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<blockquote data-quote="DEFCON 1" data-source="post: 6676208" data-attributes="member: 7006">And they *are* keeping those Adventurer's League people happy by running nothing but Adventurer's League games continuously all weekend long.&nbsp; At any point during the convention, you can get into a D&amp;D game.&nbsp; But as far as D&amp;D panels are concerned... WotC isn't abandoning their loyal core by not having them... their &quot;loyal core&quot; already abandoned THEM by not showing up to the panels in the past years when they had them.I don't know how many of you have been to a PAX... but as a regular PAX East attendee (and DM when WotC actually ran games all weekend a couple years ago)... I can tell you that I believe the MOST attended D&amp;D panels WotC has ever had have been the Acquisitions Incorporated games.&nbsp; They hold those games in the largest theaters in Seattle/Boston and are always completely sold out and full.&nbsp; They get more people in to learn/experience D&amp;D through the AI games than probably any other panel they've ever had ever at any convention ever.&nbsp; And that passion for gamers to watch people play/discuss D&amp;D is probably a good reason why it carries over into other panels at PAX.I don't know about PAX Prime... but WotC stopped running a booth to have gamers play D&amp;D at PAX East two years ago.&nbsp; The D&amp;D they present is all in panel and live-game form.&nbsp; And I expect this right here's the reason:People mainly go to GenCon to play games.People mainly go to PAX to learn about games (mainly video games, but still...)Thus... WotC is now playing to both cons strengths.&nbsp; You can't really fault them for it.&nbsp; And we only have ourselves to blame if we never went to the panels on D&amp;D WotC held at GenCon in years past.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="DEFCON 1, post: 6676208, member: 7006"] And they *are* keeping those Adventurer's League people happy by running nothing but Adventurer's League games continuously all weekend long. At [i]any point[/i] during the convention, you can get into a D&D game. But as far as D&D panels are concerned... WotC isn't abandoning their loyal core by not having them... their "loyal core" already abandoned THEM by not showing up to the panels in the past years when they had them. I don't know how many of you have been to a PAX... but as a regular PAX East attendee (and DM when WotC actually ran games all weekend a couple years ago)... I can tell you that I believe the MOST attended D&D panels WotC has ever had have been the Acquisitions Incorporated games. They hold those games in the largest theaters in Seattle/Boston and are always completely sold out and full. They get more people in to learn/experience D&D through the AI games than probably any other panel they've ever had ever at any convention ever. And that passion for gamers to [i]watch[/i] people play/discuss D&D is probably a good reason why it carries over into other panels at PAX. I don't know about PAX Prime... but WotC stopped running a booth to have gamers play D&D at PAX East two years ago. The D&D they present is all in panel and live-game form. And I expect this right here's the reason: People mainly go to GenCon to [i]play[/i] games. People mainly go to PAX to [i]learn about[/i] games (mainly video games, but still...) Thus... WotC is now playing to both cons strengths. You can't really fault them for it. And we only have ourselves to blame if we never went to the panels on D&D WotC held at GenCon in years past. [/QUOTE]

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