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<blockquote data-quote="Man in the Funny Hat" data-source="post: 7542490" data-attributes="member: 32740"><p>D&D survived the introduction of Holmes D&D and "re-learning" the game and playing a different style. It survived BECMI and it's "re-learning" and style changes. It survived becoming Advanced D&D (1E) and its <em>definite</em> re-learning and style changes - in fact it exploded in popularity. It survived the addition of Unearthed Arcana and all that it wrought. It survived 2nd Edition and the unceremonious removal of the games creator from its future development. It survived the Players/DM's Options and <em>innumerable</em> splatbooks and new settings. It survived 3rd Edition. It survived 3.5. It survived the intrusion of Pathfinder. It survived 4th Edition - and that was SO different from "D&D" as it had heretofore been conceived that it boggles the mind and warps time and space. It has seemingly survived 5th Edition. It has survived retroclones, reprints of old editions, and threats from other RPG's entirely.</p><p></p><p>Why in hell would it suddenly collapse NOW because "nobody wants to re-learn the rules and adapt to a new style"? If the game has not died of its own bastardizations, cannibalizations and modernizations up to now, it is utterly baseless to believe it ever could even be <em>intentionally</em> driven to a whimpering death. Editions of D&D will always have their die-hard individual fanbases but D&D in general is unfazed by any flavor-of-the-month tendencies anyone in charge of the IP has EVER had, or WILL ever have.</p><p></p><p>But maybe that's just me...</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Man in the Funny Hat, post: 7542490, member: 32740"] D&D survived the introduction of Holmes D&D and "re-learning" the game and playing a different style. It survived BECMI and it's "re-learning" and style changes. It survived becoming Advanced D&D (1E) and its [I]definite[/I] re-learning and style changes - in fact it exploded in popularity. It survived the addition of Unearthed Arcana and all that it wrought. It survived 2nd Edition and the unceremonious removal of the games creator from its future development. It survived the Players/DM's Options and [I]innumerable[/I] splatbooks and new settings. It survived 3rd Edition. It survived 3.5. It survived the intrusion of Pathfinder. It survived 4th Edition - and that was SO different from "D&D" as it had heretofore been conceived that it boggles the mind and warps time and space. It has seemingly survived 5th Edition. It has survived retroclones, reprints of old editions, and threats from other RPG's entirely. Why in hell would it suddenly collapse NOW because "nobody wants to re-learn the rules and adapt to a new style"? If the game has not died of its own bastardizations, cannibalizations and modernizations up to now, it is utterly baseless to believe it ever could even be [I]intentionally[/I] driven to a whimpering death. Editions of D&D will always have their die-hard individual fanbases but D&D in general is unfazed by any flavor-of-the-month tendencies anyone in charge of the IP has EVER had, or WILL ever have. But maybe that's just me... [/QUOTE]
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