Could the Death of Dragon actually drive you from the Hobby?

[Torm]

And Pink Floyd and the Beatles aren't gone.

Because there will still be Beatles and Pink Floyd-like material released in commercials.

I think you are being a bit cruel and prejudicial to the sort of people that do and will produce Dungeon and Dragon like content on-line. To use your analogy more accurately, in my opinion:

Pink Floyd and the Beatles aren't gone. Because we will always have the original recordings, and because there are whole generations of new artists whose work shows their obvious inspiration.

And just because an artist, or in this case a writer, is paid to do that work by a patron you or I don't like or are mad at says little to nothing about the quality of their work or the heart they put into it.

 

[Grimstaff]

I think you are being a bit cruel and prejudicial to the sort of people that do and will produce Dungeon and Dragon like content on-line. To use your analogy more accurately, in my opinion:

Pink Floyd and the Beatles aren't gone. Because we will always have the original recordings, and because there are whole generations of new artists whose work shows their obvious inspiration.

And just because an artist, or in this case a writer, is paid to do that work by a patron you or I don't like or are mad at says little to nothing about the quality of their work or the heart they put into it.

1. I'm not being cruel. The simple fact is you can already get "Dugeon and Dragon-like" content on the web - for free - made by fans - in forums and sites like this. Its a whole different world from a magazine on a rack in a store. I can get all the sports scores I want from ESPN.com, but I still pick up SI to read on my lunch break. Not. The. Same. Thing. At all.
2. Dude, Beatles and Floyd are gone. Accept it. And to use your analogy right back (not mine, btw) we will always have back issues of Dragon to enjoy and I'm sure there are more than one 3rd party publishers contemplating jumping into the magazine game now that the King is Dead.
3. Again, this has nothing to do with artists or patrons or companies. The Magazine is Gone. Dead. Passed On. Bereft of Life it Rests in Peace. Sure, maybe there is one desperate individual out there who will actually drag his computer into the bathroom to read Dragon on the can, but its still just not the same thing, is it?

 

[questing gm]

I was just about to rely on Dungeon to feed my weekly session with something exciting to do...now that that is gone....i'm not sure if i'm going to have enough time for the creative part of the hobby....

 

[MoogleEmpMog]

It's not really relevant one way or the other, seeing as how IT ISN'T DEAD.

This year, I've bought three printed game books, all of them for business purposes; Star Wars Saga Edition will be the first I buy that I actually intend to use in a game. By contrast, I'm laden with cheap, convenient .pdf purchases - except that I'm NOT laden, because, unlike books and magazines, they don't weigh anything. All the content I've used from printed books, I've had to retype into usable - ie electronic - form.

Anyway, my roleplaying hobby is only peripherally D&D-related, and this certainly wouldn't drive me from, say, HERO 5e.

 

[Khairn]

Mad enough to give up the hobby? No.

Mad enough to never buy another WotC book again? Oh hell yes!

For the longest time I thought D&D was the ship on which the RPG industry sailed, with other boats tied to its rail. But over the last year or so I've changed my mind. I truly believe that as a hobby we are strong enough, and talented enough to handle almost anything.

The RPG industry does not need WotC to survive, but WotC does need the players to survive.

 

[Grimstaff]

It's not really relevant one way or the other, seeing as how IT ISN'T DEAD.

Denial is the first stage of Mourning.

Then Anger.

Then Acceptance.

We'll get there, together.

 

[(Psi)SeveredHead]

I think this thread is an over-reaction, and the poll choices biased. Couldn't you just say "yes", "no" or "maybe"?

Anyway, I voted for the second option, despite the bias. I don't really care one way or another.

 

[Imruphel]

The death of Dragon could drive me from the General RPG Discussion board if these threads keep clogging it up... hopefully the need to post new threads will subside, just like it did for this winter's 4e announcement speculation. Bah and feh, -- N

I've also found it interesting that one's ignore list grows at a rapid rate when these "viruses" hit the boards....

 

[Vigilance]

No, their dead.

Online content is NOT the same thing as a magazine you can take where you go. Thats an important feature.

IF the magazines were not making money, I can see why they would kill them and move online. But since they were healthy, this is stupid. And only aggrevates the customer base.

Could you stop throwing insults around?

Please?

I am excited about the idea of the mags going digital.

If that's "stupid", what does that make me?

CUT IT OUT.

 

[Waldorf]

Won't drive me away, but I'm finished buying their books for a while.

A long while.