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<blockquote data-quote="Lanefan" data-source="post: 8593146" data-attributes="member: 29398">In fairness, I think a lot of the difference is that these complaints have become far more public and accessible than they were, due to all of us having access to - among other avenues - forums like these where such complaints can be aired (mostly) unedited.Remember, Dragon magazine had a quite natural built-in bias toward TSR's game; which meant any articles and letters had to go through an editorial filter that included said bias.Personally, my take is that complaints about system/rules haven't changed much in volume across all the editions, while complaints about players have maybe increased a bit but have more changed in their tone and focus; with &quot;over-entitled&quot; becoming a more common complaint today where &quot;rules-lawyer&quot; was more common in the 3e era and &quot;munchkin&quot; was more common during 1e.&nbsp; Meanwhile &quot;wangrod&quot; has been relatively constant in volume throughout and probably always will be.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Lanefan, post: 8593146, member: 29398"] In fairness, I think a lot of the difference is that these complaints have become far more public and accessible than they were, due to all of us having access to - among other avenues - forums like these where such complaints can be aired (mostly) unedited. Remember, Dragon magazine had a quite natural built-in bias toward TSR's game; which meant any articles and letters had to go through an editorial filter that included said bias. Personally, my take is that complaints about system/rules haven't changed much in volume across all the editions, while complaints about players have maybe increased a bit but have more changed in their tone and focus; with "over-entitled" becoming a more common complaint today where "rules-lawyer" was more common in the 3e era and "munchkin" was more common during 1e. Meanwhile "wangrod" has been relatively constant in volume throughout and probably always will be. [/QUOTE]

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