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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Mapmaker" data-source="post: 1070451" data-attributes="member: 9272">Erik has been nothing but real with us, near as I can tell. He has spoken more candidly about the magazine's prospects and circumstances than most magazine editors would ever do in a public forum such as this, and it speaks volumes about his good character and dedication to the readers.Dungeon readers and Dungeon "purists" are not one and the same.By demanding that Polyhedron be separated from Dungeon and refering to Dungeon in derogatory terms, how is this attitude any different from that which you protest?I think most readers would rather it not "go out" at all...and indeed I see little likelihood that it's even in danger of doing so.If the choice you speak of is Polyhedron or no Polyhedron, I think the choice has already been made, and it's to keep Polyhedron. If you feel that the content of future issues isn't of sufficient quality or quantity to earn your money, the choice of what to do with that money is yours, not Erik's. I think he'd appreciate it, though, if we wait to see that content before we judge it. He's hardly even been in the driver's seat of the whole magazine for a few weeks, and already some of his 'loudest supporters' want to get out and hail a cab? Sheesh. At least let him show us how well he can parallel park... <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    :)"  data-smilie="1"data-shortname=":)" />He's doing the best he can in a complex situation to keep both sides of the magazine prosperous. It has already been established that the magazines can't yet flourish separately, so if we want them to someday reach that state we need to let the folks in charge (who are even more attached to Polyhedron than we are, I assure you) make the tough choices and steer the ship in the right direction. After all, they have a much clearer view of the financial horizon than any of us, and know better than anyone what course changes are necessary to stay on track.All of this is not to say that feedback should be silenced. On the contrary: voicing an opinion is most definiately a good thing. It's much more helpful, though, if provided in a way that's respectful of the efforts of the people involved.Anyway, there's my two cents. Make of it what you wish. <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    :)"  data-smilie="1"data-shortname=":)" /></blockquote>

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