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<blockquote data-quote="Staffan" data-source="post: 7676791" data-attributes="member: 907"><p>It occurs to me that this probably read more critical than I intended it. My point was that Mark has built up a rapport with fans over many years (I think he recently hit 700 almost-weekly articles, making it over 14 years now) by interacting with them on many levels. Meanwhile, no-one at the D&D side has been very active in interacting with the community since the early days of 3e. You had Mearls' Legends & Lore articles, which were good, but lasted for a short while and are now discontinued. The main source of communication we have from the D&D team is the occasional tweet, plus press releases that have a bunch of corporate gobbledygook in them. Oh, and the survey results - I like those, even though they feel a bit bland.</p><p></p><p>That is not a good way of connecting with your fans, particularly after many became alienated by 4e. There are lots of residual feelings of hostility following that debacle. D&D players are generally very connected to their hobby, because it is a fundamentally co-creative one. Many DMs put in countless hours creating worlds and adventures for the game, and even those who use premade ones take part in the fundamentally creative endeavor each and every game session along with their players. Even if we are not shareholders, we are definitely <strong>stakeholders</strong> in the future of D&D. I still fondly remember the <a href="https://groups.google.com/forum/#!msg/rec.games.trading-cards.magic.rules/FXUAN1884N4/bUtnFz1mX40J" target="_blank">post</a> Peter Adkison made to various gaming fora following the acquisition of TSR by Wizards of the Coast, where he said "So this is where we stand at the moment, these are our immediate plans, and here's how the integration is working out." I don't think I've ever seen something like that from Greg Leeds.</p><p></p><p>What I hope is that Mike Mearls, Jeremy Crawford, Chris Perkins, or someone else in charge of a portion of D&D will take on the "mouthpiece" role Mark Rosewater has taken for Magic, and start interacting with the community. A lot. Does that mean they'll take some lumps? Of course, but that's something they'll have to deal with due to their poor dealings with the community in the past. Ideally, as the community gets to know them, and they get to know the community, that kind of thing will drop off.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Staffan, post: 7676791, member: 907"] It occurs to me that this probably read more critical than I intended it. My point was that Mark has built up a rapport with fans over many years (I think he recently hit 700 almost-weekly articles, making it over 14 years now) by interacting with them on many levels. Meanwhile, no-one at the D&D side has been very active in interacting with the community since the early days of 3e. You had Mearls' Legends & Lore articles, which were good, but lasted for a short while and are now discontinued. The main source of communication we have from the D&D team is the occasional tweet, plus press releases that have a bunch of corporate gobbledygook in them. Oh, and the survey results - I like those, even though they feel a bit bland. That is not a good way of connecting with your fans, particularly after many became alienated by 4e. There are lots of residual feelings of hostility following that debacle. D&D players are generally very connected to their hobby, because it is a fundamentally co-creative one. Many DMs put in countless hours creating worlds and adventures for the game, and even those who use premade ones take part in the fundamentally creative endeavor each and every game session along with their players. Even if we are not shareholders, we are definitely [B]stakeholders[/B] in the future of D&D. I still fondly remember the [url=https://groups.google.com/forum/#!msg/rec.games.trading-cards.magic.rules/FXUAN1884N4/bUtnFz1mX40J]post[/url] Peter Adkison made to various gaming fora following the acquisition of TSR by Wizards of the Coast, where he said "So this is where we stand at the moment, these are our immediate plans, and here's how the integration is working out." I don't think I've ever seen something like that from Greg Leeds. What I hope is that Mike Mearls, Jeremy Crawford, Chris Perkins, or someone else in charge of a portion of D&D will take on the "mouthpiece" role Mark Rosewater has taken for Magic, and start interacting with the community. A lot. Does that mean they'll take some lumps? Of course, but that's something they'll have to deal with due to their poor dealings with the community in the past. Ideally, as the community gets to know them, and they get to know the community, that kind of thing will drop off. [/QUOTE]
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