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<blockquote data-quote="Mercurius" data-source="post: 8302004" data-attributes="member: 59082"><p>I'm not knocking Greyhawk or Mystara, nor am I saying they don't have a place in fandom. I'm saying that I see no reason for WotC to expend significant resources on them over other projects - or, at least, a cost/benefit analysis wouldn't make sense in the way that matters most to them, as a corporation: financial.</p><p></p><p>EDIT: A bit more...</p><p></p><p>In truth, paging Rob Kuntz, bless his heart, kind of serves my point. He is representative of a generation of gamers, "the Founding Fathers," who now make up a tiny minority, and their "children" (we Gen Xers), while still making up a sizeable number of active players, are now a minority (11%, but one poll). It is kind of sad, and as someone who grew up in the 80s I kind of miss the vibe and feel of D&D back then. But that doesn't mean I think that "kids these days" will or even should embrace my aesthetic preferences. </p><p></p><p>I love 70s funk, but I don't then go and say that, because I love it, 20-somethings will, or at least should. In truth, 70s funk has been incorporated into new styles, from 90s acid jazz to deep house to neo-soul and various shades of pop. Some younger folks might like Funkadelic, but it is, in the end, a window into a very different era, and should be honored as such - but to try to endlessly resuscitate them can actually work against that, in that it "overplows the field."</p><p></p><p>Life moves on. As it should. But we can also honor where we've come from, but to endlessly rehash it is leads to stagnation.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Mercurius, post: 8302004, member: 59082"] I'm not knocking Greyhawk or Mystara, nor am I saying they don't have a place in fandom. I'm saying that I see no reason for WotC to expend significant resources on them over other projects - or, at least, a cost/benefit analysis wouldn't make sense in the way that matters most to them, as a corporation: financial. EDIT: A bit more... In truth, paging Rob Kuntz, bless his heart, kind of serves my point. He is representative of a generation of gamers, "the Founding Fathers," who now make up a tiny minority, and their "children" (we Gen Xers), while still making up a sizeable number of active players, are now a minority (11%, but one poll). It is kind of sad, and as someone who grew up in the 80s I kind of miss the vibe and feel of D&D back then. But that doesn't mean I think that "kids these days" will or even should embrace my aesthetic preferences. I love 70s funk, but I don't then go and say that, because I love it, 20-somethings will, or at least should. In truth, 70s funk has been incorporated into new styles, from 90s acid jazz to deep house to neo-soul and various shades of pop. Some younger folks might like Funkadelic, but it is, in the end, a window into a very different era, and should be honored as such - but to try to endlessly resuscitate them can actually work against that, in that it "overplows the field." Life moves on. As it should. But we can also honor where we've come from, but to endlessly rehash it is leads to stagnation. [/QUOTE]
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