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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Maggan" data-source="post: 3472953" data-attributes="member: 6616">Because the site has changed. The community has changed. Everything changes.And Morrus being mad is a different thing, in a different time. That probably hurt the relationship with WotC more than it hurt the EN World brand. But then again, we haven't seen much of WotC in the Ennies after that have we? Or for that matter, not much official presence here from WotC. It is entirely possible that EN World could have had a stronger relationship with WotC, and thus a stronger brand, if not for that incident.It is also possible that the incident you refer to didn't change a thing, but I myself doubt that.The recent outburst has, IMO of course, hurt EN World a lot. Now we are suddenly, on other boards I have visited over the days and in comments I have heard, described as a place where lunatics go bananas over two magazines being canceled.That might not be the truth, but it is certainly something that will cling to the name of EN World for a long time unless we do something about it.Our behaviour here influences what people think of EN World as a whole, and as a brand. It may feel as if it's a situation of "I'm just speaking for myself so it doesn't rub off on EN World", but unfortunately it really does.I've seen it happen on other sites as well, where highly aggressive posters very strongly declare that they are speaking only for themselves, and that they don't really understand why anyone could think that the forums are affected by their opinions, and then wonder why the forums are being abandoned.EN World is not in any great danger of being abandoned by its readership. But it is IMO important to remember that what we do here today shapes what EN World is tomorrow, and what people think of EN World the day after tomorrow./M</blockquote>

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