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<blockquote data-quote="WayneLigon" data-source="post: 4590818" data-attributes="member: 3649">I think the only difference here is that the previous two bits occurred in a time before the internet as we know it. Firing off an angry letter to The Dragon required a fantastic amount of effort in comparison to replying on a message board. It would be fascinating to look at some of the APA magazines from that time and see if those fan-made products contained lots of invictive against the designers.As others have said, I've never seen previous designers as immune to disdain. In fact, before the renaissance that D&amp;D underwent with 3E, it was more popular to spit on D&amp;D fans as losers who couldn't move on from a moribund and frankly stupidly-designed game. You think indie publishers show disdain for the more mainstream games? Feh, that is nothing compared to virtually all non-D&amp;D gamers prior to 2000 and certainly nothing compared to, say, 1990. Entire marketing campaigns were built on the basis of 'this is how our game is not like *ptui* D&amp;D'.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="WayneLigon, post: 4590818, member: 3649"] I think the only difference here is that the previous two bits occurred in a time before the internet as we know it. Firing off an angry letter to The Dragon required a fantastic amount of effort in comparison to replying on a message board. It would be fascinating to look at some of the APA magazines from that time and see if those fan-made products contained lots of invictive against the designers. As others have said, I've never seen previous designers as immune to disdain. In fact, before the renaissance that D&D underwent with 3E, it was more popular to spit on D&D fans as losers who couldn't move on from a moribund and frankly stupidly-designed game. You think indie publishers show disdain for the more mainstream games? Feh, that is [I]nothing [/I]compared to virtually all non-D&D gamers prior to 2000 and certainly nothing compared to, say, 1990. Entire marketing campaigns were built on the basis of 'this is how our game is not like *ptui* D&D'. [/QUOTE]

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