blargney the second
blargney the minute's son
ps - Morrus, thank you for putting that together. WotC guys, thanks for playing ball with us! 
Interview with Scott Rouse, Chris Perkins & Bill Slavicsek
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HeavenShallBurn
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blargney the second said:
Yeah someone did a bit of math and figured out that we're paying more than $1000US per gallon of printer ink. If you think gas prices are a rip-off
Whizbang Dustyboots
Gnometown Hero
PR flaks. Lawyers are only required when the creative types might say something actionable, which isn't the case here.HeavenShallBurn said:
JVisgaitis
Explorer
Its nice to get some official answers even though they didn't really answer too much of what I was looking for. I do miss the days when Ryan et al were more frequent on these boards.
As to Scott's questions of what I would like to see, here's my hopes (and yeah, some of this are pretty far fetched, but what the hell):
• Online character generator that is Mac/PC compatible and allows me to store all of the information for my character(s). This would allow easy print output as a full character sheet so that if I forget my character at home, I retrieve my character by logging into the website.
• A digital tabletop that allows me as a DM to easily manage a game from a laptop. If I bring up a monster, all of its abilities are hyperlinked so to see the rules on grappling, I click on grappling and voilà no more page flipping.
• HTML versions of all of the books I own that are all easily hyperlinked (see d20srd.org for an example). Online versions of the book are updated frequently with errata.
• Monster generator for DMs that puts all of the monster creation rules in the Monster Manual in a digital format and calculates all of the skill bonuses, hit points, ranks, etc.
• A huge reservoir of NPCs, adventure hooks, character backgrounds, artwork, locations, for Players and DMs that is added to every month.
• An interactive online experience for playing games over the internet via VOIP. This would include official sanctioned tournaments by Wizards, postings to find and join games, and various timeslots so people can play all over the world.
• A 3d NPC builder that allows players and DMs to create 3d models of their characters and NPCs. Includes equipment and clothes to customize the look of characters (see Oblivion and various MMOs).
• A WYSIWYG Campaign Website creator for a DM to use to easily create a website for his games. Think MySpace for D&D Campaigns.
I cannot possibly stress how IMPORTANT it is to have Mac and PC compatibility. If anything, please make sure this works on my Mac.
As to Scott's questions of what I would like to see, here's my hopes (and yeah, some of this are pretty far fetched, but what the hell):
• Online character generator that is Mac/PC compatible and allows me to store all of the information for my character(s). This would allow easy print output as a full character sheet so that if I forget my character at home, I retrieve my character by logging into the website.
• A digital tabletop that allows me as a DM to easily manage a game from a laptop. If I bring up a monster, all of its abilities are hyperlinked so to see the rules on grappling, I click on grappling and voilà no more page flipping.
• HTML versions of all of the books I own that are all easily hyperlinked (see d20srd.org for an example). Online versions of the book are updated frequently with errata.
• Monster generator for DMs that puts all of the monster creation rules in the Monster Manual in a digital format and calculates all of the skill bonuses, hit points, ranks, etc.
• A huge reservoir of NPCs, adventure hooks, character backgrounds, artwork, locations, for Players and DMs that is added to every month.
• An interactive online experience for playing games over the internet via VOIP. This would include official sanctioned tournaments by Wizards, postings to find and join games, and various timeslots so people can play all over the world.
• A 3d NPC builder that allows players and DMs to create 3d models of their characters and NPCs. Includes equipment and clothes to customize the look of characters (see Oblivion and various MMOs).
• A WYSIWYG Campaign Website creator for a DM to use to easily create a website for his games. Think MySpace for D&D Campaigns.
I cannot possibly stress how IMPORTANT it is to have Mac and PC compatibility. If anything, please make sure this works on my Mac.
w_earle_wheeler
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Ranger REG said:
I have to agree with this.
Lots of words, few answers.
HeavenShallBurn
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Whizbang Dustyboots said:
Looking through it again you're most likely right, it's got that kind of vibe of emptiness I get from PR & PIO people. In general the technique tends to get associated with lawyers because they proliferated it, but it's done much more by other professions that need to talk a lot without saying anything.
Grimstaff
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Well, having hoped to hear their reasoning behind cancelling the printed magazines and some specifics on what the DI will be, I guess I was disappointed by the responses.
Where's Ari Fleicher working now, anyway?
This statement scared me:
"Chris: We have a lot of ideas that we’re happy with, but let me turn the question around. What would you hope for? What would make this exciting and useful for you? Another question for the community: How much of the magazine content were you able to use in your campaign? How much work did you have to do to accomplish that? If this new incarnation of the magazines could encompass anything you could want, what would that be?"
Does this mean they have no idea what they are doing?
Where's Ari Fleicher working now, anyway?
This statement scared me:
"Chris: We have a lot of ideas that we’re happy with, but let me turn the question around. What would you hope for? What would make this exciting and useful for you? Another question for the community: How much of the magazine content were you able to use in your campaign? How much work did you have to do to accomplish that? If this new incarnation of the magazines could encompass anything you could want, what would that be?"
Does this mean they have no idea what they are doing?
Kid Charlemagne
I am the Very Model of a Modern Moderator
JVisgaitis said:
Those are some pretty good suggestions...
Kid Charlemagne
I am the Very Model of a Modern Moderator
Grimstaff said:
Yeegads, they can't win, can they? If they say they don't need input, they're ignoring the fans, but if they ask for input, they don't know what they're doing.
And then people wonder why they're not hanging out around here.
blargney the second
blargney the minute's son
Morrus said:
By the way, I'm taking this to mean that the WotC guys are listening in this thread to what we want them to do. Empowerment to shape the future of a product doesn't come every day. I'm as sad as anybody at the loss of Dungeon, but that doesn't prevent me from letting them know what parts of it I want to see continued.
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