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<blockquote data-quote="Wye" data-source="post: 3486523" data-attributes="member: 50885">If they are replacing the magazines with the digital initiative, it follows they are hoping (or have the certainty) that a majority of people liking the magazines would migrate to the digital initiative. But I don't see that; it certainly is not my case.Saying that there are plenty of print products DOES alleviate my fear that the whole game is going online, but it DOES NOT fill in for the product lost. &quot;Do you miss Class Acts? Don't worry, there is a splat book for that. Core Believes? There is a splat book for that too.&quot; doesn't cut it (and I'm not bashing books here, I have a lot to say about that too (good ideas, bad ideas, etc), but this is not the post for it). Inspiration comes from the amalgamation of ideas presented in an easy to carry, and easy to read, format. Reading 200+ pages of a rulebook of the same theme doesn't inspire me. Having sections of different material leads my busy little brain to mix and match things (from other magazines or my own ideas) and create something bigger and interesting.So, the way I see it, it's not a replacement of the magazines. It's something completely different, targeted at people with different needs. I still don't see why it has to be treated like a replacement. In fact, more and more I see this as two separate events that happen to coincide in timing:(1) Dragon and Dungeon magazines will die.(2) Some newfangled subscription based wesbite is coming up.Please note that I'm not a hater. I'm trying to expose my impressions clearly with full realization that what is done is done... and was done many months before I knew anything about it. If I'm here is because I care, not to flame.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Wye, post: 3486523, member: 50885"] If they are replacing the magazines with the digital initiative, it follows they are hoping (or have the certainty) that a majority of people liking the magazines would migrate to the digital initiative. But I don't see that; it certainly is not my case. Saying that there are plenty of print products [B]DOES[/B] alleviate my fear that the whole game is going online, but it [B]DOES NOT[/B] fill in for the product lost. [I]"Do you miss Class Acts? Don't worry, there is a splat book for that. Core Believes? There is a splat book for that too."[/I] doesn't cut it (and I'm not bashing books here, I have a lot to say about that too (good ideas, bad ideas, etc), but this is not the post for it). Inspiration comes from the amalgamation of ideas presented in an easy to carry, and easy to read, format. Reading 200+ pages of a rulebook of the same theme doesn't inspire me. Having sections of different material leads my busy little brain to mix and match things (from other magazines or my own ideas) and create something bigger and interesting. So, the way I see it, it's not a replacement of the magazines. It's something completely different, targeted at people with different needs. I still don't see why it has to be treated like a replacement. In fact, more and more I see this as two separate events that happen to coincide in timing: (1) Dragon and Dungeon magazines will die. (2) Some newfangled subscription based wesbite is coming up. Please note that I'm not a hater. I'm trying to expose my impressions clearly with full realization that what is done is done... and was done many months before I knew anything about it. If I'm here is because I care, not to flame. [/QUOTE]

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