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<blockquote data-quote="dave2008" data-source="post: 8793921" data-attributes="member: 83242"><p>[USER=6747251]@Micah Sweet[/USER] , I believe you are free to call whatever version of D&D whatever you want. However, I thought I would explain how I look at it. </p><p></p><p>I see the core game like an operating system. 2e was Windows 10, then 3e was like Mac OSX, and 4e as like Linux 10. Completely different structures. You can't mix and match without some type of translator. Softare written for Windows 10 doesn't work out of the box with Mac OSX. Now 4.5e (essentials) is like Linux 10.1. Same structure, just some pieces and parts update or revised. But software written for Linux 10 can still work with Linux 10.1 (and typically vice-versa). They are the same OS (edition). That is how I see 5e tp 1D&D. It is the same OS just with some updates. Software written for 5e (adventures etc.) still work it 1D&D. You don't need a translator. That, from my perspective, based on what we know now is the closet to reality. 1D&D is, IMO, a softer update / patch, not a new OS/edition. </p><p></p><p>That being said, you do you. It just feels more confusion to me if you call it 6e. It feels disingenuous, like your spreading FUD. That doesn't mean you are, it just feels that way to me. Just thought my perspective might shed some light on why you are getting pushback.</p><p></p><p>Now how long will it take for someone more versed in software to correct my analogy?</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="dave2008, post: 8793921, member: 83242"] [USER=6747251]@Micah Sweet[/USER] , I believe you are free to call whatever version of D&D whatever you want. However, I thought I would explain how I look at it. I see the core game like an operating system. 2e was Windows 10, then 3e was like Mac OSX, and 4e as like Linux 10. Completely different structures. You can't mix and match without some type of translator. Softare written for Windows 10 doesn't work out of the box with Mac OSX. Now 4.5e (essentials) is like Linux 10.1. Same structure, just some pieces and parts update or revised. But software written for Linux 10 can still work with Linux 10.1 (and typically vice-versa). They are the same OS (edition). That is how I see 5e tp 1D&D. It is the same OS just with some updates. Software written for 5e (adventures etc.) still work it 1D&D. You don't need a translator. That, from my perspective, based on what we know now is the closet to reality. 1D&D is, IMO, a softer update / patch, not a new OS/edition. That being said, you do you. It just feels more confusion to me if you call it 6e. It feels disingenuous, like your spreading FUD. That doesn't mean you are, it just feels that way to me. Just thought my perspective might shed some light on why you are getting pushback. Now how long will it take for someone more versed in software to correct my analogy? [/QUOTE]
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