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<blockquote data-quote="Dristram" data-source="post: 1304682" data-attributes="member: 1639">Bashing of FR(?)I could very well be considered one of the FR bashers, though I don't think I ever bashed it with phrases such as &quot;FR sucks&quot; and the like.&nbsp; But I have expressed what I didn't like about FR and that probably read as &quot;FR sucks&quot; to FR fans.&nbsp; I am an old time fan of Greyhawk, and have been since before FR existed.&nbsp; I got a sour taste in my mouth when I found out that in 2nd Ed. AD&amp;D, Greyhawk was dropped and this new Forgotten Realms setting became the main setting.&nbsp; Talk about being angry!&nbsp; On top of it, I started running into players of FR that thought Drow were such a cool FR race.&nbsp; An FR race??!&nbsp; That was it for me.&nbsp; It felt like FR had raped GH!&nbsp; I would guess a lot of other GH fans feel the way I did.&nbsp; A lot of GH fans found and fell in love with Kingdoms of Kalamar.&nbsp; And the fact that it was a new official D&amp;D setting, and with GH being touted as the base setting for the new 3E D&amp;D, I know I kind of felt vindicated.&nbsp; BUT, even so, FR seemed to get all the limelight, and so fans of both GH and KoK became vocal about their dislike of FR on discussion forums.I guess the point of my post is that there is history behind the reasons for the &quot;bashings&quot; of FR.&nbsp; Those who have only known FR will have a hard time understanding them unfortunately.I want to end this with a note that I have played in, and enjoyed playing on Faerun.&nbsp; It is a fun setting for it's type.&nbsp; I really don't have anything against the setting of FR, but more in what TSR did to GH and WotC has been doing to KoK (lack of support).&nbsp; FR is promoted the most, even though all of them are core D&amp;D settings.&nbsp; I would like to see all three settings promoted equally.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Dristram, post: 1304682, member: 1639"] [b]Bashing of FR(?)[/b] I could very well be considered one of the FR bashers, though I don't think I ever bashed it with phrases such as "FR sucks" and the like. But I have expressed what I didn't like about FR and that probably read as "FR sucks" to FR fans. I am an old time fan of Greyhawk, and have been since before FR existed. I got a sour taste in my mouth when I found out that in 2nd Ed. AD&D, Greyhawk was dropped and this new Forgotten Realms setting became the main setting. Talk about being angry! On top of it, I started running into players of FR that thought Drow were such a cool FR race. An FR race??! That was it for me. It felt like FR had raped GH! I would guess a lot of other GH fans feel the way I did. A lot of GH fans found and fell in love with Kingdoms of Kalamar. And the fact that it was a new official D&D setting, and with GH being touted as the base setting for the new 3E D&D, I know I kind of felt vindicated. BUT, even so, FR seemed to get all the limelight, and so fans of both GH and KoK became vocal about their dislike of FR on discussion forums. I guess the point of my post is that there is history behind the reasons for the "bashings" of FR. Those who have only known FR will have a hard time understanding them unfortunately. I want to end this with a note that I have played in, and enjoyed playing on Faerun. It is a fun setting for it's type. I really don't have anything against the setting of FR, but more in what TSR did to GH and WotC has been doing to KoK (lack of support). FR is promoted the most, even though all of them are core D&D settings. I would like to see all three settings promoted equally. [/QUOTE]

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