GreyLord
Legend
I was going to post this in reply of the news, but then noticed none of the news articles had replies, so figured maybe this was more of something that was more appropriate to be posted in other forums.
Supposedly we are celebrating Dragon's 400th issue.
Interesting dilemma. Since it's no longer in print (though you can print it out from the electronic form), is it really a celebration of it's existence, or merely the celebration that something on the internet has the name of a former in print magazine?
The closest I could compare would be Avalon Hill's Dune. Do we celebrate that it is 30+ years old since it still can be created on your own from electronic files or do we ask for it to be reprinted some day?
I suppose one could say it's survived in some form or other, and that's what we are celebrating. Even if it isn't in hardcopy, we still have new issues in soft copy.
Is the 400th copy going to even be compiled, or will it simply be a set of internet articles that are collected together via a bunch of links on one page that go to different articles?
How is it really different than any other internet site which has a bunch of links on a webpage to articles? They don't even compile them, and only the articles can be in PDF. Does that mean the webpage itself is the 400th issue?
Are they celebrating that something is still going on, even if it's only a single webpage full of links, that they are calling an issue, or should we mourn the demise of the In print versions of the magazine instead (meaning no more hardcopy, or if you want, no more compilations of articles into something that at least could be seen as a PDF magazine in electronic form)?
So which are you doing, celebrating the 400th issue, or mourning that not only is there no longer any hardcopy of the magazine, but that there isn't even something that you can collectively read with all the articles (PDF or other) in one go (such as going through the PDF, or otherwise).
I still figure one could call it a complete e-magazine since you can print off each article independantly and put them together for the magazine...though what do you do for a table of contents? Print of the main webpage?
So...perhaps a sour congratulations to WotC for it's allowing a e-magazine to carry the Dragon torch forward into the 400th issue and beyond.
I think of more interest than the 400th issue celebration is the new MC and Hybrid options...oh well, I suppose I'm a cynic in this way.
Your Thoughts?
PS: Sorry, trying to control my cynicism and sarcasm...obviously having a hard time of doing it.
Supposedly we are celebrating Dragon's 400th issue.
Interesting dilemma. Since it's no longer in print (though you can print it out from the electronic form), is it really a celebration of it's existence, or merely the celebration that something on the internet has the name of a former in print magazine?
The closest I could compare would be Avalon Hill's Dune. Do we celebrate that it is 30+ years old since it still can be created on your own from electronic files or do we ask for it to be reprinted some day?
I suppose one could say it's survived in some form or other, and that's what we are celebrating. Even if it isn't in hardcopy, we still have new issues in soft copy.
Is the 400th copy going to even be compiled, or will it simply be a set of internet articles that are collected together via a bunch of links on one page that go to different articles?
How is it really different than any other internet site which has a bunch of links on a webpage to articles? They don't even compile them, and only the articles can be in PDF. Does that mean the webpage itself is the 400th issue?
Are they celebrating that something is still going on, even if it's only a single webpage full of links, that they are calling an issue, or should we mourn the demise of the In print versions of the magazine instead (meaning no more hardcopy, or if you want, no more compilations of articles into something that at least could be seen as a PDF magazine in electronic form)?
So which are you doing, celebrating the 400th issue, or mourning that not only is there no longer any hardcopy of the magazine, but that there isn't even something that you can collectively read with all the articles (PDF or other) in one go (such as going through the PDF, or otherwise).
I still figure one could call it a complete e-magazine since you can print off each article independantly and put them together for the magazine...though what do you do for a table of contents? Print of the main webpage?
So...perhaps a sour congratulations to WotC for it's allowing a e-magazine to carry the Dragon torch forward into the 400th issue and beyond.
I think of more interest than the 400th issue celebration is the new MC and Hybrid options...oh well, I suppose I'm a cynic in this way.
Your Thoughts?
PS: Sorry, trying to control my cynicism and sarcasm...obviously having a hard time of doing it.
