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<blockquote data-quote="Aberzanzorax" data-source="post: 4752275" data-attributes="member: 64209">Yes, and NO.&nbsp;This is the ONLY place that there was any announcement. Many, many people did not read this ONE (1) piece of information. There were (at risk of giving an incorrect number or estimation) oodles of other pieces of information everywhere else, including printing in the books, pamphlets and displays sent to retailers, all of their electronic press, etc. that said it WOULD be ready, and what the components of it would be (things that still aren't out even now).&nbsp;I frequented the boards at WotC at the time. There was a TON of shock and surprise that Insider was radically incomplete. This was not a case of &quot;you should have been better informed&quot;, this was a case of WotC's practices leading to massive misinformation. It was a case of shouting about D&amp;D insider from the rooftops, and then printing one tiny retraction article that was not even entitled as a retraction article.&nbsp;&nbsp;Note the date on your source, as well....5/7/2008. This was a month before the launch on 6/6/08. Also, they knew this on 5/7/08, but not on 4/30/08? They couldn't have mentioned it then? (In the prior ampersand).&nbsp;Go check the WotC insider forums on 6/6/08...launch date. You'll see how many people/threads there are wondering where the heck insider (in its full glory) is.&nbsp;&nbsp;Worst of all...it wasn't until the forum members posted several complaint threads that they added the words &quot;coming soon&quot; to components of insider that didn't yet exist. An example of this:<a href="http://forums.gleemax.com/showthread.php?t=1043721" target="_blank">http://forums.gleemax.com/showthread.php?t=1043721</a>&nbsp;If you went to the main page of insider, you saw all of the components listed as if the were live. You could easily sign up (and many did according to their self reports on the forums) without realizing that you weren't getting everything you believed you were paying for.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Aberzanzorax, post: 4752275, member: 64209"] Yes, and NO. This is the ONLY place that there was any announcement. Many, many people did not read this ONE (1) piece of information. There were (at risk of giving an incorrect number or estimation) oodles of other pieces of information everywhere else, including printing in the books, pamphlets and displays sent to retailers, all of their electronic press, etc. that said it WOULD be ready, and what the components of it would be (things that still aren't out even now). I frequented the boards at WotC at the time. There was a TON of shock and surprise that Insider was radically incomplete. This was not a case of "you should have been better informed", this was a case of WotC's practices leading to massive misinformation. It was a case of shouting about D&D insider from the rooftops, and then printing one tiny retraction article [B]that was not even entitled as a retraction article[/B]. Note the date on your source, as well....5/7/2008. This was a month before the launch on 6/6/08. Also, they knew this on 5/7/08, but not on 4/30/08? They couldn't have mentioned it then? (In the prior ampersand). Go check the WotC insider forums on 6/6/08...launch date. You'll see how many people/threads there are wondering where the heck insider (in its full glory) is. Worst of all...it wasn't until the forum members posted several complaint threads that they added the words "coming soon" to components of insider that didn't yet exist. An example of this: [URL]http://forums.gleemax.com/showthread.php?t=1043721[/URL] If you went to the main page of insider, you saw all of the components listed as if the were live. You could easily sign up (and many did according to their self reports on the forums) without realizing that you weren't getting everything you believed you were paying for. [/QUOTE]

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