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<blockquote data-quote="Reynard" data-source="post: 7659781" data-attributes="member: 467"><p>It goes well beypnd the impact of a singular digital tool like a character generator (especially for 5E since you can literally whip up a 20th level character in under an hour, much less so for the simpler builds). At issue is the general digital presence of 5E. People can talk about how they used to play (A)D&amp;D back in the day with nothing but their books and their dice (I am one of them, btw -- playing since 1985) but the fact is that the digital space is where hobbies thrive, especially niche ones. How do you find out about new releases? Online. How do you fine out when the next local con is? Online. Where do you go to look up something you need to know? Online. Ignoring the online space (or nearly ignoring it as WotC seems to be doing) is terribly ineffective for a hobby like table top roleplaying gaming. The old argument that only a small subset of games are active online is just that -- an old argument. it might have held water in 1999, but even then I doubt it. i remember talking about games on usenet and compuserve and certainly by the early 90s we were using AOL to organize games and play online. Ask [MENTION=80342]morris[/MENTION] if ENWorld would be as successful as it is if only a tiny fraction of gamers relied on the digital space.</p></blockquote><p></p>

[QUOTE="Reynard, post: 7659781, member: 467"] It goes well beypnd the impact of a singular digital tool like a character generator (especially for 5E since you can literally whip up a 20th level character in under an hour, much less so for the simpler builds). At issue is the general digital presence of 5E. People can talk about how they used to play (A)D&D back in the day with nothing but their books and their dice (I am one of them, btw -- playing since 1985) but the fact is that the digital space is where hobbies thrive, especially niche ones. How do you find out about new releases? Online. How do you fine out when the next local con is? Online. Where do you go to look up something you need to know? Online. Ignoring the online space (or nearly ignoring it as WotC seems to be doing) is terribly ineffective for a hobby like table top roleplaying gaming. The old argument that only a small subset of games are active online is just that -- an old argument. it might have held water in 1999, but even then I doubt it. i remember talking about games on usenet and compuserve and certainly by the early 90s we were using AOL to organize games and play online. Ask [MENTION=80342]morris[/MENTION] if ENWorld would be as successful as it is if only a tiny fraction of gamers relied on the digital space. [/QUOTE]

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