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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Knightfall" data-source="post: 3720162" data-attributes="member: 2012">Okay, I understand your point of view, but you don't seem to be getting mine.Sure they have stated that they will compile things and publish them in print format, but how can you be certain they will publish everything that goes up on D&D Insider? No one can make that claim, not even WotC can promise themselves that. And if that's what they're thinking then they're kidding themselves.And I don't resent the idea of WotC using a digital format. That's a great innovation. I do dislike the cost factor, but I understand why they feel the need to charge money to use their online toys.What I do resent is that these toys (character generator, virtual gametable) can only be accessed online. There isn't a version of these toys that I can use just on my own PC without having to deal with hundreds of thousands of other users accessing it at the same time.It's going to be slow and it's going to break down, a lot.If these toys were installed on my PC then I'd have a measure of control over them, but as online tools I must suffer the slings & arrows of Internet outages and D&D Insider servers failing. (I've worked in the computer industry so I know what I'm talking about. I won't say I'm an expert, however.)Plus, DRAGON and DUNGEON Magazine being forced down our throats in an online format just makes me mad. (I'd rather they'd cancelled the mags completely.)And remember that not everyone had Internet access. I do, and a few of my player's do, but a couple of them don't have the option to be connected. It is elitist to think that all D&D gamers have Internet access.It makes me worry that there will become a segment of D&D gamers who are treated as being second-class because they're not "connected". And those with access to D&D Insider may come to see themselves as being more in tune with the game than those who can't use it (or won't use it).Now, at this point, we don't know what the future will hold, but it makes me nervous. D&D is a social game, and it must remain so otherwise it's not D&D anymore. WotC has assured us that you don't need access to D&D Insider to enjoy every aspect of the game, but I wonder if that will still be true 2 or 3 years from now.Anyway, I've ranted enough on this issue. Back to the monster discussion.</blockquote>

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