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Message: <blockquote data-quote="johnsemlak" data-source="post: 477290" data-attributes="member: 7233">Well, I didn't want to toot my horn earlier, but it's always nice to receive gratitude for one's efforts. <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f642.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":)" title="Smile    :)"  data-smilie="1"data-shortname=":)" />   Of course I enjoy what I do so it's not really necessary.My initial reaction to the post at the beginning of this thread was typical, and identical to those who have responded above.  This site is the result of a lot of people's hard work.  In general, it is an extremely useful and very efficiently-run site (compare it to just about any other RPG site-- I think you'd have to agree).  Complaining about not being able to run searchs for free, even though the reasons are clearly stated, well, some people...HOWEVER, I think I can understand that people who use this site a lot become used to the high standards that this site nearly always keeps, and as a result become frustrated when they run into problems (witness the people who posted rather rude complaints when the site when down a few weeks ago).  It's easy to forget, when you become used to using a site like ENworld, that its a grassroots site and not supported by a conglomerate, because it's overall quality, despite some complaints people have, is very high.  If someone posted similar comlaints about the WotC site, I'd be more sympethetic, because we nearly all shell out at least $30 for the PHB and perhaps much more for the DMG, MMI, MMII, S&F, modules, LGG, Dragon mag, etc.  And in today's world, a company with a fan base like WotC is pretty much expected to maintain a decent website for its fans.  Of course, even then, the complaint wouldn't necessarily be vaild, but it would be more acceptable.The fact that people post such complaints as in this thread I think is a credit to ENworld and it's high standards and very professional quality, which make the ENworld site nearly indisinguishable from much more money-driven sites like wizards.com or espn.com or whatever (for those who what to disect that comparison, I said 'nearly' indistinguishable).  It's nice to know that in today's world of mergers, conglomerates, and mega-corperations, that grass-roots volunteer organizations still exist and compare favorably to their competitors.Finally, it is worth noting that ENworld is only one of many fine sites dedicated to providing resources for RPG players; many others do a fine job with perhaps even more limited resources.  I can't name them all, but I use Mortality.net and dragonsfoot from time to time.  Also, many d20 publisher companies and their sites are pretty much run by people from whom RPG stuff is a hobby.</blockquote>

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