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Message: <blockquote data-quote="wingsandsword" data-source="post: 3250284" data-attributes="member: 14159">Let's see, about printing .pdf's. . .Printer ink is outrageously expensive.  I printed out a .pdf once, it was a one of those suppliments for an old edition of D&D that WotC put up, it cost more to print it than the original cover price of the product.  Taking a file to a copy shop isn't much of an option, as I've never gotten fair treatment at one because printing a commercial .pdf they automatically assume it's pirated and I've never managed to convince one it was legit (a free, legal download off the web, they just wouldn't believe it).  As for the whole "gaming in the 21st century" thing, why should I give up what works?  With my print books I don't have to worry about battery life on my laptop or power outages or windows crashing, or the hideously slow load times of .pdf's and time to page through them, or internet connectivity.  I can just pick up a book and take it anywhere, I can have them all up in my bookcases to look at the breadth of my collection.  I don't take my laptop gaming, as it's far clumsier to pack it up and pack up the AC adapter and to have to set that up and keep referring back to it than it is to just slip a few books in a satchel along with my dicebag and some pencils and paper.  Some people like to game with a computer at their side, I just think it gets in the way most of the time.If you're liking your .pdf downloads, go right ahead, but a lot of people are quite happy with using and buying books instead of computer files.</blockquote>

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