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<blockquote data-quote="justanobody" data-source="post: 4522628" data-attributes="member: 70778">For some it is the simple matter of no backwards compatibility, rendering all previous product bought useless with the current system. May not be the case for that person, but for many it is.All the older fluff can be used as long as you discard the new fluff in some instances, but all the older crunch is rendered useless with the totally new system. Like the problems 3rd gen gaming systems had to start with mass market because they were not backwards compatible, and not every can just abandon something that works and isn't broken and still usable just for the newest thing.Even though it has been in use for half a century people still don't like planned obsolescence.Then why generalize? You are calling a bidet a toilet, by not distinguishing between the two. Why say you play D&amp;D and that be all, like it means the same thing to all people/editions?Why not just say I play D&amp;D 4th, 4th edition D&amp;D, several editions of D&amp;D, 3rd edition D&amp;D, etc.Are people so lazy that they have to be so vague or generalize?Most thread on this forum use the class system to tell if a thread is an older grouping of D&amp;D, 3rd/OGL, 4th/GSL, or D&amp;D in general (edition neutral stuff). So why can it not be done in everyday speaking?So all editions of D&amp;D are not the same, and it can easily confuse people learning what the game is, just like a bidet is not used the same way a toilet is. They may have similar shapes, but the functions are very different!</blockquote>

[QUOTE="justanobody, post: 4522628, member: 70778"] For some it is the simple matter of no backwards compatibility, rendering all previous product bought useless with the current system. May not be the case for that person, but for many it is. All the older fluff can be used as long as you discard the new fluff in some instances, but all the older crunch is rendered useless with the totally new system. Like the problems 3rd gen gaming systems had to start with mass market because they were not backwards compatible, and not every can just abandon something that works and isn't broken and still usable just for the newest thing. Even though it has been in use for half a century people still don't like planned obsolescence. Then why generalize? You are calling a bidet a toilet, by not distinguishing between the two. Why say you play D&D and that be all, like it means the same thing to all people/editions? Why not just say I play D&D 4th, 4th edition D&D, several editions of D&D, 3rd edition D&D, etc. Are people so lazy that they have to be so vague or generalize? Most thread on this forum use the class system to tell if a thread is an older grouping of D&D, 3rd/OGL, 4th/GSL, or D&D in general (edition neutral stuff). So why can it not be done in everyday speaking? So all editions of D&D are not the same, and it can easily confuse people learning what the game is, just like a bidet is not used the same way a toilet is. They may have similar shapes, but the functions are very different! [/QUOTE]

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