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<blockquote data-quote="Orius" data-source="post: 4600712" data-attributes="member: 8863">I think that's probably right.&nbsp; I got into D&amp;D around the mid 90's right around the time when things were looking worst for TSR, and I didn't learn about the problems until about 2000 when I started getting active in online D&amp;D communities (first Usenet, then the WotC boards, then finally here).&nbsp; I'd gotten my start in the later days of 2e, but by that time people who'd been gaming since 1e had either grown tired of 2e, or had been alienated by TSR.&nbsp; WotC then essentially spent the next few years rebuilding the bridges burned by TSR, and doing market research for 3e, seeing if people wanted a new edition, and what people wanted from that edition.&nbsp; I think they handled it very well, and that made 3e successful, along with new ideas like the OGL.At least that's the impression I get looking back on things with more knowedge of what was going on at the time.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Orius, post: 4600712, member: 8863"] I think that's probably right. I got into D&D around the mid 90's right around the time when things were looking worst for TSR, and I didn't learn about the problems until about 2000 when I started getting active in online D&D communities (first Usenet, then the WotC boards, then finally here). I'd gotten my start in the later days of 2e, but by that time people who'd been gaming since 1e had either grown tired of 2e, or had been alienated by TSR. WotC then essentially spent the next few years rebuilding the bridges burned by TSR, and doing market research for 3e, seeing if people wanted a new edition, and what people wanted from that edition. I think they handled it very well, and that made 3e successful, along with new ideas like the OGL. At least that's the impression I get looking back on things with more knowedge of what was going on at the time. [/QUOTE]

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