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

[Vigilance]

And Pink Floyd and the Beatles aren't gone.

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

Cool!

With this logic, nothing great ever dies as long as it can be loosely replicated by a corporate entity in a cheaper format! Hoody Hoo!

No, this isn't the same as old material being regurgitated.

There is NEW MATERIAL ON THE WAY.

I just disagree with you.

 

[Ghendar]

I'm an angered and frustrated as anyone else but make me give up the hobby?

uh-uh. Let's not go nuts here.

What it will do is make me so disgusted with WotC as to make me start looking elsewhere for my gaming needs.

 

[Ghendar]

They haven't been "killed".

There will still Dungeon and Dragon-like content online.

For me, they have indeed been killed. I understand your point but I definitely do not agree with it. The physical substance of a paper magazine will ALWAYS be preferable (to me anyway) to e-content.

If that makes me a dinosaur, so be it. <shrug>

It's not a matter of 'us leaving the Hobby.' It's a matter of 'the Hobby is leaving us behind.'

Well said.

 

[Vigilance]

For me, they have indeed been killed. I understand your point but I definitely do not agree with it. The physical substance of a paper magazine will ALWAYS be preferable (to me anyway) to e-content.

If that makes me a dinosaur, so be it. <shrug>

I can see it being preferable. I like reading physical books too.

But do you not see the difference between "preferable" and "they have KILLED the hobby's lifeline, I am boycotting their products forever".

That's what I'm talking about. A lot of people have taken point 1 and confused it with point 2.

 

[Drowbane]

No.

I'll miss Dungeon and Dragon mag, but I expect Paizo's Pathfinder to fill the void. And even if it doesn't, my D&D lives on without a supporting magazine.

I hope Paizo carries on with the Adventure Paths! I haven't seen anything of Savage Tides yet, but I loved AoW and SC. Hopefully now Paizo can get AoW released in Hardcover.

Edit: I just read up on Pathfinder. So cool, Paizo is doing a new AP! What happens to Savage Tides? Will it be completed?

 

[Falkus]

I own exactly five copies of Dragon magazine, that were given to me by my cousin twelve years ago when I started playing DND. I can quite honestly say that the cancellation of these magazines will have no impact on my game.

And I also wonder, am I unique in that I don't particularly care about the format I get information in? I don't care whether an article is on the internet or in a magazine, I only care about the article.

 

[Steel_Wind]

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.

That could be said both ways.

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[Wombat]

Since those magazines made zero impact on my game, I can't see their loss driving me away.

 

[Vyvyan Basterd]

I won't stop playing the hobby. Hell, I could still be running OD&D and still having fun.

What WoTC has done is to piss me off enough to stop buying books from them that I don't need. Which is all of them. I've got the Core books plus others which offer more options than I will ever use.

IF they can prove that they are not killing the content of Dungeon that I truly want then I will become a customer again. Until then I have my books, a great group and my own imagination to sustain me for the rest of my gaming life.

 

[Alaric_Prympax]

No, not really, but it will make me reconsider any WotC products more except for EtCGH.