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<blockquote data-quote="BryonD" data-source="post: 2986684" data-attributes="member: 957">How about a great big &quot;So what!!!!&quot; ????Theory 1) This will impact my current game.Analysis)&nbsp; Tons of books on my shelf.&nbsp; Enough for a lifetime.&nbsp; Lots more that will drop in secondary market value if I really care to buy them later.Theory 1 goes down in flames.Theory 2) This will destroy 3rd party support / open gamingAnalysis) Looks at products that have come out this year.&nbsp; Correction: Looks FOR products that have come out this year.&nbsp; Finds the pickings extremely slim.&nbsp; Notes that everything considered by this writer to be of quality and designed with D&amp;D in mind is at least as much &quot;love of game&quot; as &quot;for profit&quot;, therefore will likely continue to trickle out post 4E.Theory 2 goes down in flames.Theory 3) Told ya so!!&nbsp; It is all just a money grabAnalysis) If this rumor turns out to be true, and that is a reasonably big if, then it will be late next year at the very earliest.&nbsp; So we are looking at 8 years or more.&nbsp; In this age that is not an unreasonable life span.&nbsp; Besides, if you discount the people who predict &quot;next year&quot; every year, because they will eventually be right but &quot;so what?&quot;, then you are down to the time frame that many people, myself included, have said for some time WOULD be a reasonable time frame for 4E. Oh, and god forbid they actually make money.&nbsp; I mean, heck, that may inspire talented people to work on the thing.&nbsp; Heaven forbid that.Theory 3 goes down in flames.I'm set for life and quite happy.When 4E does come along I will STILL be set for life.&nbsp; And I will still eb quite happy.If 4E is good enough to convert me then that will mean I have an even better game and I will be MORE happy.What's to fret?</blockquote>

[QUOTE="BryonD, post: 2986684, member: 957"] How about a great big "So what!!!!" ???? Theory 1) This will impact my current game. Analysis) Tons of books on my shelf. Enough for a lifetime. Lots more that will drop in secondary market value if I really care to buy them later. Theory 1 goes down in flames. Theory 2) This will destroy 3rd party support / open gaming Analysis) Looks at products that have come out this year. Correction: Looks FOR products that have come out this year. Finds the pickings extremely slim. Notes that everything considered by this writer to be of quality and designed with D&D in mind is at least as much "love of game" as "for profit", therefore will likely continue to trickle out post 4E. Theory 2 goes down in flames. Theory 3) Told ya so!! It is all just a money grab Analysis) If this rumor turns out to be true, and that is a reasonably big if, then it will be late next year at the very earliest. So we are looking at 8 years or more. In this age that is not an unreasonable life span. Besides, if you discount the people who predict "next year" every year, because they will eventually be right but "so what?", then you are down to the time frame that many people, myself included, have said for some time WOULD be a reasonable time frame for 4E. Oh, and god forbid they actually make money. I mean, heck, that may inspire talented people to work on the thing. Heaven forbid that. Theory 3 goes down in flames. I'm set for life and quite happy. When 4E does come along I will STILL be set for life. And I will still eb quite happy. If 4E is good enough to convert me then that will mean I have an even better game and I will be MORE happy. What's to fret? [/QUOTE]

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