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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Sunseeker" data-source="post: 5376414">Sure, you can choose whatever game you want.  What I dislike is that when you, or someone, decides to play that game, that you somehow think this makes you entitled to special treatment from the company.  Maybe you don't have this, but it sounded like the poster I quoted did.That's what this entire debate is revolving around.  Who is entitled to what.  Is WotC entitled to make a profit?  Is a player entitled to keep their costs down?  Should a player be entitled to get free gaming supplies, should a player be entitled to the expectation that the game will NEVER change?These are the points and opinions that have been put forth across this entire thread, who is entitled to what.  And many people have put forth the opinion that they, after purchasing one book, are now somehow entitled to everything WotC will ever produce for little to no cost.  These are the same sentiments that people who buy computers, TVs, cars, and just about everything else have.  It's not really their fault for having an undue sense of entitlement because the companies press this feeling so that customers become dependent on them, even if they're ungrateful.  It is however everyone's responsibility to understand that they are entitled to absolutely nothing.Is suggesting that WotC should be inexensive or downright free constructive?  How does that benefit anyone.  We may not like WotC, but the game WILL die if they don't make money off of it.  Sure, some people still play 1e, but how many?  A fraction of a fraction of a niche within the hobby.  And you can STILL do that.  You don't NEED the errata to play.  Many games just ignore it and run without it.  Games like D&D have always been a subscription model, no matter how we want to look it.  Go your PHB?  Good, now get your MM.  Got you PHB and MM?  Now get your DMG.  Got those?  Now get their sequals.  D&D survives by a constant stream of books.  You take how much you've spent on books, divide it up into $10 chunks, and you'll probably find the cost is pretty much the same as if you had subscribed to DDI since you first started buying.Your original post seemed to indicate that you felt that since you had purchased some books, you were entitled to access the rest at low or no cost.  That is a sense of entitlement, that you should be supported, or are somehow special, just because you've bought a few items.</blockquote>

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