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<blockquote data-quote="Aus_Snow" data-source="post: 5224066" data-attributes="member: 29112"><p>You might be able to relate to this, then. . . personally, when I catch a preview for a new movie, sometimes I <u>just know</u> I never, ever want to see that thing. I mean, maybe you've never experienced this. So, substitute whatever works for you, if that's the case.</p><p></p><p>So it goes with games, at times. I don't need to play 4e in order to be 100% certain that it's not the game for me. In fact, I went further than I have with many RPGs, and actually read the first three core books - skimming a little, naturally - thanks to my friend in the main FLGS here. <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f642.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":)" title="Smile :)" data-smilie="1"data-shortname=":)" /></p><p></p><p></p><p>If I saw anything of that nature, I'd be right there with you, in righteous indignation. <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f609.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=";)" title="Wink ;)" data-smilie="2"data-shortname=";)" /> If I even cared enough to be.</p><p></p><p></p><p>Well, see above. Also, I don't think it does a game (or the gamers who like it) any favours, when criticism is shut down / mocked / discouraged. It makes it/them seem rather. . . well, <em>fragile</em>. Not the most desirable image for the market leader and its adherents, one might presume.</p><p></p><p>As for WotC needing to cater to players of older editions? No, I don't think so. More than that, I don't believe they would have the right approach anyway. Plenty of people are already doing a superb job with these undertakings, and what WotC "needs" to do, well. . . that'd be up to their own marketing department, management or whoever else. Focusing on 4e and 4e only seems the smartest move, *now*, to me. A bit late to go backpedalling, as it were. And frankly, the money wouldn't be there, but in the new game, overwhelmingly. And good will gestures in that regard? Hm, no, <em>definitely</em> too late there.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Aus_Snow, post: 5224066, member: 29112"] You might be able to relate to this, then. . . personally, when I catch a preview for a new movie, sometimes I [U]just know[/U] I never, ever want to see that thing. I mean, maybe you've never experienced this. So, substitute whatever works for you, if that's the case. So it goes with games, at times. I don't need to play 4e in order to be 100% certain that it's not the game for me. In fact, I went further than I have with many RPGs, and actually read the first three core books - skimming a little, naturally - thanks to my friend in the main FLGS here. :) If I saw anything of that nature, I'd be right there with you, in righteous indignation. ;) If I even cared enough to be. Well, see above. Also, I don't think it does a game (or the gamers who like it) any favours, when criticism is shut down / mocked / discouraged. It makes it/them seem rather. . . well, [I]fragile[/I]. Not the most desirable image for the market leader and its adherents, one might presume. As for WotC needing to cater to players of older editions? No, I don't think so. More than that, I don't believe they would have the right approach anyway. Plenty of people are already doing a superb job with these undertakings, and what WotC "needs" to do, well. . . that'd be up to their own marketing department, management or whoever else. Focusing on 4e and 4e only seems the smartest move, *now*, to me. A bit late to go backpedalling, as it were. And frankly, the money wouldn't be there, but in the new game, overwhelmingly. And good will gestures in that regard? Hm, no, [I]definitely[/I] too late there. [/QUOTE]
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