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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Mark CMG" data-source="post: 5468697" data-attributes="member: 10479"><p>You're absolutely correct, WotC should stop trying to marginalize players of earlier editions.  I'm not sure which WotC employees you are accusing of "sociopathic self-centered foolishness" but maybe if they just started "making past editions available again in PDF form, occasionally throwing past edition players a bone in the form of a new product or free online support, and in continuing the type of support first explored at the end of the last millenum (OGL)" they'd find that it would work better than either ignoring those fans or marginalizing them.  It's funny but when you actually listen to those fans of earlier editions you can break down most of their gaming wishes into the three suggestions I make above.  When instead you ignore their wishes and choose to label them or name call, you tend to undermine the feeling that all players are part of a larger community.  The rest of the sentiment proffered in the article rings hollow when the name calling starts.  Fans of past WotC editions generally want one of those three suggested things to be content WotC fans.  Mind you they will keep playing earlier editions regardless of being happy with WotC but a key to the happy community WotC seems to want to foster probably lies in my suggested triad of initiatives. Past edition fans are not unhappy at the table, they just aren't happy with the trademark holder of the game they play because of the way the fans get marginalized if they don't play the latest edition.</p></blockquote><p></p>

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