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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Umbran" data-source="post: 1899994" data-attributes="member: 177">It is possible to take a view that is of too long to be useful.  Perhaps gaming is not now what it was in the 80s.  A great many things aren't as they were in the 80s.  Right now, we have a growth trend that seems to have been lasting for half a decade.   Comparison to half a lifetime ago isn't necessarily constructive or meaningful in the now.As I understand it, it is not the job of the Brand Manager himself to tell the public anything.  That's normally a job for the PR and marketing people.  It is the job of the Brand Manager to know the truth of the situation - he cannot properly manage the brand without knowing the market.  So presumably he knows the truth.  The question you must then ask is if he's telling it to you.  Is he a liar or not?Hold on a second.  The fact that he should not tell us bad news does not in and of itself imply that he's dissembling when he gives good news.  For the past 5 years, WotC has not told us anyhthing at all.  There is no known reason for them to now deviate from that policy and feed us false information.  They have little to gain from lying.</blockquote>