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<blockquote data-quote="wedgeski" data-source="post: 3749202" data-attributes="member: 16212">Objectively I have to say that the presentation wasn't that good. I sympathize with Bruce Cordell though... the slides themselves are dull, and the videos pretty uninspiring for the most part. He didn't have a lectern or anything so he was forced to hold the script in his hand the whole time as well. That coupled with some dodgy technical problems and... well, it wasn't a happy mix.What irritated the hell out of me was the active hostility of some of the audience members during the Q&amp;A, though, many of whom seemed to have come just to state a grudge. One guy demanded a straight answer to &quot;Will there be a 5th Edition?&quot; causing Charles Ryan, who doesn't even *work* for WotC, to stand up and say, &quot;Of course there will be, so just shut up and let some real questions get answered, you loser.&quot; (Okay he didn't say that but it's what I heard in my head.)It was always going to be a tricky session for BC because we've had a couple of weeks to digest the news and decide what we like and don't like about it. The fact that his tongue was tied about anything of any real import meant that the Q&amp;A didn't really reveal anything significant, although I did ask and find out a couple of things about the preview books (they will be hardcover, they will be for sale off the shelf, and they'll have designer essays in).I give major props to him for coming over, delivering the presentation, and facing the crowd afterwards, and I wish I'd had the chance to shake his hand at the end, but I had to meet someone and was out of time.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="wedgeski, post: 3749202, member: 16212"] Objectively I have to say that the presentation wasn't that good. I sympathize with Bruce Cordell though... the slides themselves are dull, and the videos pretty uninspiring for the most part. He didn't have a lectern or anything so he was forced to hold the script in his hand the whole time as well. That coupled with some dodgy technical problems and... well, it wasn't a happy mix. What irritated the hell out of me was the active hostility of some of the audience members during the Q&A, though, many of whom seemed to have come just to state a grudge. One guy demanded a straight answer to "Will there be a 5th Edition?" causing Charles Ryan, who doesn't even *work* for WotC, to stand up and say, "Of course there will be, so just shut up and let some real questions get answered, you loser." (Okay he didn't say that but it's what I heard in my head.) It was always going to be a tricky session for BC because we've had a couple of weeks to digest the news and decide what we like and don't like about it. The fact that his tongue was tied about anything of any real import meant that the Q&A didn't really reveal anything significant, although I did ask and find out a couple of things about the preview books (they will be hardcover, they will be for sale off the shelf, and they'll have designer essays in). I give major props to him for coming over, delivering the presentation, and facing the crowd afterwards, and I wish I'd had the chance to shake his hand at the end, but I had to meet someone and was out of time. [/QUOTE]

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