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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Twowolves" data-source="post: 3482917" data-attributes="member: 18093">Wait a minute. 1) They said they had planned to end the print version of both magazines as far back as a year ago;2) They also said they expected the decision to upset fans;3) You say you wonder if they would have provided more answers sooner, IF these forums hadn't become a zoo?Does it not logically seem that they knew, well in advance, what kind of reaction this decision would evoke, but they waited a week to reply because teh intrawebz became a zoo? Either they had advance warning, or they were caught off guard and shied away. Or, more likely in my opinion, they felt it was best to let the diehard fans twist in the wind while the dust settled before granting an interview that reads more like a senate hearing than a consolation or pep talk. You also talk about how WotC is not a monolithic entity, but instead composed of Real People (tm), and then turn around and say those same Real People have their hands tied by.... the Monolithic Entity of the Men Upstairs. Uh huh. I see.  <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f615.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":confused:" title="Confused    :confused:"  data-smilie="5"data-shortname=":confused:" /> I understand that Paizo got an extension of the license to finish the AP, and that's great. I also understand that they had to announce when they did due to GAMA. Everything's kosher so far. But for WotC to have had this in the works for over a year, to know it was going to royally cheeze off HUGE swaths of their customer base, and NOT have; a) a prepared statement to coincide with Paizo's (beyond the press release, cold as ice blurb typical of a corporate merger); b) a dedicated person or persons posting on the top 3-5 message boards, staying in touch with fans and calming the storm before it became a hurricane; and c) some kind of preview or solid answers about the upcoming DI, just doesn't wash. They saw this trainwreck coming down the tracks for miles, and then show up a week late with a box of band-aids. Needless to say, this does NOT bode well for the DI, IMO.A lot of people overreacted, yes. Not just on these boards, but universally across the entire community. But a lot more people reacted in a completely justified manner. The loss of these magazines DOES hurt, some a lot more than others. No one can point at another person and say "your feelings are disingenuous" because we don't really know how they feel deep inside. I personally have hundreds of issues of these magazines, bought almost entirely at the FLGS, at a higher price than I could have paid with a subscription, just to help support the community. I have been reading them continually for over 20 years. Who has the right to tell me that the loss I feel inside is unjustified? Who? No one, that's who. I hope one and all will excuse me, but I don't feel excited about having WotC tell me "trust us, you'll love it". WotC, and TSR before them, lost that level of trust with Spellfire, Dragon Dice, shoving Polyhedron down our (the Dungeon readers') throats, and now, the cancellation of Dragon and Dungeon magazines.</blockquote>

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