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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Alphastream" data-source="post: 5761743" data-attributes="member: 11365">That was just the most obvious (and obviously incorrect) generalization. The number of 4E players that grew up on Gygax is huge. Coupled with the success of Encounters at bringing back old players, you have a really high number of 4E gamers that played with AD&D or earlier. Overall, I honestly felt the article was useful. It is a snapshot of a view and a possibility.  But, the article is unfair if it is taken as gospel. There is just a lot the article doesn't cover, and the author has potential reason to show bias. The article focuses too narrowly and ends up saying little as a result beyond suggesting the demise of D&D. Meanwhile, wizards has had many successes the past three years. Paizo is likely the only company that doesn't absolutely drool over Wizards' revenue, and even Paizo likely has a number of things they wish they could do as well (for example, in-store programs, advertising, or convention support).I do take heart that the "future" article seemed to turn things around and wish for a more unified community. A shame he didn't provide some ways that could happen and write an article that helped make it happy. For example, we could easily re-spin the entire article to read "several RPGs have been strong, including indie games and notably Paizo... could this, coupled with an innovative Wizards, strengthen the industry in years to come?"</blockquote>