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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Wolfen Priest" data-source="post: 272140" data-attributes="member: 3909">I agree that WotC should probably (eventually) start a marketing plan, but advertising D&D on MTV???  Gah?Yo man datz Cray Zay.Do you honestly think the stupid little wanna-be's (probably mostly chicks around 12-14 years old) who watch Carson Daily (daily) on TRL are going to be able to understand, let alone actually want to play Dungeons & Dragons?And as Nish said, if D&D ever got anywhere near appealing to those people, you can bet I would find another hobby.  If they want to appeal to the "cool" (read: generally stupid, shallow, and conformist) crowd simply for the bucks, then guess what?  They should be in another business.  [bitter rant]Honestly, I can't wait until Hasbro(ke) sells off the D&D brand.  I think almost everything WotC has published beyond the Core 3 (other than MotP) was basically crap anyway (and I am saying that because I honestly believe it ~ their stuff isn't even in the top 3 for me).I wouldn't have a problem if they never published anything again.  I'm perfectly content to play (and buy) stuff from 3rd party vendors.[/bitter rant]Anyway, YMMV, but D&D will never die out.  Just because they (i.e., the Bean Counters) want it to sell like Gap clothes or what-have-you, doesn't mean that's the best thing for the hobby itself.  One last example of what I mean (only people out of high school will know what I mean here): when Star Wars went mainstream, that was *the* moment it began to be less cool for me.  It was best when it was all but forgotten, about the years 1989-1991 or so (for me, anyway).</blockquote>

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