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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Mercurius" data-source="post: 6360418" data-attributes="member: 59082">Of course it is in a definitive way, but this is a discussion forum, my friend! But the key is "so far." So far things look pretty good. I've never said that things might not change down the line. And also, I was comparing it to 4E around the same time - the summer of 2008, when the edition wars were already raging.I'm sorry, but this just sounds like "If you don't have facts, don't bother saying anything." This isn't a court of law my friend, it is a discussion board! The point is to discuss things, to speculate, to have fun. Not every perspective needs briefcase full of facts to back it up.A nitpick, though - I'd prefer to talk perceptions, observations, and impressions rather than "belief." Belief implies a strong adherence to a particular view. I'm not taking that approach, but playing with perceptions, observations, and impressions.Anyhow, I'm a bit confused about something. If 4E was actually a success, as you seem to imply here ("by any sane rubric"), why was it canned?What do you mean by "useful?" The usefulness of this thread is to shoot the <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f642.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":)" title="Smile    :)"  data-smilie="1"data-shortname=":)" /><img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f642.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":)" title="Smile    :)"  data-smilie="1"data-shortname=":)" /><img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f642.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":)" title="Smile    :)"  data-smilie="1"data-shortname=":)" /><img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f642.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":)" title="Smile    :)"  data-smilie="1"data-shortname=":)" /> about D&D!As for 5E's true popularity, we're both making assumptions, right? Why are mine more faulty than yours? All I hear you saying is that my impressions are wrong and yours are right. But are they? Or maybe we see what we want to see? I mean, why is it that some see this lukewarm response to 5E and some see overall positive regard? Which is it?As you say, it is too soon to tell. Certainly it is mixed so far, but I maintain that there is more positive than negative. I agree that there isn't as much excitement and overwhelming positivity as there was with 3E, but I also don't see nearly as much negativity and edition warring as there was with 4E.</blockquote>

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