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<blockquote data-quote="Ariosto" data-source="post: 5222748" data-attributes="member: 80487">Raven Crowking, it was necessary for WotC's designers to trash-talk D&amp;D as &quot;not fun&quot;. Not to have done so would have marked them as the sort of craven surrender monkeys who might even shirk from going into someone's house and putting down the decor and cooking, then calling the hostess's baby an ugly monkey.Not only is aesthetics the moral equivalent of morals, but failure would have given aid and comfort to the enemies of the root of all good that is capitalism.The signal difference between capitalism and communism, of course, is that capitalism depends on consumers making choices on the basis of blind brand loyalty.Where would we be if the brand name &quot;D&amp;D&quot; had such a reliable referent that people could like or dislike the product on the same basis as characterized previous batches of product released under that label? What if something could be distinguished as something different by being called something different?Why, then people would be able to choose products on the basis of their particular merits. That would be some sort of &quot;demand-side&quot; economics, obviously disastrous!</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Ariosto, post: 5222748, member: 80487"] Raven Crowking, it was necessary for WotC's designers to trash-talk D&D as "not fun". Not to have done so would have marked them as the sort of craven surrender monkeys who might even shirk from going into someone's house and putting down the decor and cooking, then calling the hostess's baby an ugly monkey. Not only is aesthetics the moral equivalent of morals, but failure would have given aid and comfort to the enemies of the root of all good that is capitalism. The signal difference between capitalism and communism, of course, is that capitalism depends on consumers making choices on the basis of blind brand loyalty. Where would we be if the brand name "D&D" had such a reliable referent that people could like or dislike the product on the same basis as characterized previous batches of product released under that label? What if something could be distinguished as something different by being called something different? Why, then people would be able to choose products on the basis of their particular merits. That would be some sort of "demand-side" economics, obviously disastrous! [/QUOTE]

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