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<blockquote data-quote="DarkCrisis" data-source="post: 8742059" data-attributes="member: 1788"><p>The 5 stages of New Edition Grief.</p><p></p><ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Denial - I don't have to switch. My old books still work just fine. I bet a lot people won't change editions anyways. I'll have no trouble finding a game of my preferred edition</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Anger - How could TSR/WotC/etc do this to me!? Look at all the money I spent on these books that are near worthless now! They aren't getting a dime out of me!</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Bargaining - If I buy more of the current edition books TSR/WotC/etc has to see how popular it is and they will make more books for it! I'll just gift the spare Old Ed book sets to my friends...</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Depression - I can't believe how much I spent on these old books that just collect dust. And everyone is trying to dump their old books so I'll be lucky to get a 4th of their cover price. Why does TSR/WotC/etc hate me?</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Acceptance - I'll keep a few favorites and use the money to buy the new edition core set. But JUST the core, I'm not going to have this happen to me again! Besides maybe the new Ed is fun. Besides, if I don't like it I can also find a group for my preferred edition, right? And I bet I can get some of the old books cheap off Ebay...</li> </ul></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="DarkCrisis, post: 8742059, member: 1788"] The 5 stages of New Edition Grief. [LIST] [*]Denial - I don't have to switch. My old books still work just fine. I bet a lot people won't change editions anyways. I'll have no trouble finding a game of my preferred edition [*]Anger - How could TSR/WotC/etc do this to me!? Look at all the money I spent on these books that are near worthless now! They aren't getting a dime out of me! [*]Bargaining - If I buy more of the current edition books TSR/WotC/etc has to see how popular it is and they will make more books for it! I'll just gift the spare Old Ed book sets to my friends... [*]Depression - I can't believe how much I spent on these old books that just collect dust. And everyone is trying to dump their old books so I'll be lucky to get a 4th of their cover price. Why does TSR/WotC/etc hate me? [*]Acceptance - I'll keep a few favorites and use the money to buy the new edition core set. But JUST the core, I'm not going to have this happen to me again! Besides maybe the new Ed is fun. Besides, if I don't like it I can also find a group for my preferred edition, right? And I bet I can get some of the old books cheap off Ebay... [/LIST] [/QUOTE]
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