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Message: <blockquote data-quote="JediSoth" data-source="post: 4716650" data-attributes="member: 13882">I wouldn't say I hate the RPGA, but I was not impressed with the one time I participated in the D&D Open. It was the Gen Con during which the PHB2 debuted. The description in the registration documents implied that it would be a standard 3.5 core rules game. When we arrived at the event, we were handed character sheets feature classes no one (except those who'd already purchased a PHB2 at the Con had seen). No one at my table was familiar with the PHB2 and we requested some time to get more familiar with these classes, as the character sheets didn't give a lot of details on the abilities.Our judge informed us that he didn't have a PHB2 handy and groused a bit when we insisted on reading the class write-ups. As a result of the delay, we got a late start.I felt very strongly that the event I paid for turned out to be a bait-and-switch. I would not have signed up for an event that was going to use classes exclusive to a book that wasn't available prior to the convention. The D&D Open itself seemed poorly organized and executed; there were a lot of people wanting more information on the classes they were going to be playing and all the RPGA officials seemed off-put that we would have the nerve to question why we weren't playing with core classes.Needless to say, I didn't stick around when my character died with an hour to go left in the event. I walked away feeling like I'd been ripped off. I have not played in an RPGA event since.</blockquote>

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