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Message: <blockquote data-quote="BryonD" data-source="post: 5729436" data-attributes="member: 957">I think this is the key point.But beyond that:There have always been divisions.  But it is the shape of the divisions that should be considered, not just their presence.At the height of 3E, anyone who claimed there was not a split in the D&D community simply had their head in the sand.  But it really wasn't a topic of conversation.  The proportions of the split that are important.  I don't think any of the anti-3E holdouts were any less emotional, nor any less valid in their opinions, than anti-4E holdouts now.  The qualities of the disagreement were ultimately highly similar.  But I doubt anyone was claiming that those differences constituted a significant split in terms of market share.  Trying to please everyone is a plan for failure.Trying to cast as large a net as possible, on the other hand, is a good idea.Confusing one for the other is a mistake.It is tempting to point out that the quotes in the OP are all from the roll out period of 3E.  When 5E comes out X years from now the same type of doom-saying will come.  But if X+3 years later the doom saying is bearing out for a lot of the market, that will be bad.  If, on the other hand, X+3 years later it is just a few voices in a market that is clearly dominated by 5E, then the unavoidable fact that some people are displeased will be both insignificant and generally not even worthy of conversation.</blockquote>