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Message: <blockquote data-quote="kenjib" data-source="post: 1400693" data-attributes="member: 530">Hi Quasetron.  One of the quotes in your original post was mine, and I fear that the meaning has been somewhat altered by quoting it out of context.  In the context of that article, I specifically said that it was my preference only and even acknowledged that I am in the minority.As regards your counter-example with Erol Otus, his works to me invoke the covers of Weird Tales magazine and I really love them.  If you look through some of this artwork (you can find scans online) then perhaps you will see what I mean.  3e art definitely doesn't evoke the same.  It evokes a different set of sources that doesn't "click" for me, despite the merits that other people find.It's really that simple for me and in the context of my original post, were you to go back and examine it, you might also notice that I also explicitly stated that I liked the older feel because it invoked older literary influences as listed in the back of the 1e DMG.  If you have access to a copy of the 1e DMG, or a good memory, you might note that many of the authors listed in the back of the DMG, not coincidentally, were prominent contributors to Wierd Tales magazine.There is no contradiction in my statement and I stand by it.</blockquote>