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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Hussar" data-source="post: 4943038" data-attributes="member: 22779">Actually TCO, I'd have to disagree.  One of Ryan Dancey's stated goals was to see the RPGA get going really, really strongly.  WOTC threw a LOT of weight behind the RPGA during the 3e era, and Living Greyhawk certainly proved that a living campaign could be very big.ProfC has a point I think.  TSR just didn't really care too much about the RPGA towards the end.  Not a lot of effort was being spent on growing organized play and it was all pretty much a grassroots sort of thing.  3e managed to get the RPGA much better organized and grew their numbers pretty significantly.I don't think 3e served the RPGA badly really.  The RPGA jumped up in numbers pretty well throughout the run.  Like I said earlier, 150k RPGA members is hardly anything to sniff at.I agree with Dancy at the end of the day.  A healthy RPGA means a constant stream of revenue for WOTC.  It's basically tying the MMO subscription model to tabletop gaming.  Free to play, but, you pay for the extras is a model that is working quite well for a number of online games.  If they can grow the RPGA to say, half a million (a very big growth I admit), selling the next rulebook becomes a breeze.  And, I wonder as well, what proportion of the DDI are RPGA members?  That could also generate a regular stream of income as well.If they do hit the half a million members mark, I imagine that you will not see a new edition for a VERY long time.</blockquote>

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