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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Lanefan" data-source="post: 8752339" data-attributes="member: 29398">I was using "friends" as an analogy for the greater D&D community, rather than referring to one's specific personal friends.I've never understood the groupthink among so many people that says they have to have the latest new thing even if it doesn't function as well as what they already have; and this is true not just of D&D editions but also of cars, technology, fashion, and a gajillion other things.  Corporations love it as it keeps the treadmill going, but it often makes no sense for the consumer/end user.Someone deciding to stay put with what they have gets, in effect, left behind as the spotlight of official support and hype moves on to the newer version.</blockquote>