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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Man in the Funny Hat" data-source="post: 8052871" data-attributes="member: 32740">Talking to people about D&D in 1E meant letters to the editor in Dragon magazine.  2E meant USENET and TSR's AOL forum (the former a lawless #&$%-show, the latter a draconian-enforcement "adore us unconditionally or F-off" reservation.  3E was able to be birthed in the light of the world wide web and at least marginally moderated but mostly neutrally moderated web forums.  That meant a lot to me.  I ultimately lost a huge amount of appreciation for 3E after WotC decided to let the inmates start running the asylum.  I went back to 1E for a long time, but finally came to grips with how I wanted to run 3.5, and probably actually prefer it over ALL other editions, recent or ancient - when kept firmly under control of a DM who simply understands why it needs to be controlled.</blockquote>