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<blockquote data-quote="Celebrim" data-source="post: 8751778" data-attributes="member: 4937">Eh.&nbsp; Here is the thing.&nbsp; I admire Eberron.&nbsp; It's brilliantly conceived and executed setting that manages to take the D&amp;D kitchen sink and find original places for all the pieces in an imaginative and coherent manner.&nbsp; But I'd never run Eberron.&nbsp; It's not to my taste.&nbsp; I can tell the guy that put it together is a genius and I might play in his campaign, but I'm not going out of my way to play Eberron.&nbsp; Because I understand that things can be of high quality and not be to my taste, because taste is subjective.But I can also be disappointed when my tastes are left behind by the developers or the community.&nbsp; The thing about being a fan is that part of the fun of being a fan is stuffing cash in your fist, waving it in the air, and going, &quot;Take my money!&quot;&nbsp; We want to be wowed.&nbsp; We want to get the cool new toys.&nbsp; And if the market has turned to making cool new toys to your taste, but not to mine, it's not as simple as saying, &quot;Well, you could always do the work yourself.&quot;I could.&nbsp; I'm a geek.&nbsp; I'm a nerd.&nbsp; I make my own stuff.&nbsp; That's part of the package I think.But it's not the same thing.&nbsp; I can make my own cake and that's fun, but sometimes - actually in the case of baking most of the time - I want someone else to bake the cake for me.&nbsp; And if for some reason cedar and cinnamon flavored cakes are all the rage for 10 years running, it is a bit disappointing that I can no longer get my fig with goat cheese frosted cakes.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Celebrim, post: 8751778, member: 4937"] Eh. Here is the thing. I admire Eberron. It's brilliantly conceived and executed setting that manages to take the D&D kitchen sink and find original places for all the pieces in an imaginative and coherent manner. But I'd never run Eberron. It's not to my taste. I can tell the guy that put it together is a genius and I might play in his campaign, but I'm not going out of my way to play Eberron. Because I understand that things can be of high quality and not be to my taste, because taste is subjective. But I can also be disappointed when my tastes are left behind by the developers or the community. The thing about being a fan is that part of the fun of being a fan is stuffing cash in your fist, waving it in the air, and going, "Take my money!" We want to be wowed. We want to get the cool new toys. And if the market has turned to making cool new toys to your taste, but not to mine, it's not as simple as saying, "Well, you could always do the work yourself." I could. I'm a geek. I'm a nerd. I make my own stuff. That's part of the package I think. But it's not the same thing. I can make my own cake and that's fun, but sometimes - actually in the case of baking most of the time - I want someone else to bake the cake for me. And if for some reason cedar and cinnamon flavored cakes are all the rage for 10 years running, it is a bit disappointing that I can no longer get my fig with goat cheese frosted cakes. [/QUOTE]

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