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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Khairn" data-source="post: 3978937" data-attributes="member: 20153">Sorry but I see that I was less than clear in my post.  I should have said something along the lines of ... The cost of the DDI is more than when I subscribed to the mags.  Especially when you add in the cost of paper, printing and binding if you want to use any of the e-zines other than on your computer.  When I started buying the mags at the FLGS it was a decision to pay more as a way to support the store.  Now for those gamers who are overseas, I agree that the cost consideration is reversed.I might consider "mismanaged" to be strong, but I believe that its a valid description especially when you consider ...-Has WotC hit any of the target dates that they've set for the e-zines?  Even when they decided that both e-zines were now bi-monthly, did they hit the revised dates?  Nope, they didn't.  If any publisher of a physical magazine, missed 3 consecutive months of deadlines the subscribers should have been up in arms and the publisher would be justifiably embarrassed.  -Basic elements of a pdf publishing such as proper bookmarks, and a printer friendly version without the heavy borders are still not being offered.And I used the term "mismanaged" to separate the management of the e-zines from its content.   There have been some very good articles, especially in Dungeon where a couple of adventures have been excellent.  But with the amount of lead time WotC has had to prepare for the publishing of E-Drag and E-Dun, the quality of people they have hired, and the efforts they've taken to reassure their customers that they know what they are doing, the continuing stumbles and failures don't leave me with any kind of warm-fuzzy feeling for the future of the e-zines.</blockquote>

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