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<blockquote data-quote="DEFCON 1" data-source="post: 6302943" data-attributes="member: 7006">Because they are standing in front of someone asking them what they need to get into D&amp;D.&nbsp; And that person tells them which book to order.I really wish Adam and Jamie could bust the myth of the random person who has heard about this game called 'D&amp;D' without having ever seen or spoken to a single person who actually knows about the game... and who goes onto Amazon to buy this book sight unseen and having not ever looked up any information about said game first.You'd think with the number of people here who keep complaining about WotC not catering to these mythic players that there are thousands upon thousands of them wandering aimlessly through Amazon's various webpages completely befuddled on what they need to do.&nbsp; But truth be told... this is 2014.&nbsp; If you really go online to buy a random book because you heard a couple words flutter in the wind, and haven't done ANY research on the book before you buy it... like for instance reading the information on the Amazon webpage of the product you are picking up... maybe you really aren't ready to play the game in the first place.&nbsp; Or even if you are... at the very least you then get to learn the important skill of &quot;How do you return an item to Amazon that you ordered incorrectly?&quot;&nbsp; Cause it's not like that's a bad skill to have either.And of course there's the last important point...If a player goes online and buys a 3rd edition or 4th edition Player's Handbook, and then gets his or her friends together to play... WHY IS THAT A BAD THING?&nbsp; They're playing the game and enjoying the game.&nbsp; Who CARES if it's not a current edition?&nbsp; These boards are full of people aren't playing or aren't going to play the current edition.&nbsp; Playing an older edition is fine!&nbsp; At least they're playing!Complaining that Wizards didn't put '5th Edition' on the book cover is just looking for reasons to complain about Wizards.&nbsp; And that's kind of ridiculous.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="DEFCON 1, post: 6302943, member: 7006"] Because they are standing in front of someone asking them what they need to get into D&D. And that person tells them which book to order. I really wish Adam and Jamie could bust the myth of the random person who has heard about this game called 'D&D' without having ever seen or spoken to a single person who actually knows about the game... and who goes onto Amazon to buy this book sight unseen and having not ever looked up any information [I]about[/I] said game first. You'd think with the number of people here who keep complaining about WotC not catering to these mythic players that there are thousands upon thousands of them wandering aimlessly through Amazon's various webpages completely befuddled on what they need to do. But truth be told... this is 2014. If you really go online to buy a random book because you heard a couple words flutter in the wind, and haven't done ANY research on the book before you buy it... like for instance reading the information [I]on the Amazon webpage[/I] of the product you are picking up... maybe you really aren't ready to play the game in the first place. Or even if you are... at the very least you then get to learn the important skill of "How do you return an item to Amazon that you ordered incorrectly?" Cause it's not like that's a bad skill to have either. And of course there's the last important point... If a player goes online and buys a 3rd edition or 4th edition Player's Handbook, and then gets his or her friends together to play... WHY IS THAT A [I]BAD[/I] THING? They're playing the game and enjoying the game. Who CARES if it's not a current edition? These boards are full of people aren't playing or aren't going to play the current edition. Playing an older edition is fine! At least they're playing! Complaining that Wizards didn't put '5th Edition' on the book cover is just [I]looking[/I] for reasons to complain about Wizards. And that's kind of ridiculous. [/QUOTE]

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