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<blockquote data-quote="GamerforHire" data-source="post: 9235837" data-attributes="member: 7042364">I do not want to hijack the thread, which this potentially can do, but to me a key component going forward will be how the army of D&amp;D-dominant YouTubers respond to the changes coming with D&amp;D 2024. Many will fade away if WoTC isn’t friendly to them, or creates competition with D&amp;D TV or whatever. But there is room for some of these YouTube celebrities—which could have included Critical Role were they not creating house systems they likely intend to focus on—to become “RPG YouTubers” and deliberately cover the hobby generally and not just incidentally to a parade of D&amp;D specific content.If a few go-to gaming YouTube celebrities/sites can become a resource for new fans and current fans alike, to educate them on what is out there in new games, new supplements, and the hobby generally, this might mitigate the lack of the FLGS and the built-in 5e community we have had for several years now. (Several OSR-related YouTubers sort of already do this within that area of TTRPGs, but OSR is still usually best thought of as D&amp;D derivative and not representative at all of everything going on in the hobby.) This sort of information system could give a hell of a lifeline to third-party publishers, because otherwise I envision a slow decline in the hobby to a quiet niche of a niche, without any unifying force. If D&amp;D becomes a VTT-focused walled garden, new players and word of mouth isn’t going to be nearly as friendly for new players like the community of 5e games that exist today,</blockquote>

[QUOTE="GamerforHire, post: 9235837, member: 7042364"] I do not want to hijack the thread, which this potentially can do, but to me a key component going forward will be how the army of D&D-dominant YouTubers respond to the changes coming with D&D 2024. Many will fade away if WoTC isn’t friendly to them, or creates competition with D&D TV or whatever. But there is room for some of these YouTube celebrities—which could have included Critical Role were they not creating house systems they likely intend to focus on—to become “RPG YouTubers” and deliberately cover the hobby generally and not just incidentally to a parade of D&D specific content. If a few go-to gaming YouTube celebrities/sites can become a resource for new fans and current fans alike, to educate them on what is out there in new games, new supplements, and the hobby generally, this might mitigate the lack of the FLGS and the built-in 5e community we have had for several years now. (Several OSR-related YouTubers sort of already do this within that area of TTRPGs, but OSR is still usually best thought of as D&D derivative and not representative at all of everything going on in the hobby.) This sort of information system could give a hell of a lifeline to third-party publishers, because otherwise I envision a slow decline in the hobby to a quiet niche of a niche, without any unifying force. If D&D becomes a VTT-focused walled garden, new players and word of mouth isn’t going to be nearly as friendly for new players like the community of 5e games that exist today, [/QUOTE]

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