Poll/petition Sign the "KEEP DRAGON MAGAZINE' poll/petition

[Raven Crowking]

Then again, the WotC site content was free.
You get what you pay for.

If that was true, why is EN World so much better?

 

[Drowbane]

I think advneture paths was a good idea, but I don't know if I will continue down that road. I did fill in the rest of my subscription with more path finder issues and will give it a shot for 4 months, but I liked the individual adventures too, just like I didn't just read Dragon for the adventure path hook articles.

We shall see though.

I agree on all counts, Dragon/Dungeon will be missed. But if Pathfinder is half as good as what I've come to expect from Paizo...

well, either way, I'll get over the loss of D & D mags.

 

[Drowbane]

If that was true, why is EN World so much better?

Pirate Cat

 

[Vigilance]

Hmm, don't you get tired of looking at a computer screen?

I stare at a computer screen all day long, the last thing I want to do is stare at one to read the next "digital Initiative." Plus, if this even remotely works, the next step will be 4th edition all in PDF format, no more books. While it might be nice to have splat books on computer, the core books would blow in that format.

You stare at a computer screen all day long, and are willing to do so for any purpose but reading Dragon online.

I hear this argument all the time :"Now I have to read them online! Stupid WOTC! Now only those with internet access can get the magazines!" from folks with active messageboard accounts and hundreds of posts and it makes me scratch my head.

Apparently your day is so full with all the online petitions you're creating, that reading an article about D&D just can't find a place in your schedule.

Anyway, I voted for something online.

 

[Maggan]

If that was true, why is EN World so much better?

Because people are paying for the site either through supporting it through community accounts, looking at the ads or buying the products EN World puts out?

EN World is not free. It's sorta free, but if we all started viewing it as free content, it'd go away in a heartbeat.

/M

 

[Umbran]

Yeah, me too. I think that the analogy failed with the "sets have been struck" line.

*shrug*. I think it fit well enough. The magazine had significant infrastructure in place to keep it going, and that infrastructure has been dismantled and other things are being produced with the resources. There is a "point of no return" after which the costs to restart become a significant barrier. In terms of production, they would no longer be restarting the magazine - they'd be starting a new magazine with the same type of content.

Doctor Who was dead, too. The sets had been struck. The FOX/BBC movie/pilot was considered a ratings failure. Look at it now.

Yes. Look at the pattern. Doctor who originally ran from 1963 to 1989. The Paul McGann movie came out in 1996. The new series didn't start until 2005. The Trek fans similarly didn't get movies out of the original series for many years. They didn't just casually pick up where they left off.

Compare this to, for example, Jericho, which seems to have been given a reprieve by many tons of peanuts, but only very shortly after the cancellation - if I recall correctly contracts were still in force, and the set existed.

The evidence seems pretty clear, once production has really ceased, and the resources have been allocated elsewhere, a thing will stay dead for quite a while.

 

[Raven Crowking]

Because people are paying for the site either through supporting it through community accounts, looking at the ads or buying the products EN World puts out?

OK....That's true.

 

[Brown Jenkin]

If it makes you feel good, I guess that's fine, but I hope you don't convince yourself that you will actually make any difference with this poll. The only thing that might bring back the magazine is if the DI makes less profit than the print magazines ever did, or if in a few years there is a sea change at WotC and the new leadership realizes that, whether digital or print format, the brand names Dragon and Dungeon are worth restoring to cash in on the recognition they bring.

Or the other option is that the rumors about D&D being sold are true and new management immediately goes about fixng problems like the cancelation of Dragon and Dungeon. We can only hope.

 

[DM-Rocco]

You stare at a computer screen all day long, and are willing to do so for any purpose but reading Dragon online.

I hear this argument all the time :"Now I have to read them online! Stupid WOTC! Now only those with internet access can get the magazines!" from folks with active messageboard accounts and hundreds of posts and it makes me scratch my head.

Apparently your day is so full with all the online petitions you're creating, that reading an article about D&D just can't find a place in your schedule.

Anyway, I voted for something online.

Okay, you are taking that out of context.

When I say I am staring at a computer screen all day long, I am working inches from a screen making digital graphics. Do I like to post on ENworl and other sites? Yes I do. However, I don't like reading long articles on a computer. My point is that computers inflict a lot of eye strain. 8 hours of that is enough. I like to come home and maybe go over e-mails and perhaps scan a few boards if I have a question or something, but I don't come home after 8 hours of staring at a computer screen and want to do so for another 8 hours again, (new video games the expection.

There is a huge difference between reading something on a computer screen and something in print. Your eyes can read print much easier. Plus, a magazine is portable. Sure, so are laptops, but you still need to turn them on, scroll to what you want, etc. plus they are bulky (yes, many copies of a magazine together are bulky too). Even if you can print out a copy of the Digital stuff, it won't be the same because the binding won't be the same. Plus, I predict they will charge the same and expect you to supply the printer and paper. That way they make even more money.

 

[Corathon]

Quote this to sign on-line petition
I sign this petition to keep Dragon and Dungeon magazine as they are!!!

No PDFs or on-line formats for me!!!

Amen.