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<blockquote data-quote="JiffyPopTart" data-source="post: 7986700" data-attributes="member: 4881">Jun 4, 2002I was a reader on the cusp of 3e being released (the leaks and speculation are what brought me here), however didn't official engage in discussion (i.e. create an account) until a bit later.&nbsp; I was a pretty heavy reader back in the 3e era.&nbsp; I fondly remember when ENWorld needed new hardware and had a fundraising rally, it really opened my eyes to the awesomeness that later became a fairly standard crowdfunding model.I trailed off in interest the second half of 4e, eventually quitting D&amp;D for the Essentials era.&nbsp; Jumped back in with the playtest and release of 5e.I have found myself starting to draw away again as we get close to the 5 year anniversary of 5e.&nbsp; The design decision to avoid crunchy supplements in favor of adventure paths and campaign settings has gotten to me over the past year as I slowly have come to realize we aren't going back to the days of crunchy books like we have had in the past.I have had a little bit of an uptick on posting interest recently trying to keep myself engaged and interested in 5e, because that's what my group seems to want to play, but I think if this dies out I may be back out of the D&amp;D crowd and off the boards again until something else D&amp;D comes along (and something that is more crunchy).I have found myself increasingly frustrated at the course of a lot of the threads I try to engage in here in the past year.&nbsp; It's nothing to do with the board itself or the hosts (I've never had an issue with the mods or Morrus' decisions), but instead the general trend of every thread ending in some sort of argument over some minutiae or obscure point.&nbsp; Maybe its rose colored glasses, maybe its just me being old and crabby, or maybe its something external, but to me ENWorld used to be a fairly friendly place that usually only had strife in edition war threads.&nbsp; Now it seems like every statement you might make has to be upheld with a Supreme Court level dissertation of a defense as people try to &quot;win&quot; discussions of opinion.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="JiffyPopTart, post: 7986700, member: 4881"] Jun 4, 2002 I was a reader on the cusp of 3e being released (the leaks and speculation are what brought me here), however didn't official engage in discussion (i.e. create an account) until a bit later. I was a pretty heavy reader back in the 3e era. I fondly remember when ENWorld needed new hardware and had a fundraising rally, it really opened my eyes to the awesomeness that later became a fairly standard crowdfunding model. I trailed off in interest the second half of 4e, eventually quitting D&D for the Essentials era. Jumped back in with the playtest and release of 5e. I have found myself starting to draw away again as we get close to the 5 year anniversary of 5e. The design decision to avoid crunchy supplements in favor of adventure paths and campaign settings has gotten to me over the past year as I slowly have come to realize we aren't going back to the days of crunchy books like we have had in the past. I have had a little bit of an uptick on posting interest recently trying to keep myself engaged and interested in 5e, because that's what my group seems to want to play, but I think if this dies out I may be back out of the D&D crowd and off the boards again until something else D&D comes along (and something that is more crunchy). I have found myself increasingly frustrated at the course of a lot of the threads I try to engage in here in the past year. It's nothing to do with the board itself or the hosts (I've never had an issue with the mods or Morrus' decisions), but instead the general trend of every thread ending in some sort of argument over some minutiae or obscure point. Maybe its rose colored glasses, maybe its just me being old and crabby, or maybe its something external, but to me ENWorld used to be a fairly friendly place that usually only had strife in edition war threads. Now it seems like every statement you might make has to be upheld with a Supreme Court level dissertation of a defense as people try to "win" discussions of opinion. [/QUOTE]

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