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<blockquote data-quote="Mercule" data-source="post: 1172293" data-attributes="member: 5100">Because you have people like me who detest the Realms.&nbsp; Seriously.&nbsp; I'd left AD&amp;D behind me in 1993 or so and moved on to Hero, Storyteller, and other systems.&nbsp; About the only thing that got me to even look at 3E was the fact that they restored Greyhawk as the default setting.&nbsp;I actually run a homebrew setting (although I use Greyhawk as a &quot;beer and pretzels&quot; setting).&nbsp; Still, FR represents to me the Lorraine Williams School of Gaming.&nbsp; After thumbing through the 3E FRCS and finding it to be perhaps the single best presentation and organization of a setting sourcebook ever (major, major kudos to the editor and design team), I still can't bring myself to buy it.&nbsp; I'd just feel soiled.&nbsp;Anyway, the point is that reviving Greyhawk -- even the half-assed attempt by WotC -- piqued my interest enough that I was willing to forget all the stupid management, production, and PR foul-ups made by TSR.&nbsp; Turned out that I actually really do prefer d20 to most other systems, but I never would have bothered trying if Greyhawk hadn't been nominally revived.&nbsp; And, since I was the motivater in my group to switch to 3E (no one had bought a D&amp;D book in years), that one thing was key for us.&nbsp;Not that my group of six or so players is a critical market, but I'm sure there are others out there of a similar mind.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Mercule, post: 1172293, member: 5100"] Because you have people like me who detest the Realms. Seriously. I'd left AD&D behind me in 1993 or so and moved on to Hero, Storyteller, and other systems. About the only thing that got me to even look at 3E was the fact that they restored Greyhawk as the default setting. I actually run a homebrew setting (although I use Greyhawk as a "beer and pretzels" setting). Still, FR represents to me the [u]Lorraine Williams School of Gaming[/u]. After thumbing through the 3E FRCS and finding it to be perhaps the single best presentation and organization of a setting sourcebook ever (major, major kudos to the editor and design team), I still can't bring myself to buy it. I'd just feel [i]soiled.[/i] Anyway, the point is that reviving Greyhawk -- even the half-assed attempt by WotC -- piqued my interest enough that I was willing to forget all the stupid management, production, and PR foul-ups made by TSR. Turned out that I actually really do prefer d20 to most other systems, but I never would have bothered trying if Greyhawk hadn't been nominally revived. And, since I was the motivater in my group to switch to 3E (no one had bought a D&D book in years), that one thing was key for us. Not that my group of six or so players is a critical market, but I'm sure there are others out there of a similar mind. [/QUOTE]

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