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<blockquote data-quote="Sunderstone" data-source="post: 4520739" data-attributes="member: 23497">^thisand Im not a Hater as well. That said, its the nature of the beast on a public forum. On other forums like in WoW People will often create forum &quot;alts&quot; to hide behind because they feel they might get flamed on their opinions if they post on their &quot;mains&quot;. Often times, their &quot;mains&quot; are respected members of the community and they dont wish to disrespect other members of their guilds by posting forum drama. Im not saying that im the alt poster above, Im not. I dont feel the need to hide here. But I do think that this forum like most other forums tend to slant a certain way and my opinions might receive nothing more than flames. Its normal. I do think he/she may have&nbsp; gotten the point across without being so hard on Ari. I like Ari's work too, but I can see where some of this may be coming from. First off I doubt Ari as a &quot;freelancer&quot; has access to WotC's true numbers. Second, I doubt WotC would tell us if their &quot;baby&quot; wasnt selling as well as it should. After all, it was WotC that went on and on about how our game was broken and 4E was going to be so much better, etc, etc. so that they could sell us on the new hotness that is 4E. I doubt they would tell us if it didnt sell as well as they thought it would. Again this is all my opinion.As for someone getting hammered because of his &quot;grain of salt&quot; comment, Im in the same boat. I see it as any developer &quot;freelance&quot; or otherwise, might have a slant on his/her opinions because they want to keep getting work&nbsp; from the big fish in the pond that is WotC. Its no secret that folks at WotC visit this site. If I was looking for work with WotC, id try to sell it as well. I could care less if I preferred 3.5 If I thought 4E work would pay my bills. My personal game would remain 3.5, while I developed for 4E to keep paying my bills.Again, Im not saying Ari is lying. He may like 4E and be vocal about it for genuine reasons. Im glad hes enjoying it. Ill continue to take any comments from any developer with a grain of salt regardless.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Sunderstone, post: 4520739, member: 23497"] ^this and Im not a Hater as well. That said, its the nature of the beast on a public forum. On other forums like in WoW People will often create forum "alts" to hide behind because they feel they might get flamed on their opinions if they post on their "mains". Often times, their "mains" are respected members of the community and they dont wish to disrespect other members of their guilds by posting forum drama. Im not saying that im the alt poster above, Im not. I dont feel the need to hide here. But I do think that this forum like most other forums tend to slant a certain way and my opinions might receive nothing more than flames. Its normal. I do think he/she may have gotten the point across without being so hard on Ari. I like Ari's work too, but I can see where some of this may be coming from. First off I doubt Ari as a "freelancer" has access to WotC's true numbers. Second, I doubt WotC would tell us if their "baby" wasnt selling as well as it should. After all, it was WotC that went on and on about how our game was broken and 4E was going to be so much better, etc, etc. so that they could sell us on the new hotness that is 4E. I doubt they would tell us if it didnt sell as well as they thought it would. Again this is all my opinion. As for someone getting hammered because of his "grain of salt" comment, Im in the same boat. I see it as any developer "freelance" or otherwise, might have a slant on his/her opinions because they want to keep getting work from the big fish in the pond that is WotC. Its no secret that folks at WotC visit this site. If I was looking for work with WotC, id try to sell it as well. I could care less if I preferred 3.5 If I thought 4E work would pay my bills. My personal game would remain 3.5, while I developed for 4E to keep paying my bills. Again, Im not saying Ari is lying. He may like 4E and be vocal about it for genuine reasons. Im glad hes enjoying it. Ill continue to take any comments from any developer with a grain of salt regardless. [/QUOTE]

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