kiznit
Explorer
Important:
This is not a blame thread. This is not meant to be a thread about whether you like the new edition or not (please save these personal opinions for the multitude of already existing threads). The focus of this thread is meant to be on your opinion of the state of the fan community and how it has affected you personally.
With that out of the way, my impression is that the schism is largely online, and that it is primarily a matter of D&D idealists who believe that their favored edition favors their specific playing style, as opposed to the newer (or older) edition, and are either appreciative or resentful based on that.
Now, granted, to some extent we're all D&D idealists, in that we all want to be playing the best kind of D&D we can. In particular, we're the kind of idealists that like to get together online and really hash out what we enjoy (and sometimes don't enjoy) about playing D&D. However, I like to think that the vast majority of D&Ders really care first and foremost about their specific individual roleplaying experiences, i.e. the exact kind of D&D that they sit down with their buddies to play on a regular basis as opposed to what everyone in the hobby is playing (that being said, I wish people online would stop proving me wrong about this ).
Do you have 3.x/4e arguments around your own gaming table? Are you currently experiencing adoption pains as your group decides what to play? Do the arguments get kind of nasty?
Any stories of actual gaming groups being split apart because of this?
Do you think that the schism you see online is reflected among the total gaming demographic? If not, why not?
Do you think the community will eventually heal itself? How long do you think it will take? What will be the result/general concensus?
How does this current schism compare to past D&D base-splitting from earlier editions? The same? Worse? Better?
Just curious.
This is not a blame thread. This is not meant to be a thread about whether you like the new edition or not (please save these personal opinions for the multitude of already existing threads). The focus of this thread is meant to be on your opinion of the state of the fan community and how it has affected you personally.
With that out of the way, my impression is that the schism is largely online, and that it is primarily a matter of D&D idealists who believe that their favored edition favors their specific playing style, as opposed to the newer (or older) edition, and are either appreciative or resentful based on that.
Now, granted, to some extent we're all D&D idealists, in that we all want to be playing the best kind of D&D we can. In particular, we're the kind of idealists that like to get together online and really hash out what we enjoy (and sometimes don't enjoy) about playing D&D. However, I like to think that the vast majority of D&Ders really care first and foremost about their specific individual roleplaying experiences, i.e. the exact kind of D&D that they sit down with their buddies to play on a regular basis as opposed to what everyone in the hobby is playing (that being said, I wish people online would stop proving me wrong about this ).
Do you have 3.x/4e arguments around your own gaming table? Are you currently experiencing adoption pains as your group decides what to play? Do the arguments get kind of nasty?
Any stories of actual gaming groups being split apart because of this?
Do you think that the schism you see online is reflected among the total gaming demographic? If not, why not?
Do you think the community will eventually heal itself? How long do you think it will take? What will be the result/general concensus?
How does this current schism compare to past D&D base-splitting from earlier editions? The same? Worse? Better?
Just curious.
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