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<blockquote data-quote="The Choice" data-source="post: 6011159" data-attributes="member: 90669">You're right, but don't you agree that a cartoon is a pretty silly thing to get upset over.&nbsp; Particularly one that was meant to be &quot;funny&quot;?&nbsp; I mean, say it wasn't funny, that's a valid complaint.&nbsp; Say you disagree with the portrayal of gnomes and/or tieflings in the cartoon, that's a valid complaint.&nbsp; Say the style of animation was amateurish, say the voice acting grated on your nerves, say it was too violent, say it wasn't violent enough, say flash-style animation was &quot;soooo 2004&quot;, those are all valid complaints.&nbsp; But say you were &quot;insulted&quot; or &quot;upset&quot; with it, and I say you are either taking this silly little game too seriously or you, even before the game was released, made your mind up about this game and were looking for things to discredit it/be angry about.&nbsp;I don't agree with that statement.&nbsp; Could the publicity ramp-up to 4th Edition have been better handled?&nbsp; Sure, I think so, but I have enough sense to realize that I'm just some random guy with an internet connection, and not some marketing expert.&nbsp; If we go by the numbers, 4E wasn't exactly a flop; it did make the New-York Time's best-sellers list (non-fiction) and DDI brings in a few millions a year to WotC, a drop in the bucket compared to what MtG brings in, but enough to probably make it the most profitable edition of D&amp;D on the long run.&nbsp; If WotC's marketing did fail, if indeed 4E is a flop, I'll argue that some silly little cartoon, about a silly little race in a silly little game probably isn't to blame.&nbsp; There might have been some legitimate complaints about gameplay, there might have been people capitalizing on that fake or misplaced outrage, there might have been a failure to communicate adequately with the public (the price to pay when you decide your spokespeople are going to be your R&amp;D team, and not an actual marketing dept.), I don't know, nobody does.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="The Choice, post: 6011159, member: 90669"] You're right, but don't you agree that a cartoon is a pretty silly thing to get upset over. Particularly one that was meant to be "funny"? I mean, say it wasn't funny, that's a valid complaint. Say you disagree with the portrayal of gnomes and/or tieflings in the cartoon, that's a valid complaint. Say the style of animation was amateurish, say the voice acting grated on your nerves, say it was too violent, say it wasn't violent enough, say flash-style animation was "soooo 2004", those are all valid complaints. But say you were "insulted" or "upset" with it, and I say you are either taking this silly little game too seriously or you, even before the game was released, made your mind up about this game and were looking for things to discredit it/be angry about. I don't agree with that statement. Could the publicity ramp-up to 4th Edition have been better handled? Sure, [I]I[/I] think so, but I have enough sense to realize that I'm just some random guy with an internet connection, and not some marketing expert. If we go by the numbers, 4E wasn't exactly a flop; it did make the [I]New-York Time's [/I]best-sellers list (non-fiction) and DDI brings in a few millions a year to WotC, a drop in the bucket compared to what MtG brings in, but enough to probably make it the most profitable edition of D&D on the long run. If WotC's marketing did fail, if indeed 4E is a flop, I'll argue that some silly little cartoon, about a silly little race in a silly little game probably isn't to blame. There might have been some legitimate complaints about gameplay, there might have been people capitalizing on that fake or misplaced outrage, there might have been a failure to communicate adequately with the public (the price to pay when you decide your spokespeople are going to be your R&D team, and not an actual marketing dept.), I don't know, nobody does. [/QUOTE]

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