Eric's Annual Trip down Memory Lane
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FreeXenon
American Male (he/him); INTP ADHD Introverted Geek
Dittodiaglo said:
When I heard 3E was coming out I searched the web hard and wide for the best 3E news site I could find and D20Reviews was it. Once I found it I checked it every.... single.... day.
I only lurked then but saw a huge and active group.
I was almost in tears when I heard that he was closing up shop and someone else was going to take up the reins. What would these 'people' do to this wonderful 3e site. I imagnined the horrible things 'they' would do to destroy and mangle it.
Fortunately, none of that came to pass. ENWorld rocked then and it still does today! Thanks Eric for the beginning! Thank you everyone else that keeps this alive and hopping today!
Olgar Shiverstone
Legend
Cool.
I'm such a newb. I didn't start lurking until Dec '00, and joined later in 01 (under a different name, then).
I'm such a newb. I didn't start lurking until Dec '00, and joined later in 01 (under a different name, then).
EricNoah
Adventurer
On a more serious note ... it is ironic that even yesterday I got some major scoops about the future of D&D. It is sounding like some of our most paranoid fears are in fact in the works.
4E already in the works? Check.
Even more miniatures-centric? Check.
Much smaller bundles of game info, packaged and sold separately? Check.
A plan to possibly sell off RPGs entirely? Check. (Apparently only miniatures and Magic are making any money for WotC).
Unfortunately I can't go into how I got the info or who gave it to me. And I don't think even WotC knows when they're going to announce anything. I got the impression that timing such an announcement with GenCon was no longer seen as optimal or necessary. But please take all as unsubstantiated speculation ... as usual!
So there you go -- enjoy your corn flakes!
4E already in the works? Check.
Even more miniatures-centric? Check.
Much smaller bundles of game info, packaged and sold separately? Check.
A plan to possibly sell off RPGs entirely? Check. (Apparently only miniatures and Magic are making any money for WotC).
Unfortunately I can't go into how I got the info or who gave it to me. And I don't think even WotC knows when they're going to announce anything. I got the impression that timing such an announcement with GenCon was no longer seen as optimal or necessary. But please take all as unsubstantiated speculation ... as usual!
So there you go -- enjoy your corn flakes!
Kaodi
Legend
The Ol' Days
I'm not sure when I first starting posting here, though it was I think at least three to four months before the release of 3e, so late 1999 or early 2000... Word was going around in the old Wizards chat that a new edition of D&D was coming out, and slowly I think everyone was directed to Eric's site. I've never been a prolifigate or influential poster, but I have always enjoyed Eric's and Morrus' sites.
Man how time flies... next month is the six year anniversary of the release of 3e, is it not? I was so happy that they were coming out with a new edition. All I had were a set of 1e books that I had bought at a garage sale, so 2e was mostly lost on me, though I still it a little online (I joined that back when it was still TSR, with TSROs instead of WizOs...). The new edition was a chance for me to get an understanding of all the books that had come out, and to maybe have something approaching a complete collection... Well, that lasted for about as long as it took for the next book after the MM to be released, hehehe... And I'm one of those people who has never bought a 3e adventure, though I get Dungeon often enough... There has just never been one that seemed just right to me, at the right time... As it is, I have 16 hardcovers and 1 softcover out of... how many? A whole bunch!
Anyway, while I dread the day that 4e is announced (and hope is never is), I hope that this community lasts until then, and well beyond. Maybe by that time, the site will be run by someone else, but who knows. I haven't learned to read the future.
Yet.
(Ack, maybe I should of read Eric's post above more closely before posting...)
I'm not sure when I first starting posting here, though it was I think at least three to four months before the release of 3e, so late 1999 or early 2000... Word was going around in the old Wizards chat that a new edition of D&D was coming out, and slowly I think everyone was directed to Eric's site. I've never been a prolifigate or influential poster, but I have always enjoyed Eric's and Morrus' sites.
Man how time flies... next month is the six year anniversary of the release of 3e, is it not? I was so happy that they were coming out with a new edition. All I had were a set of 1e books that I had bought at a garage sale, so 2e was mostly lost on me, though I still it a little online (I joined that back when it was still TSR, with TSROs instead of WizOs...). The new edition was a chance for me to get an understanding of all the books that had come out, and to maybe have something approaching a complete collection... Well, that lasted for about as long as it took for the next book after the MM to be released, hehehe... And I'm one of those people who has never bought a 3e adventure, though I get Dungeon often enough... There has just never been one that seemed just right to me, at the right time... As it is, I have 16 hardcovers and 1 softcover out of... how many? A whole bunch!
Anyway, while I dread the day that 4e is announced (and hope is never is), I hope that this community lasts until then, and well beyond. Maybe by that time, the site will be run by someone else, but who knows. I haven't learned to read the future.
Yet.
(Ack, maybe I should of read Eric's post above more closely before posting...)
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