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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Dark Psion" data-source="post: 3495647" data-attributes="member: 959">Some of her responses just don't make sense to me.Dragon magazine is delivered to my mailbox, it is delivered to magazine racks, bookstores and game stores every month.The internet is not delivered anywhere. I have to choose go to the site.EnWorld does not come to me, I go to it, and then I have to click on the message boards, choose the thread and then participate. If I did not know EnWorld existed, I could not play there.Yes, but you're preaching to the choir. How many kids got their first exposure to D&D just by "seeing" a Dragon magazine on a magazine rack or borrowing one from a friend? For D&D to continue to exist, new gamers have to be introduced to the game, but most of those hits on the WotC website are already gamers.Once again, the internet is a personal experience. The only other eyeballs on my screen is the person looking over my shoulder.  A magazine can be seen by anyone anywhere. I read mine at work while eating lunch, others have mentioned reading while traveling. Gaming is a shared experience between people.  In many ways the Internet is an Illusion, created by carefully arranged mirrors called servers. But there are many ways this illusion can fail; viruses, hackers, and power outages. Plus in my household, this illusion can only be seen in one room. If I walk to the kitchen, the illusion is lost.It does not matter what content is on the site to those who cannot see it.I work at a True Value Hardware store and recently one of my bosses wanted to add a high dollar line of paint. She wanted to tap into the home decorating market, but I advised against it. Why? Because people who buy $50 cans of paint don't shop at the "feed store". You can't sell to a customer who never walks in your door. And having that $50 can sends a message to other customers that you may not want them to come to you any more. Two weeks ago, they had people vote on what the Oklahoma state quarter would look like, but there was a problem. The voting was on the internet and it is estimated 80% of Oklahoma is not online. Most by choice and some in the western parts because there is no service. I know people who don't have a TV in their home, you really think they have the internet?  And I know many parents who restrict or prevent their kids from having access to the internet, but would have no problem with them playing D&D and subscribing to Dragon or Dungeon.Does WotC not want these people to play D&D anymore?First, there is money. Laptops cost money, cell phones cost money and printing out web content costs money. For a majoity of people it is not that they don't want to embrace new technologies, they just can't afford to.  And I would add, if I had an emergency right now, the internet would be the first thing to go. But a magazine subscription would continue as it is already paid for and is not contingent on another pay-to-use service.Second, a magazine is real. I can hold in my hands. I can share it with others. Right now I can reach up and grab any Dragon from #89 to #355 and read it. I am not dependant on any other technology to access it. I can read them in a power outage or an electrical storm. And the magazine does not become unreadable after a few years. Remember all those free pdfs that Drive thru RPG used to give away? When I tried to access them recently, I found that I could not, the DRM had locked me out of them. I don't know why and I don't have the expertise or time to try to undo it. But if I had payed for them, then I would have been a little pissed.And Third, we are not talking about WotC books, of course they are going to keep publishing, Duh!What we do not understand is why Dragon & Dungeon have to die to create this web initiative. It's apples and oranges to most of us, Dogs and cats, ....well no it is not.It is Dogs and Goldfish.One can go anywhere with you and do a lot of things together with you.The other you just sit a watch in one room of your house.**Additional fish cost extra.</blockquote>

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