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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Ruin Explorer" data-source="post: 8863611" data-attributes="member: 18">That's a distinction without a difference, dude. [USER=1]@Morrus[/USER] is right to call you on it.It's absolute bollocks to suggest critics (don't call them "analysts", that's just completely the wrong term, with a totally different meaning, and one that would make you even more wrong) should be ignored just because they don't reflect the general opinion of "their audience". Your original post is extremely that popularity is all that matters.Also, it's very easy to see how wrong your opinion is, because when unpopular stuff does get a lot of marketing/attention, it often suddenly becomes massively popular, and vice-versa. If the light of publicity/marketing is taken away from something, it often declines rapidly in popularity.I mean, that's a cute opinion and all, and very charitable, but it's meaningless.The designers at WotC are not the decision-makers re: D&D's future direction.Ray Winninger was effectively a designer who was a decision-maker. But guess what? He got "resigned" and replaced a corporate machine-man who specializes in "converting" people to digital subscriptions. Who I'm sure is nice to his kids and dog and whatever, but like, come on man. Don't let's pretend Perkins or whoever is making decisions about D&D's long-term direction. That's above his pay-grade.</blockquote>