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<blockquote data-quote="Hussar" data-source="post: 8628563" data-attributes="member: 22779"><p>And, as far as "throwing out older gamers because they wouldn't like the answers" goes, that's just bunk.</p><p></p><p>Remember, they didn't do the market research to share it with fans. That was never, EVER the intent of doing the research. They shared it because they could, but, it was never an attempt to prove anything. They didn't announce that this was some big market survey and they were going to tell everyone the results after they were done. No. They did the market research first. Examined it. And then shared it because they thought it was an interesting way to engage with fans.</p><p></p><p>This whole ludicrous conspiracy theory that people have concocted to somehow "prove" that 3e D&D was made for younger gamers is so much smoke. It presumes SO many things - that older gamers prefer longer campaigns, something that has NEVER been shown in anywhere. Every single poll done on En World, for example, or RPG.net, for the past twenty years shows EXACTLY the same results. Most campaigns end under 2 years. Full stop.</p><p></p><p>This has been shown again, and again, and again, and again.</p><p></p><p>Yet, almost thirty years later, people are still claiming that there was some sort of bizarre conspiracy to ignore older gamers. <img src="http://www.enworld.org/forum/images/smilies/paranoid.png" class="smilie" loading="lazy" alt=":uhoh:" title="Paranoid :uhoh:" data-shortname=":uhoh:" /> It's a lovely conspiracy theory because it's 100% untestable, 100% unverified, flies in the face of every piece of evidence we actually do have, but, because it's such a lovely conspiracy theory, we still have people banging the drum. It's such a bizarre belief to hold.</p><p></p><p>Zero evidence. Zero reasons other than "Oh, they didn't design the game specifically FOR ME, so, they must hate older gamers". </p><p></p><p><img src="http://www.enworld.org/forum/images/smilies/erm.png" class="smilie" loading="lazy" alt=":erm:" title="Erm :erm:" data-shortname=":erm:" /></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Hussar, post: 8628563, member: 22779"] And, as far as "throwing out older gamers because they wouldn't like the answers" goes, that's just bunk. Remember, they didn't do the market research to share it with fans. That was never, EVER the intent of doing the research. They shared it because they could, but, it was never an attempt to prove anything. They didn't announce that this was some big market survey and they were going to tell everyone the results after they were done. No. They did the market research first. Examined it. And then shared it because they thought it was an interesting way to engage with fans. This whole ludicrous conspiracy theory that people have concocted to somehow "prove" that 3e D&D was made for younger gamers is so much smoke. It presumes SO many things - that older gamers prefer longer campaigns, something that has NEVER been shown in anywhere. Every single poll done on En World, for example, or RPG.net, for the past twenty years shows EXACTLY the same results. Most campaigns end under 2 years. Full stop. This has been shown again, and again, and again, and again. Yet, almost thirty years later, people are still claiming that there was some sort of bizarre conspiracy to ignore older gamers. :uhoh: It's a lovely conspiracy theory because it's 100% untestable, 100% unverified, flies in the face of every piece of evidence we actually do have, but, because it's such a lovely conspiracy theory, we still have people banging the drum. It's such a bizarre belief to hold. Zero evidence. Zero reasons other than "Oh, they didn't design the game specifically FOR ME, so, they must hate older gamers". :erm: [/QUOTE]
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