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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Khairn" data-source="post: 3485388" data-attributes="member: 20153">Scott, I really do appreciate the words, especially as I have been very honest with my emotions over the pending loss of Dragon & Dungeon, the 8 days of silence from WotC while the player base chewed on itself, and the little information that was actually shared in the questions you answered on this site.  I really do want WotC, D&D and this hobby that I am passionate about, to thrive and grow.  But I have seen precious little that gives me hope that the DI will be successful.   WotC's technical performance has been less than inspiring, with years of being unable to get a simple search function on a messageboard to work as just one example. IMHO the books that WotC has published over the last year have been less than "must-haves" and rarely been anything that I am interested in using.  Now the magazines that WotC has scheduled for cancellation have for the most part been superior in many respects.  So from my point of view I am losing two  resources with a proven track record of high quality, and I'm really uncertain what I'm gaining.  The new "Box, Crate and Sack Generator" that debuted today on the WotC site didn't really do anything for me.On top of all that there is this nebulous vision of a new Digital Initiative ... a new business model that I have serious doubts will work with the RPG community.  But again without any actual facts from WotC, all I come up with is this image of the growing similarities between the MMORPG business model and DI.So for me, I feel I'm losing not just 2 iconic pieces of gaming history, I'm also losing proven gaming resources and actual "ownership" of that content for a computer and internet focused business model comprised of an unknown format, with unknown features and an unknown subscription rate.I understand that there are limitations to what you can share with us.  I'm disappointed that with a year to work on WotC's reaction to players when the announcements came out that this was the best that everyone came up with... but I do understand.So with that being said, where do we stand?  I've listened to you and hopefully you've listened to me.  I still feel that I am no longer your target market, but you say that WotC is committed to providing me with the very best in gaming support and books for my game, even if I dont participate in DI.OK then ... I'll wait and see what WotC comes up with.  You and the rest of the crew at WotC have a steep hill to climb, and I doubt I'll make it easy.  But I'll give you the chance to prove me wrong.  Hopefully I'll meet you at the top of the hill.  Maybe we can share an ale.p.s.   Scott ... You might want to have someone check out that Crate, Barrell and Sack Generator ... apparently a sack full of carrots is worth a couple of thousand gp.  <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:" />  Perhaps the generator is not the best way to instill confidence in players already questioning WotC's ability to combine quality content and internet support.  Just a thought.</blockquote>

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