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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Dannager" data-source="post: 5585698" data-attributes="member: 73683">No, criticism (at least, constructive criticism, which is what you ought to be going for) is when you say "I'd prefer it if your articles were [insert desires here]." Whining is when you say "Online Dragon isn't real Dragon," as though you are responsible for defining someone else's property.For reference:GOOD: "I'd prefer it if Dragon and Dungeon were available in print format because I like holding it in my hands to read."BAD: "WotC killed Dragon and Dungeon when they stopped printing the magazines. What they have online now is just a couple of imposters."You're right! Instead, it's magically beamed into a shiny box sitting on or near your desk, and you don't even have to leave the house!But that's not the point. The point I was making is that the people who dislike what Dragon and Dungeon have become are the same people who think that we shouldn't be calling it a magazine. This leads me to conclude that there isn't a problem with calling it an online magazine, because that term is close enough to correct that it can be reasonably used to describe it. Instead, the problem is with people upset with the content and presentation doing everything they can to criticize (or whine about) Dragon and Dungeon, and going so far with this criticism as to put some substantial effort into explaining how it's totally not an online magazine. This is the mother of all nitpicks. No one cares what word you use to describe it.And they can have those opinions. But it's been years, the bitterness hasn't gone anywhere, and the attitude of this portion of the gaming population is insanely disproportionate to the change that was made.No. Much of the time, I don't get what I want - including when it comes to WotC and their decisions. But I don't come online to whine about how I didn't get exactly what I want, and express my overflowing bitterness to the internet masses. I am aware that compromises must be made, that I'm not entitled to have every one of my desires catered to, and I am secure in the knowledge that I can make the best out of whatever changes or decisions are made.No, not all of the rest. Just some of the rest. A small, vocal some.</blockquote>

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