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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Levistus's_Leviathan" data-source="post: 8583920" data-attributes="member: 7023887">No one is trying to force anyone to be positive. I think what most of us would prefer is if they were just "negative" in a more constructive way. There are legitimate criticisms for books (poorly laid out structure, broken mechanics, referencing things removed in the editorial process, typos, legitimately harmful content, etc), and it's absolutely okay to be critical of books for that. It's even okay to say stuff like "meh, this book doesn't look like it's for me" or "I would have preferred X book, but think it's fine that it's being made for the people who want it" and similar phrasings.Crapping on a book's mere existence because you would have preferred another Forgotten Realms book or a reprinted older setting is not a valid criticism. Saying that this book shouldn't exist because it's "fluffy" is not a valid criticism. Insulting the people that like this style of book and/or the people that designed it is not a valid criticism of it. Ranting about how newer game designers are writing adventures for this book is not a valid criticism of it.There's just been a ton of nonsense in this thread and others that, although they don't take up the majority of the thread's discussion, really can (and probably will) impact how financially successful this book is and its designers (especially the newer ones).This site is one of the more popular ways for people to get their D&D (and other TTRPG) news, so the discussion of this release in threads like this will definitely impact how some people buy their D&D products. People who have written for official WotC products have directly responded to and referenced posts/discussions on this site in the recent past. <a href="https://www.enworld.org/threads/critical-role-call-of-the-netherdeep-review.686683/#post-8576004" target="_blank">James Haeck responded to my post about Netherdeep and its similarities to a Ravenloft Domain of Dread on Twitter</a>. One of the designers for this book commented on the speculation thread and how some people got close to guessing the title and theme of the book.This discussion and its tone matter. It might not matter a ton, but it still matters.That is why I'm so fed up with the knee-jerk negativity around this book that is pervasive in this thread (and similar discussions on other platforms). We don't know anything about the actual quality of the book, so basing your opinion on it now in such a definitive way and portraying the book in a negative light months before its release will have an impact on how many people buy it and on the writers that put a lot of effort into making this book.I will reserve my judgment for this book until it has been released and I have fully read through it. Until then, I'm going to argue against the people crapping all over it, and I'm going to try to point out some of the falsehoods and bigotry that I have seen present in these discussions. Doing any less would be a disservice to the talented people involved in making it and the unreleased book.</blockquote>

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