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<blockquote data-quote="ggroy" data-source="post: 4820001" data-attributes="member: 83805">Before the internet became popular, these sorts of discussions would not have been heard in a widespread manner.&nbsp; If they were heard at all, they were largely confined to betwen friends and/or with people who ran FLGS.I remember back in the days of the 1E to 2E AD&amp;D transition, the only people I knew in those days who expressed a rabid anti-2E sentiment were almost always people who had already previously purchased a lot of 1E AD&amp;D stuff (ie. hardcover books, modules, etc ...).&nbsp; Some of these same people never even read the 2E Player's Manual and DMG at the time.&nbsp; (A few of them have not even read any 2E core books to this very day!)&nbsp; Essentially in their own minds, they felt like they were being &quot;ripped off&quot; and &quot;wronged&quot; by TSR.By the time 3E was released, all these sorts of &quot;pro&quot; and &quot;anti&quot; sentiments and arguments were all over usenet and some web pages.&nbsp; Essentially what was once &quot;shooting the breeze&quot; coffee house chatter about (A)D&amp;D editions amongst a friend or two, now became complete international flame fests over usenet.&nbsp; With message boards, blogs, etc ... this has amplified everything to louder and louder levels.&nbsp; In the end, it may very well be several 17 year old high school or college kids posting up all kinds of &quot;noise&quot;, just to rile up other people like grognards and rabid supporters and/or detractors of particular editions/games.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="ggroy, post: 4820001, member: 83805"] Before the internet became popular, these sorts of discussions would not have been heard in a widespread manner. If they were heard at all, they were largely confined to betwen friends and/or with people who ran FLGS. I remember back in the days of the 1E to 2E AD&D transition, the only people I knew in those days who expressed a rabid anti-2E sentiment were almost always people who had already previously purchased a lot of 1E AD&D stuff (ie. hardcover books, modules, etc ...). Some of these same people never even read the 2E Player's Manual and DMG at the time. (A few of them have not even read any 2E core books to this very day!) Essentially in their own minds, they felt like they were being "ripped off" and "wronged" by TSR. By the time 3E was released, all these sorts of "pro" and "anti" sentiments and arguments were all over usenet and some web pages. Essentially what was once "shooting the breeze" coffee house chatter about (A)D&D editions amongst a friend or two, now became complete international flame fests over usenet. With message boards, blogs, etc ... this has amplified everything to louder and louder levels. In the end, it may very well be several 17 year old high school or college kids posting up all kinds of "noise", just to rile up other people like grognards and rabid supporters and/or detractors of particular editions/games. [/QUOTE]

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