Goobye Johnny!

[LGodamus]

I hope its not permanent..the mags have been great with him at the helm...maybe he will return?

 

[Son_of_Thunder]

Shouldn't that be Goodbye Johnny?

Posted by JeffB - Yesterday at 04:42 PM
I wish him Good Luck in the future, but I honestly cannot say I'm sad to see him go...I think he's done a horrible job w/ the magazines, as well as being condescending to his readership. Hopefully Lisa or whomever takes over the helm can get the mags healthy and useful for a wider variety of consumers.

[Sarcasm]I can't believe you would say this against the mighty Wilson[/sarcsasm]

Needless to say I agree with you. I would however like to know why he left, because I have my own theories.

Son of Thunder

 

[Emirikol]

Thanks for the good times Johnny. I wish you well in your next endevour.

Jay Hafner

 

[Psion]

JeffB sums up my thoughts on the issue as well. Further, re: son of thunder's post, I have my own theories too. He was pretty strident during the Dragon 300 flap, and I wonder if the "changes to requirements for liscencing partners" that WotC is said to have instituted along with the d20 STL changes were too much for him to accept.

 

[Desdichado]

I wish him Good Luck in the future, but I honestly cannot say I'm sad to see him go...I think he's done a horrible job w/ the magazines, as well as being condescending to his readership. Hopefully Lisa or whomever takes over the helm can get the mags healthy and useful for a wider variety of consumers.

Thanks for playing, though... I'm sure we all appreciate the kind words.

For what it's worth, I think Dragon has been better the last year or so than it has in a long, long time. Ironically, though, as my 3e product line-up starts to become quite full, my need for Dragon has dropped dramatically.

 

[TrubbulTheTroll]

Thanks for playing, though... I'm sure we all appreciate the kind words.

That was rather funny... and unexpected. Do it again!

 

[woodelf]

Hopefully Lisa or whomever takes over the helm can get the mags healthy and useful for a wider variety of consumers.

You mean like those who play games *besides* D&D3E? [or does it cater to the wider range of D20 System games, now?] Sorry, but i miss the Dragon that was *the* gaming magazine, regardless of what game you played (until Arcane stole the crown). Now i just read RPGnet and The Forge. (And should really get around to renewing my subscription to Pyramid.)

 

[JeffB]

Thanks for playing, though... I'm sure we all appreciate the kind words. .

Had I posted what I really wanted to say about Mr. Wilson's actions and statements while at the helm, my comments would seem quite kind.

 

[JeffB]

You mean like those who play games *besides* D&D3E? [or does it cater to the wider range of D20 System games, now?] Sorry, but i miss the Dragon that was *the* gaming magazine, regardless of what game you played (until Arcane stole the crown). Now i just read RPGnet and The Forge. (And should really get around to renewing my subscription to Pyramid.)

Well I miss those days too..when dragon catered to the whole RPG market, but I meant to cater to the D&D players/Dms who don't want

1)Endless Templated creatures of the month
2) Bucketloads O' new feats
3) Even more odd-ball PrClasses
4) conversions from computer games
5) 10 pages of Sage Advice/PowerPlays, etc
6) Poor fiction
etc. etc.

Those articles are 99.9% useless to me. When they do include "flavor" and or "fluff" and "idea" articles it's often totally innappropriate for my style of play/campaign. Dragon has turned into a monthly rules supplement, which I have no use for.

The few regular features I have liked have gone by the wayside apparently.

 

[Flexor the Mighty!]

Jeff, you hit the nail on the head. But it seems all the d20 secondary books are the same way as well, more feats, more "prestige" classes, and a few more extra feats for good measure. I suppose that's what the D20 player wants.