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<blockquote data-quote="Chaosmancer" data-source="post: 9269746" data-attributes="member: 6801228">And, catching back up on the thread, I once more stand by my observation. The majority of people I see who want to use 5.5 also hold the position that WoTC is lying/deceiving/obfuscating/using deceptive marketing tactics/cowardly/trying to have their cake and eat it to/downplaying/ ect ect ect ect the changes in the books, and that the only true, objective, and correct thing is to recognize the new books as a half edition change, exactly like they did before when they were floundering and in trouble. For those of us who like what we have seen, and want the books to succeed, we don't want this negativity and baggage. This isn't a position we want to invigorate, because who is going to want to books that are labeled with lies and deceptive marketing to make them more appealing to save a dying edition (most of which I feel is untrue)? So, those of us who are going to be pushing the books and the new rules as something we want to use... we aren't going to use that terminology. It will cause nothing but short-term harm. And if the people advocating for the changes aren't using the term, then that isn't the term that will spread.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Chaosmancer, post: 9269746, member: 6801228"] And, catching back up on the thread, I once more stand by my observation. The majority of people I see who want to use 5.5 also hold the position that WoTC is lying/deceiving/obfuscating/using deceptive marketing tactics/cowardly/trying to have their cake and eat it to/downplaying/ ect ect ect ect the changes in the books, and that the only true, objective, and correct thing is to recognize the new books as a half edition change, exactly like they did before when they were floundering and in trouble. For those of us who like what we have seen, and want the books to succeed, we don't want this negativity and baggage. This isn't a position we want to invigorate, because who is going to want to books that are labeled with lies and deceptive marketing to make them more appealing to save a dying edition (most of which I feel is untrue)? So, those of us who are going to be pushing the books and the new rules as something we want to use... we aren't going to use that terminology. It will cause nothing but short-term harm. And if the people advocating for the changes aren't using the term, then that isn't the term that will spread. [/QUOTE]

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