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<blockquote data-quote="jdrakeh" data-source="post: 4520560" data-attributes="member: 13892">I think it has less to do with Ari than it does with the strong belief held by some that 4e is bad in all ways and, therefore, anybody who says anything positive about it at all is either lying and/or misinformed. For example. . . Staunch haters were calling Mike Mearls a liar when he posted the sales figure comparison between 4e and 3e some months back simply because they refused to believe that 4e was selling well. And, of course, some haters have accused ENWorld, Paizo, RPGNet, and other independently owned RPG sites of being in WotC's hip pocket because they aren't actively engaging in a campaign to smite 4e from store shelves. Basically, the entire hobby is currently operating in a climate of paranoid fear and prejudice. This will largely come to pass in the near future, but some people who can't let a grudge go will form their own, insulated, communities of frothing hate. We're basically experiencing the post-3x release fallout all over again. We're simply more exposed to it this time around, because what was then an entertainment luxury (the Internet) is now a common household fixture.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="jdrakeh, post: 4520560, member: 13892"] I think it has less to do with Ari than it does with the strong belief held by some that 4e is bad in all ways and, therefore, anybody who says anything positive about it at all is either lying and/or misinformed. For example. . . Staunch haters were calling Mike Mearls a liar when he posted the sales figure comparison between 4e and 3e some months back simply because they refused to believe that 4e was selling well. And, of course, some haters have accused ENWorld, Paizo, RPGNet, and other independently owned RPG sites of being in WotC's hip pocket because they aren't actively engaging in a campaign to smite 4e from store shelves. Basically, the entire hobby is currently operating in a climate of paranoid fear and prejudice. This will largely come to pass in the near future, but some people who can't let a grudge go will form their own, insulated, communities of frothing hate. We're basically experiencing the post-3x release fallout all over again. We're simply more exposed to it this time around, because what was then an entertainment luxury (the Internet) is now a common household fixture. [/QUOTE]

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