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<blockquote data-quote="FourthBear" data-source="post: 4117088" data-attributes="member: 55846"><p>From my recollection, there was pretty much just as much negative grognardism/positive fanboyisms back at the 3e launch as there is now, if not more so. I do think people forget just how much crap/flamewars were being thrown around back then. It certainly wasn't 90:10 pro-con or anywhere near, IMO. Heck, I think fights about the new initiative system alone took up incredible amounts of net space. And then there was the whole "Evil WotC, taking over from good ol' TSR" stuff, the "what is with this spiky armor and dungeonpunk art!" and the "they're just trying to turn this into Magic: the Gathering RPG!" Tons of accusations of power gaming and pandering to the younger generation. I was definitely the only one in my gaming group who wasn't vehemently opposed to 3e as it came out. Once all the furore died down, the group saw that it wasn't the end of D&D and that many of the problems proposed worked out fine in play.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="FourthBear, post: 4117088, member: 55846"] From my recollection, there was pretty much just as much negative grognardism/positive fanboyisms back at the 3e launch as there is now, if not more so. I do think people forget just how much crap/flamewars were being thrown around back then. It certainly wasn't 90:10 pro-con or anywhere near, IMO. Heck, I think fights about the new initiative system alone took up incredible amounts of net space. And then there was the whole "Evil WotC, taking over from good ol' TSR" stuff, the "what is with this spiky armor and dungeonpunk art!" and the "they're just trying to turn this into Magic: the Gathering RPG!" Tons of accusations of power gaming and pandering to the younger generation. I was definitely the only one in my gaming group who wasn't vehemently opposed to 3e as it came out. Once all the furore died down, the group saw that it wasn't the end of D&D and that many of the problems proposed worked out fine in play. [/QUOTE]
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