D&D 4E Mearls on 4E being computer game: "It's more like online poker."

[Glyfair]

In Mike Mearls latest blog entry:

1. Playing D&D Online: There's a natural reaction to see this as similar to Warcraft and other MMOs, but I think that's a mistake. A better analogy might be online poker. Imagine you had a Wednesday night poker game. If that game broke up for whatever reason, online poker is something you might turn to for your poker fix. Or, maybe you simply can't find players. The really exciting thing to me is that it lets you game with friends you've met at coventions or via online forums. If someone talks about their cool campaign on the message boards, you can now play in that cool game without flying across the world.

 

[F4NBOY]

Oh my GOD!!!
They are turning D&D into a cards games!!!
What's next, Gambling in combat?? Bets to see who deals more damage? Chips instead of Miniatures?
They killed D&D, bastards!

 

[Cadfan]

We should hold a contest to see who can construct the most ridiculous, overblown hyperventilating misinterpretation of what he's said. The misinterpretation must, of course, proclaim doom and gloom about 4th edition.

 

[Dinkeldog]

Oh my GOD!!!
They are turning D&D into a cards games!!!
What's next, Gambling in combat?? Bets to see who deals more damage? Chips instead of Miniatures?
They killed D&D, bastards!

Wait. You mean you don't bet to see who deals more damage?

 

[hewligan]

I'll give it a go:

This just kills DnD. I don't want to be able to play whenever I want to play. I want to be forced to call up that guy that uses margarine in his hair and thinks he is my friend, and smells a bit funny, and ask him if he fancies popping around for a few hours to continue playing with one of his oh-so-generic half-elven rangers. Lord, if I am lucky he may even bring a few of "those" music CDs with him, you know, the ones with the screaming Norwegian death metal, even though this guy is about as hard as a limp biscuit, and hides behind his curtain hair when walking down the street.

Yeah, why the hell do I have to go online? That is like so sad. I hate online. I hate people. I hate flexibility. I hate having fun!

 

[Korgoth]

We should hold a contest to see who can construct the most ridiculous, overblown hyperventilating misinterpretation of what he's said. The misinterpretation must, of course, proclaim doom and gloom about 4th edition.

I cant belive that D&D is now gambling gaem! What if the DM says "Im all in!" and I dont have 40 thousand dollors left! I have house payment and car and wife. I need my 40 thousand dollors. I cant afford to lose that or I would be in Vegas.

Theyve rooned D&D because now I cant afford to play it. It costs too much money especially in No Limit D&D. At lest Pot Limit D&D will be ok but they wont support it!!1!!

DI is the new ONLINE GAMBLING! Thats immortal and I cant afford it. 3rd edishun for ever!

 

[(contact)]

We should hold a contest to see who can construct the most ridiculous, overblown hyperventilating misinterpretation of what he's said. The misinterpretation must, of course, proclaim doom and gloom about 4th edition.

So, essentially, what he's saying is that D&D will no longer have classes and races, but instead have four suits, and that all campaigns will have to have Queens, Kings, Jokers and Aces ruling the campaign world, even if the campaign is not Euro-centric or Tolkien-based! This is just WotC spitting on everything that is good about D&D in order to rip-off the business model of Las Vegas! It's scandalous!

In combat, all we'll be able to do is say, I'm a four of clubs-- you're a two of spades, I win! that's what they mean when they say combat will be faster, because THERE WILL BE NO DICE IN 4E!

 

[Glyfair]

This is just WotC spitting on everything that is good about D&D in order to rip-off the business model of Las Vegas!

Look at it this way, GenCon will move to Las Vegas and expenses to travel there will go down.

 

[Thornir Alekeg]

Whoo Hoo!

I can't wait for the World D&D Tour on the Travel Channel, sponsored by Mountain Dew and D&DInsider.com! Each week they feature a game played with a combination of professional and amateur gamers taking on incredible challenges to win a pile of gold coins. Monte Cook provides the "professional" play by play while Wil Wheaton adds the celebrity color commentary. Tagline: "May all your rolls be hits and may your damage be critical!"

Not long after, ESPN will begin broadcasting RPGA tournament events and charity D&D games will begin popping up everywhere.

 

[frankthedm]

In Mike Mearls latest blog entry:

As i said before, WOTC realized there are plenty of friendless 1d6x100lb. shut-ins they can sell D&D books to if they just provided a way for them to play.