Is D&D 4E too "far out" to expand the market easily?

[GnomeWorks]

ROFL. Now you're going for a personal attack. You're so smooth. I just can't compete. You're like Dorf on logic.

ROFL. I'm dyin'! ROFL.

I see you're from the tubes.

 

[rounser]

Now you're going for a personal attack.

It's really not meant that way, it's genuine disbelief. I'm a fan of Professor Oppov*, generally, although I'll argue my corner alright, but I can't empathise with just handwaving away the importance of class and race names. There's just so much tied up in them, they imply and evoke so much.

[*Oppov = Other Person's Point Of View.]

 

[Corjay]

I see you're from the tubes.

"The Tubes"? I'm from the 80's. What are "the tubes"?

 

[GnomeWorks]

What are "the tubes"?

[ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f99PcP0aFNE]You're on the tubes.[/ame]

 

[Corjay]

It's really not meant that way, it's genuine disbelief. I'm a fan of Professor Oppov*, generally, but I can't empathise with just dispensing with the importance of class and race names. There's just so much tied up in them, they imply and evoke so much.

[*Oppov = Other Person's Point Of View.]

LOL. You're surprised that I don't spend my time in the basement poring over books on the psychological effect of names?

ROFL. I can't stand it! Make him stop! ROFL.

 

[jdrakeh]

You're on the tubes.

Fail!

 

[Mustrum_Ridcully]

Yeah, whatever flag-waver. In actual fact I hugely admire quite a lot of it, and am entirely sympathetic as to how the current design became that way, because it appeals to my symmetry-loving semi-aspergers logical geek side. Some of it's genius, and a lot of it looks like ideas I've championed in the past.

There's just a lot of bad flavour in the core hitching a ride with that well designed crunch, too much for me to overcome.

Oh really? Then rip out the Dragonborn and Tieflings! What are you waiting for? Don't let fluff stand in the way of a good game!

 

[Corjay]

You're on the tubes.

HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAAH!!!!!!! You found something funnier than Rounser.

This is the night to remember.

 

[Maggan]

So, where is the idea that 4e will appear to younger folk coming from?

Probably from people who are old enough to be your dad. To me, a 39 years old gamer, 21 is young.

It's like my wife's grandma. She's 94. To her my mom, who's 71, is "younger folk". It's all about perspective, I guess.

/M

 

[jdrakeh]

Probably from people who are old enough to be your dad. To me, a 39 years old gamer, 21 is young.

You miss his point, I think. I believe he meant to illustrate that he is young and that he hates D&D, therefore the idea that D&D 4e appeals to young people is balderdash. Of course, what's really balderdash is the idea that his anecdotal experience is somehow representative of the entire age demographic across the globe.