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<blockquote data-quote="Umbran" data-source="post: 621901" data-attributes="member: 177">A place where many of us quite happily gamed for a couple of decades, and still do.&nbsp; I'm sorry to say that this plea recieves little sympathy from me, for a number of reasons.&nbsp; &nbsp; It sets a bad precedent - that a game simply won't be worth playing if it doesn't have computer support.&nbsp; What does that mean for all the companies smaller than WotC, who can't manage software?&nbsp; Plus, as the history of E-Tools pretty clearly shows, even larger RPG companies don't do software well.&nbsp; Don't put the burden on those who produce the game - they've already shown that they aren't up to the challenge.&nbsp;&nbsp; And lastly... well, to me it says that we won't exercise our imaginations without our computers anymore.&nbsp; Perhaps our parents are right, we've grown inexorably attached to the keyboard.&nbsp; Pencil and paper still function, but they aren't enough for us.&nbsp; If it requires the greater effort of writing by hand and flipping through the books ourselves, we won't do it?&nbsp; That's a bandwagon that I'm not willing to jump on.Computer support is nice, but it's icing.&nbsp; If we start requiring that our lillies be gilded, we aren't going to get very far.Okay, I now see that I veered off into ranting.&nbsp; My apologies, but the heart of the matter is still sound.&nbsp; We don't need computers to play RPGs.&nbsp; While they may be helpful, we're getting spoiled if we won't play without them.&nbsp; 'Nuff said, I guess.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Umbran, post: 621901, member: 177"] A place where many of us quite happily gamed for a couple of decades, and still do. I'm sorry to say that this plea recieves little sympathy from me, for a number of reasons. It sets a bad precedent - that a game simply won't be worth playing if it doesn't have computer support. What does that mean for all the companies smaller than WotC, who can't manage software? Plus, as the history of E-Tools pretty clearly shows, even larger RPG companies don't do software well. Don't put the burden on those who produce the game - they've already shown that they aren't up to the challenge. And lastly... well, to me it says that we won't exercise our imaginations without our computers anymore. Perhaps our parents are right, we've grown inexorably attached to the keyboard. Pencil and paper still function, but they aren't enough for us. If it requires the greater effort of writing by hand and flipping through the books ourselves, we won't do it? That's a bandwagon that I'm not willing to jump on. Computer support is nice, but it's icing. If we start requiring that our lillies be gilded, we aren't going to get very far. Okay, I now see that I veered off into ranting. My apologies, but the heart of the matter is still sound. We don't need computers to play RPGs. While they may be helpful, we're getting spoiled if we won't play without them. 'Nuff said, I guess. [/QUOTE]

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