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<blockquote data-quote="JohnSnow" data-source="post: 3926824" data-attributes="member: 32164">I've put this thought in a couple of threads so far, but I think it's worth keeping in mind.In the context of a new edition being released, we should all realize that the way we play D&amp;D isn't the only way to play D&amp;D. Everyone plays the game a little bit differently. Where I think people are getting wound up is in the belief that the way they play is the way everyone plays (or ought to).We all need to give WotC the benefit of the doubt that they are making the new edition of the game to appeal to the majority of their customers. That may mean that we don't agree with all their decisions. It may mean that some of the things they change are things we didn't particularly think needed changing, or even things that we didn't want changed.That's an inevitable result of change. Some people will like it (or love it) and some will hate it. Many will be neutral.People need to stop predicting &quot;the death of D&amp;D.&quot; People need to stop with the overdramatic claims that WotC is &quot;destroying D&amp;D&quot; just because they're making the game different. The guys at WotC are gamers themselves, and we have to trust that they're making a game for the bulk of gamers.That may mean we don't always agree with their decisions. It's not personal.By the same token, someone disagreeing with how WotC is changing the rules may still have a point. I just wish we could discuss the changes themselves without people constantly harping about how this change or that is only good for people who enjoy &quot;badwrongfun&quot; or that &quot;WotC is destroying D&amp;D&quot; &quot;WoW is destroying D&amp;D&quot; or &quot;grognards are destroying D&amp;D.&quot;We all play differently people. The sooner we realize this (and give the WotC designers the benefit of the doubt that they aren't actively trying to destroy D&amp;D), the sooner these boards will get civilized again.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="JohnSnow, post: 3926824, member: 32164"] I've put this thought in a couple of threads so far, but I think it's worth keeping in mind. In the context of a new edition being released, we should all realize that the way we play D&D isn't the only way to play D&D. Everyone plays the game a little bit differently. Where I think people are getting wound up is in the belief that the way they play is the way everyone plays (or ought to). We all need to give WotC the benefit of the doubt that they are making the new edition of the game to appeal to the majority of their customers. That may mean that we don't agree with all their decisions. It may mean that some of the things they change are things we didn't particularly think needed changing, or even things that we didn't want changed. That's an inevitable result of change. Some people will like it (or love it) and some will hate it. Many will be neutral. People need to stop predicting "the death of D&D." People need to stop with the overdramatic claims that WotC is "destroying D&D" just because they're making the game different. The guys at WotC are gamers themselves, and we have to trust that they're making a game for the bulk of gamers. That may mean we don't always agree with their decisions. It's not personal. By the same token, someone disagreeing with how WotC is changing the rules may still have a point. I just wish we could discuss the changes themselves without people constantly harping about how this change or that is only good for people who enjoy "badwrongfun" or that "WotC is destroying D&D" "WoW is destroying D&D" or "grognards are destroying D&D." We all play differently people. The sooner we realize this (and give the WotC designers the benefit of the doubt that they aren't actively [b]trying[/b] to destroy D&D), the sooner these boards will get civilized again. [/QUOTE]

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