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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Harlock" data-source="post: 268874" data-attributes="member: 4545">Mr. Morrus, Sir,     Nostalgia being what it is to me, I'd prefer to keep the site name simple, or simply, the same.  Maybe you could devise a new meaning for the EN part of it as another poster suggested.  I have some marketing background and I know a wholesale name change dips severely into brand recognition as it were.  But, a simple change that stayed true to the original would not deter too many folks.  Also, if the URL can stay the same, and ENnies can be ENnies it helps you out, I should think.     As far as changing formats on the news page I am torn.  I am used to how you have it set up.  I get headlines right away.  If it is about something I am not interested in I can simply choose to skim it or skip it, but most times, I devour it.  Next you list WotC updates.  Keeping with tradition, they started the 3e revolution and so many consider this the head newsmaker and I think most glance at it as a minimum.  In other words, I dig the splash page.  Headlines, then blow by blow what is going on all over the d20 world.  This is the main reason I began to use your site as my daily jump into the <a href="http://WWW." target="_blank">WWW.</a>     The reason I have continued to use your site on a daily basis is the community that is fostered here.  I am a #dnd3e on chat.psionics.net IRC junkie.  I consider most regular visitors friends and we talk a lot about our games and how to make them better.  These message boards are equally important to me in that regard.  I get more good information from these sources than from some of the books I have shelled out bucks for.  And, that's the main reason I donate to you when I can.  It's simply worth it for my games.  So, I would like to see a greater emphasis placed on community news.  I don't know how that translates in web design: bigger buttons, flashy colors, just more prominenet links?  No clue, as I am not web saavy.       So, please keep up the good work.  If at all possible, keep the name similar, even if you assign new meaning to it.  Some minor reformatting of the splash page may be beneficial, but it's not too bad now.  Please do something to impress upon people how important this community is, and that by getting bigger and more influential, we only make it stronger and a kind of place where publishers want to come and discuss with us our games.  Because they know where the people are is where their money is.  By doing this I think you can satisfy your own desire to freshen up and excercise a bit more control, continue to please your current fan base, and also, to hopefully encourage new and different people to become a part of this growing game and community.  Best of Luck to you, Mr. Morrus, and thank you for such a wonderful resource thus far.</blockquote>

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