Micah Sweet
Level Up & OSR Enthusiast
I'm far from the only person who doesn't care for WotC's interpretation of 5e rules, or the direction they've taken in the last few years. I have also expressed positive feelings for 3pp, particularly Level Up but also other products. What I don't do is let how someone expresses their opinion affect my own. I'm sorry if my negative feelings about WotC's D&D have somehow made you less inclined to listen to me. Are you asking me to lie about my opinion, or just not participate in any thread that talks about their products? Because insofar as 5e talk on this forum goes, that's nearly all of them.Again, nothing wrong with promoting the stuff you like.
But, coupled with unrelenting negativity it's not really going to fly. "WotC is demonstrably not the most quality stuff"? Seriously? 3pp should get "the attention they deserve"? Hrm, I guess the fact that we have a dedicated forum for Pathfinder, things like the Ennies and tons of threads talking about various 3pp isn't giving them enough attention?
Look, half my D&D collection is 3pp. And that's been true since the first days of the OGL. I love 3pp. But, I don't feel the need to yuck in everyone's yum every single day for the past two years or so. Play the stuff you like. Trumpet the stuff you like. Telling me that WotC is teh suxxors endlessly and we should all jump on the Level Up bandwagon just pushes me further and further away from even considering anything you are promoting. Don't tell me why WotC is bad, because, well, I don't agree. I've got no major beef with WotC stuff. Some I like, some I don't. But, if the only reason I should look at 3pp is because you think WotC sucks, well... that's not good enough and just poisons the well AFAIC.
I think Level Up does a lot of things in 5e better than WotC. I vastly prefer it. But if you disagree, that's fine. Everyone should play what they like.