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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Terramotus" data-source="post: 4020207" data-attributes="member: 7220">I think there are a few factors going on here that can explain why some people are posting in thread after thread about how they hate the upcoming changes.  This isn't directed towards anyone in particular (I don't pay enough attention to names, except for where I really like the poster, to do that if I tried, to be honest), and most of the people posting in this thread aren't covered by this either - these reasons are really about the people mentioned in the parent post: those who have already decided that they will not purchase 4E.So anyway, here are some reasons I've surmised about many of the constantly negative posts.1) Things change.  Sometimes things that you love change, even to the point that you don't really love them anymore.  That's always really a sad thing to have happen.  I personally think the mature thing to do in those cases is to just walk away and let the other people have their fun.  But some people haven't gone through things like this before, or aren't ready to let go.  Sometimes they just can't stand things moving on without them.  In many of these cases, I think we're seeing the stages of grief writ across the 4E forum.2) There's always resistance to change, especially to things people have emotional attachment to.  D&D is often intensely personal, so there's a lot of emotional attachment.  This will go away once the new edition becomes accepted and the status quo.3) Some people just don't know what they like; they have blind spots.  And I think this is different than just resistance to change.  In RPGs, this is not a problem I have, but in other hobbies that I'm into, I've found that things I was sure that I hated, that made me seethe in fanboyish wrath, were actually pretty darn cool when I saw them in person.  This surprised me the first time, shocked me the second time, and I finally realized what was going on the third time.  Somtimes I just don't know what I like.4) Some people have an agenda.  They may thing RPGs are best played in a certain way, have a hate on for anything later than X edition of D&D, or whatever.  But they're either here to change minds, so that the new edition fails, to stand and be counted so that their opposition to the changes is at least recognized, or they just can't stand to let wayward thoughts go unaddressed.5) Some people are addicted to the discussion / community, and they can't help but go where most of the discussion is going, even if they hate the subject matter.</blockquote>

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