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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Imaro" data-source="post: 5469553" data-attributes="member: 48965">Needless to say, I don't necessarily agree with the other points in your post... but I really want to address the above. I find it strange that, especially after the misleading messages about the CB during the secret transition from offline to online, you think people should take WotC at their word without questioning or suspecting. This isn't Mearls as my friend speaking... it is Mearls as a representative and under the direction of WotC putting out an article they paid him to write. On the one hand we should expect WotC to do what makes them money and treat them like a company... but then when something like this comes out, we should ignore the previous deceptive practices and misleading statements by WotC and just accept there is no hidden agenda behind the article and they really are just gamers making games... sorry but WotC has really ran that particular well dry, for me and many others at least. I play in a 4e game now (though I will readily admit I prefer Pathfinder) but I choose not to buy anything more from WotC because I simply don't like or trust them as a company anymore... and that, IMO, is what is driving the sentiments in many after reading this article... not necessarily what edition they favor but the previous actions of the company as opposed to the message they are presenting. In other words for many WotC can't just speak about it... they need to be about it. I'm sorry but this isn't even a 3e vs. 4e thing, on WotC own site there are 4e players already posting that they also suspect Mearls article of being less than sincere, and/or a sign of weakness. When many of your own fans and customers who actually play the game and subscribe to your service have gotten to the point where they don't take your words at face value... perhaps it's time to actually extend some kind of good faith token as opposed to just words. YMMV of course.</blockquote>

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