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<blockquote data-quote="gizmo33" data-source="post: 3792333" data-attributes="member: 30001">Is it worth pointing that out?&nbsp; <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f642.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":)" title="Smile&nbsp; &nbsp; :)"&nbsp; data-smilie="1"data-shortname=":)" />&nbsp;&nbsp; The basic idea of a trailer is to make you want to see a movie, and if the trailer is misrepresentative of what is going on in the movie, is that a good thing?&nbsp; Seems to me a bit like arguing against someone saying &quot;Encyclopedia's should be accurate&quot; but taking some page out of one and showing an inaccuracy.&nbsp; IMO that doesn't change what the purpose of the thing is.I'll recognize that it's a matter of degree, but WotC has an opportunity to make a pretty strong case for it's product.&nbsp; I would hope that there would be less of a possibility of misleading information.And in terms of &quot;hype&quot;, as I said in another thread, DnD is not a product that I (or other players) passively consume.&nbsp; If &quot;Spiderman Part X&quot; is a bad movie, I'm out 10 bucks (or maybe 20) and 2 hours of time.&nbsp; If 4e doesn't work out, there is potentially a lot more frustration on the part of me and the other players.&nbsp; Especially as a DM where you're actually advocating for the game system that you're expecting the players to play by.&nbsp; IMO the energy invested by DnD players into making the game work is enormously more significant than what people invest in a movie or CD, and I think WotC needs to understand that sensitivity about changes in the rules is going to go with the territory.&nbsp; WotC needs to understand that we are all co-authors of the DnD games being played in our homes.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="gizmo33, post: 3792333, member: 30001"] [i]Is[/i] it worth pointing that out? :) The basic idea of a trailer is to make you want to see a movie, and if the trailer is misrepresentative of what is going on in the movie, is that a good thing? Seems to me a bit like arguing against someone saying "Encyclopedia's should be accurate" but taking some page out of one and showing an inaccuracy. IMO that doesn't change what the purpose of the thing is. I'll recognize that it's a matter of degree, but WotC has an opportunity to make a pretty strong case for it's product. I would hope that there would be less of a possibility of misleading information. And in terms of "hype", as I said in another thread, DnD is not a product that I (or other players) passively consume. If "Spiderman Part X" is a bad movie, I'm out 10 bucks (or maybe 20) and 2 hours of time. If 4e doesn't work out, there is potentially a lot more frustration on the part of me and the other players. Especially as a DM where you're actually advocating for the game system that you're expecting the players to play by. IMO the energy invested by DnD players into making the game work is enormously more significant than what people invest in a movie or CD, and I think WotC needs to understand that sensitivity about changes in the rules is going to go with the territory. WotC needs to understand that we are all co-authors of the DnD games being played in our homes. [/QUOTE]

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