp; I have no idea why you think I would take it to be gospel truth.Correct.&nbsp; And, also an indication that I haven't gotten my point across.&nbsp; I am not saying they definitely are dungeoncrawling (though I'll admit to expecting it).&nbsp; I'm saying that the evidence to say they aren't is slim.&nbsp; More slim than the evidence to say that they are.&nbsp; As I said - RPG.net and EN world combined probably comprise less than one third of one percent of the gaming community.&nbsp; Call that important, if you want to.Also, two notes: 1) That 59% was as of 1999 - three years ago, prior to the release of 3E.&nbsp; One would presume that more people are playing D&amp;D these days.2) As I understand it, &quot;market share&quot; isn't measured in percentage of the customers, but in percentage of sales. The market doesn't recognize gamers who sit back playing without buying books. If D&amp;D players are buying tons of books, and players of other systems aren't buying books at all, D&amp;D dominates the gaming market.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Umbran, post: 301005, member: 177"] Um, I haven't referred to Monte Cook or his essay at all. I have no idea why you think I would take it to be gospel truth. Correct. And, also an indication that I haven't gotten my point across. I am not saying they definitely [i]are[/i] dungeoncrawling (though I'll admit to expecting it). I'm saying that the evidence to say they [i]aren't[/i] is slim. More slim than the evidence to say that they are. As I said - RPG.net and EN world combined probably comprise [i]less than one third of one percent[/i] of the gaming community. Call that important, if you want to. Also, two notes: 1) That 59% was as of 1999 - three years ago, prior to the release of 3E. One would presume that more people are playing D&D these days. 2) As I understand it, "market share" isn't measured in percentage of the customers, but in percentage of [i]sales[/i]. The market doesn't recognize gamers who sit back playing without buying books. If D&D players are buying tons of books, and players of other systems aren't buying books at all, D&D dominates the gaming market. [/QUOTE]

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