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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Hippy" data-source="post: 5431976" data-attributes="member: 63574">I can appreciate the "hassle" aspect, but I am a 40ish gamer and frankly we have begun to embrace the notion of online connection just to game on a semi-regular basis.  We have utilized Skype video conferencing and it has worked very well.  In a couple of instances I have been able to "join" the group when I could not otherwise come in person.  In one instance I was sick with a slight cold.  Not a big deal normally, but we play at a nursing home where one of the players is a resident, and I did not want to bring in any illness that could maker him or the other residents ill.  In another instance I had to be home to watch my kids.  Suffice to say without the skype I would not have played at all.On a separate note, I use D20Pro for a virtual table top in my home game.  We are all around the table, but the ease of creating FOG without having to manually draw out what they can see and not see has hugely sped up the amount we can get to in an evening.  This is very important when we can only meet every other week for the game.  The success of the D20Pro has made my use of WOTC and metal minis at the table less and less relevant.  In all honesty it has not taken away from the experience of the "feel of D&D" at the table, just made it easier and quicker to get to the story and action.  It also is easier for one of my players to see the action as I can zoom in on any part of the map battle areas, etc.  He has vision issues and sometimes he could not follow the minis as easy on a battle mat.So to make a long explanation short (too late I know)  the idea of WOTC moving to a online virtual table top makes perfect sense, and frankly what they promised from the very beginning of the 4e switch.  The just have not been able to deliver much that way until now with the 4e beta.  I am a 3.5 (and soon to be Pathfinder) player, but the version is irrelevant, that fact is if the medium (online) improves your game for ease of use or frequency of play...people will use it and pay for it if the quality is there.  Granted WOTC has missed the boat on the quality aspect to date for many customers...but give them time, I think it will change out of necessity if nothing else.Just my two electrum..Cheers,hippy</blockquote>

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