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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Incenjucar" data-source="post: 1709982" data-attributes="member: 6182">WotC boards.  They do exist.  People actually say things along the lines of "Bwahaha, I'm glad they statted the Lady of Pain because I hated Planescape and its stupid Cant anyways!".  I really wish I was exaggerating.It was stated in a chat that was quoted on the WotC boards.  Seems WotC feels that you shouldn't bother actually reading the past edition information on a setting when writing for it.Exclusively?  Nah.  But you don't alienate people who've been buying your products for ten years are likely to try and draw more people in to the game.Me encouraging other people to buy in to D&D when I'm not sure they're worth sticking with is just making it harder for me to get those same people in to a -different- system instead, in case I decide D&D just isn't for me anymore.You may not have heard about this, but colleges now include these cute curvy things called 'women'.  Now, I would like to have a more balanced set of activities in college than studying and dating, but I don't really mind having all that extra time to attend the opposite gender's interests.I'm not nostalgic, I'm just more a fan of art than utility.  I got heavily in to D&D -because- of Planescape.  While lacking a group recently, I've still been using PS concepts and style in various MUCKs for my -entire- internet career.Are you honestly suggesting that D&D is going to be significantly worse a choice than He-Man, Home Movies, or Code Lyoko?  Are you suggesting that selling Power Puff Girl d20 Sourcebooks is significantly less brand-useful than selling stickers in quarter machines?And is also the basis of several anime and movies.The fact that Home Movies has existed on TV for more than two weeks proves that worthless things -can- get a place in media.If they call sell "Vampire Wine" in my piddly little Bible Belt town, and -sell out- of it, they can get that lable that says "Dungeons and Dragons Grognard Ale" in a few microbrew contests, and in to one of those beer magazines as a novelty statement, and possibly make people a tad more comfortable with the brand.  Baby steps, as they say.And probably out-selling the actual books by scores, because only so many people go from video games to books rather than visa versa.  D&D needs to be marketed towards group-oriented people, not 'sit in front of the TV alone' and maybe type at people thousands of miles away' sorts.</blockquote>

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