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<blockquote data-quote="TheAuldGrump" data-source="post: 5600601" data-attributes="member: 6957">Yep, it happens.And the saying 'You only get one chance to make a good first impression' definitely came into play. It is likely that I would never have liked, played, or run 4e, but the attitude displayed turned me from what might have been accepting apathy to active dislike.While there were elements of 2e that I very much disliked (I am looking at you Complete Book of Elf Cheese!) I never felt dislike for the game as a whole, thinking it, overall, was an improvement on 1e.When 3e came out there were nods and smiles towards earlier editions (including the sample of play from the 1e Dungeon Masters Guide, almost verbatim). There was a guide for updating characters to the new edition.4e did not bother with even that minor courtesy. (I will admit - a minor courtesy, but likely a whole lot of work, on a tight schedule.)Add the dumping of the OGL, and the way they dropped the licenses, and, well... you get the picture. It felt like WotC was going out of their way to get rid of every drop of goodwill that I felt towards them for saving D&amp;D. <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f631.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":eek:" title="Eek!&nbsp; &nbsp; :eek:"&nbsp; data-smilie="9"data-shortname=":eek:" /> If so, then they succeeded. And there had been a whole lot of goodwill to start with. <img src="http://www.enworld.org/forum/images/smilies/cry.png"&nbsp; class="smilie" loading="lazy" alt=":.-(" title="Cry&nbsp; &nbsp; :.-(" data-shortname=":.-(" />The Auld Grump</blockquote>

[QUOTE="TheAuldGrump, post: 5600601, member: 6957"] Yep, it happens. And the saying 'You only get one chance to make a good first impression' definitely came into play. It is likely that I would never have liked, played, or run 4e, but the attitude displayed turned me from what might have been accepting apathy to active dislike. While there were elements of 2e that I very much disliked (I am looking at [i]you[/i] Complete Book of Elf Cheese!) I never felt dislike for the game as a whole, thinking it, overall, was an improvement on 1e. When 3e came out there were nods and smiles towards earlier editions (including the sample of play from the 1e Dungeon Masters Guide, almost verbatim). There was a guide for updating characters to the new edition. 4e did not bother with even that minor courtesy. (I will admit - a minor courtesy, but likely a whole lot of work, on a tight schedule.) Add the dumping of the OGL, and the way they dropped the licenses, and, well... you get the picture. It felt like WotC was going out of their way to get rid of every drop of goodwill that I felt towards them for saving D&D. :eek: If so, then they succeeded. And there had been a whole lot of goodwill to start with. :.-( The Auld Grump [/QUOTE]

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