The Tielfling and The Gnome: On the Set of 4th edition

[maggot]

Okay, I watched it again. And I still don't like it. Not at all. There is no part of this video that appeals to me.

I remember a thread about someone "firing their customers," and I kind of feel like that. Maybe they telling me that 4e isn't for me? Maybe I'm fired and I should stay with 3e or move to competitor.

 

[Fifth Element]

I just watched the video again, and it's even funnier than the last time!

And Youtube is a great idea...

 

[Silent Cartographer]

It's not Meet the Engineer, but it is clever.

The tiefling is annoying on purpose; they're intentionally playing on stereotypes. Insert tongue into cheek, etc.

I have to wonder in awe at the serious emotional investment required for anyone to think this flash video is their personal D&D pink-slip...

 

[maggot]

I have to wonder in awe at the serious emotional investment required for anyone to think this flash video is their personal D&D pink-slip...

I didn't say it was in any way personally directed at me. They post marketing material that doesn't appeal to me, implying their product might not appeal to me. Just business, nothing personal.

 

[Silent Cartographer]

I didn't say it was in any way personally directed at me.

True enough; my apologies for the mis-characterization!

The 'firing' thread you referred to had a very personal tone overall, and I projected that onto your post. My bad. :\

 

[The Ubbergeek]

Okay, I watched it again. And I still don't like it. Not at all. There is no part of this video that appeals to me.

I remember a thread about someone "firing their customers," and I kind of feel like that. Maybe they telling me that 4e isn't for me? Maybe I'm fired and I should stay with 3e or move to competitor.

Don't take this too seriously... *shrugs*

 

[Fifth Element]

True enough; my apologies for the mis-characterization!

The 'firing' thread you referred to had a very personal tone overall, and I projected that onto your post. My bad. :\

Maybe the term 'firing' is the problem. It implies something specific to the individual being fired. Perhaps it would be better to say "Wizards of the Coast has downsized me as a customer"? "Wizards has laid me off as a customer"?

 

[maggot]

Maybe the term 'firing' is the problem. It implies something specific to the individual being fired. Perhaps it would be better to say "Wizards of the Coast has downsized me as a customer"? "Wizards has laid me off as a customer"?

Actually, I was only referencing the 'firing' thread, and I didn't realize it would be so combustible. I'm the one making the decision, so I should have written "After watching that video, my perception is that perhaps I'm no longer part of Wizards' target market."

 

[BryonD]

Maybe the term 'firing' is the problem. It implies something specific to the individual being fired. Perhaps it would be better to say "Wizards of the Coast has downsized me as a customer"? "Wizards has laid me off as a customer"?

Its just using a term that, according to the initial story, started within the halls of WotC.

I got raked over the coals for being overly reactive when I used the same term a few weeks ago. But that wasn't an accurate reading at all. If WotC makes a proactive choice that they are going to change some things knowing full well that a certain segment of their existing customer base will be alienated but they expect to have a net growth in customers for it, then they are absolutely in the rights to do so. And, if they truly believe it will grow sales, they aren't just in their rights, it is something they really SHOULD do. I still may be one of the ones that gets "fired"*. If so, fine. I may not be glad, but there doesn't need to be any animosity about it.


* - Though I loved this comic and it was a grain of salt back on the plus side.

 

[Fifth Element]

The only thing I have left to say is that I know what the first encounter will be the first time I DM 4E. It will be a gnome. It will be that gnome.