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Message: <blockquote data-quote="tx7321" data-source="post: 3269992" data-attributes="member: 43146">As a long time lurker, and someone that started playing D&D back in the late 70s, I found it amazing that the water temp here had gotten low enough to jump back in the pool.  I suspect alot of others who prefer 1E and OD&D feel the same way.  So, I don't see any reason to turn the temp. back up and boil us back out.   <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f609.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=";)" title="Wink    ;)"  data-smilie="2"data-shortname=";)" />   If anything, ENworld, as a community, has been very friendly and warm to those who prefer 1E in the last 6 months.  I think a few posters brought up 1E after OSRIC got released.  And when they weren't jumped on, others followed.   ENworld used to have a bad reputation as being intollerable toward players of "other versions".  Perhaps the looming 4E has given you a since of empathy, as you are (in probably under a year) going to be unsupported by WOTC.  Anyhow, I agree with MerricB, that talking about the history of D&D and comparing editions is "fun".  And I also agree with Treebore, to each there own.  You can't expect every player to prefer 1 game universally, think about it, we're all different people with different personalities (some math geeks/programers, some into history, others into fantasy novels, still others into acting out theatricly, etc.).  Everyone preferring 1E or 3E would be like everyone buying only 1 model of car from 1 manufacturer.  OD&D players seem to gravitate to it because its so simple.  1E because its fast but complex (and a bit more developed then OD&D developed) enough to hold their interest, 2E for the epic stories, and 3E because of its slick system and abilit to build PCs in a customized way (forgive me if I'm wrong here).  I realize thats a gross simplification, but its clear each system has its own market, and the players that prefer that system probably have other things in common.  What irritates people is that WOTC promised everything to everyone and didn't deliver.  C&C came along to rectify that, and now OSRIC has come along to go even further back.  I'm sure before long there will be a OD&D style OSRIC (perhaps Diaglo will write it) for publishers of OD&D support material.   Now that we all have a supported game we can buy (OSRIC the book will be for sale at sometime) its much easier to have discussions comparing the different versions of D&D without it getting so heated.  I also agree with the other poster who said, some of the 3E players in here might be getting defensive....DON'T!!!  Look at the polls going on what game you prefer (one I started).  This place is still strongly 3E territory...and we are just guests.  And if we use ENworld as a place to find more of us (other lurkers who might see there's other people playing 1E or OD&D) then be happy for us.  Remember, the same thing might eventually happen to you.  ENworld may one day become 4E territory, and you may find yourself trying to find others who remember 3E and want to talk about it.      Anyhow, thats my 2 cps.PS as MerricB stated, comparing editions is fun and educational.  If you don't feel like you can contribute without getting upset, please don't.  I think alot of this frustration is from those that don't like to compare editions getting stuck in the middle of it.  Either just read the posts or don't open those threads at all and move on to something less stressful. Let those who enjoy friendly debate over systems (like MerricB and Treebore) have a place to do so.  No one is forcing you to open threads that you will get stressed by reading.  <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f609.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=";)" title="Wink    ;)"  data-smilie="2"data-shortname=";)" /></blockquote>

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