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<blockquote data-quote="El Mahdi" data-source="post: 5950094" data-attributes="member: 59506">I wasn't upset...just astounded and flabbergasted.&nbsp;&nbsp;The OGL did not try to make a unified edition, at least not like 5E is attempting to.&nbsp; It did not attempt to make a system that would appeal to all D&amp;D gamers based on the peculiarities of each edition.&nbsp; It made a completely new edition that addressed what was percieved as the shortcomings of all previous editions.&nbsp; Don't get me wrong, 3E is my favorite, but it's not a &quot;unifying&quot; system, nor is it one that had universal appeal among D&amp;D fans.&nbsp;You're right though, you weren't being ironic.&nbsp; I'd instead say that wishing ones favorite edition would get adopted by the whole of D&amp;D fandom as the &quot;one&quot; edition is simply wishful thinking with no practical chance of occuring.&nbsp; It's impossible to make a unified edition out of any one individual edition.&nbsp; The only way a unified edition can work is if it has aspects of or harkens to all editions, or can do so through the use of modules with a simple and &quot;universally D&amp;D&quot; base system.&nbsp;&nbsp;I don't understand.&nbsp; What exactly is your definition here of an &quot;evergreen&quot; edition?&nbsp; If you consider 3.x an evergreen edition for you, how is it that 4E and other D&amp;D editions don't qualify as evergreen?&nbsp; There's support for every edition of D&amp;D on the internet.&nbsp; And each edition has a level of support comensurate with the number of people who still play it.&nbsp; Which since they are all essentially fan supported now, makes sense.&nbsp; And why not continue playing 4E if that's your game?&nbsp; It's no more ended than 3.x is ended.&nbsp; This doesn't make any sense...?&nbsp;<img src="http://www.enworld.org/forum/images/smilies/glasses.png"&nbsp; class="smilie" loading="lazy" alt="B-)" title="Glasses&nbsp; &nbsp; B-)" data-shortname="B-)" /></blockquote>

[QUOTE="El Mahdi, post: 5950094, member: 59506"] I wasn't upset...just astounded and flabbergasted. The OGL did not try to make a unified edition, at least not like 5E is attempting to. It did not attempt to make a system that would appeal to all D&D gamers based on the peculiarities of each edition. It made a completely new edition that addressed what was percieved as the shortcomings of all previous editions. Don't get me wrong, 3E is my favorite, but it's not a "unifying" system, nor is it one that had universal appeal among D&D fans. You're right though, you weren't being ironic. I'd instead say that wishing ones favorite edition would get adopted by the whole of D&D fandom as the "one" edition is simply wishful thinking with no practical chance of occuring. It's impossible to make a unified edition out of any one individual edition. The only way a unified edition can work is if it has aspects of or harkens to all editions, or can do so through the use of modules with a simple and "universally D&D" base system. I don't understand. What exactly is your definition here of an "evergreen" edition? If you consider 3.x an evergreen edition for you, how is it that 4E and other D&D editions don't qualify as evergreen? There's support for every edition of D&D on the internet. And each edition has a level of support comensurate with the number of people who still play it. Which since they are all essentially fan supported now, makes sense. And why not continue playing 4E if that's your game? It's no more ended than 3.x is ended. This doesn't make any sense...? B-) [/QUOTE]

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