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<blockquote data-quote="Silverblade The Ench" data-source="post: 4960504" data-attributes="member: 19083"><p>with yet another of the great folk who've worked at WOTC going, sigh, and various other issues (like the hypocriticial and myopic attitude against pdf sales)...is it just me or do you feel that WOTC is headed down the same path TSR did, until eventual...crash? <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite3" alt=":(" title="Frown :(" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":(" /></p><p></p><p>Now, depsite what some folk blather about, I feel that TSR did an *amazing* job of most of the AD&D products, absolutely fabulous material was created in the 90s. It was just their bad management that fluffed it up (such as forcing settings ot fit novel lines etc), and a cheapening of some products (see the last Forgotten Realms boxed set they produced, ugh, appalling interior design etc)</p><p></p><p>Likewise in the WOTC era, I find 4th ed absolutely fantastic, bets ed yet for me <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite1" alt=":)" title="Smile :)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":)" /> </p><p>The DDI stuff I is I think, the lynch pin, and achilles ankle, of it all. </p><p>D&D *NEEDS* to go digital or it dies, that's hard fact, folks. </p><p>If you wanna play by yourself with increasingly fewer gamers as they age, die, move away etc until NO one is left playing, and refuse to accept the validity of the fact the youngsters, our next D&D players, are VERY digital-based, then you have yer dman head in the sand.</p><p>D&D must adapt to the new age, hence, digital.</p><p>the character and monster builder etc are superb tools, better than anything else I've ever seen to date for our beloved game, so, the products I believe are rock solid <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite1" alt=":)" title="Smile :)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":)" /></p><p></p><p>But, the prior fiasco which seemed ot have brought the "Hasborg" out of their DungeonDimension to vent wrath at WOTC HQ boded little good, really, and ESPECIALLY what they did with Dragon and Dungeon, which were outstanding magazines before they got ripped out of Paizo's hands.</p><p>Creative, talented folk are rare and precious....losing them is damn stupid. It's <em>cutting off yer nose to spite your face</em>, to coin a well-used phrase.</p><p></p><p>So, I worry... :/</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Silverblade The Ench, post: 4960504, member: 19083"] with yet another of the great folk who've worked at WOTC going, sigh, and various other issues (like the hypocriticial and myopic attitude against pdf sales)...is it just me or do you feel that WOTC is headed down the same path TSR did, until eventual...crash? :( Now, depsite what some folk blather about, I feel that TSR did an *amazing* job of most of the AD&D products, absolutely fabulous material was created in the 90s. It was just their bad management that fluffed it up (such as forcing settings ot fit novel lines etc), and a cheapening of some products (see the last Forgotten Realms boxed set they produced, ugh, appalling interior design etc) Likewise in the WOTC era, I find 4th ed absolutely fantastic, bets ed yet for me :) The DDI stuff I is I think, the lynch pin, and achilles ankle, of it all. D&D *NEEDS* to go digital or it dies, that's hard fact, folks. If you wanna play by yourself with increasingly fewer gamers as they age, die, move away etc until NO one is left playing, and refuse to accept the validity of the fact the youngsters, our next D&D players, are VERY digital-based, then you have yer dman head in the sand. D&D must adapt to the new age, hence, digital. the character and monster builder etc are superb tools, better than anything else I've ever seen to date for our beloved game, so, the products I believe are rock solid :) But, the prior fiasco which seemed ot have brought the "Hasborg" out of their DungeonDimension to vent wrath at WOTC HQ boded little good, really, and ESPECIALLY what they did with Dragon and Dungeon, which were outstanding magazines before they got ripped out of Paizo's hands. Creative, talented folk are rare and precious....losing them is damn stupid. It's [I]cutting off yer nose to spite your face[/I], to coin a well-used phrase. So, I worry... :/ [/QUOTE]
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