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<blockquote data-quote="mlund" data-source="post: 4212804" data-attributes="member: 50304">Frankly, it is very common for people to confuse &quot;What I want,&quot; with &quot;What ought to be.&quot;The part that people really resent, in the end, is the ability of other people to choose to play / talk about a version of the game that the original person doesn't want to play / talk about. They are afraid of being left without anyone to play with or socialize with because other people choose to move on to other things.As long as there's no new edition in the market, the bulk of their Old Edition associates stay put. Once a choice is introduced into the equation their status quo is upset. They lash out at Wizards of the Coast because they resent the choices other people are free to make. Then they have to choose between two options they don't like: paying for and playing a game they'd rather not play OR having empty places at their games and discussion forums.Anyone remember the little &quot;Come back, we miss you!&quot; post from the guys in the General and Rules Forums because too many people were hunkering down in the 4th Ed Forums?That's exactly what's in play here. Money only factors in for two reasons: either to conveniently demonize WotC with the tired &quot;People that have more money than me are Bad,&quot; logic fallacy / trope; or because they know they are going to choose to conform to keep up with everyone else and they resent paying for something they didn't like in the first place.If Wizards made a crap product that very few people wanted to buy, wanted to play, or could afford to pay for then this wouldn't be an issue. It is precisely because these things are not true and people choose to pick up 4th Edition that we see so much &quot;WotC are fiendish Capitalistic Pigs of Legend,&quot; nonsense tossed around.- Marty Lund</blockquote>

[QUOTE="mlund, post: 4212804, member: 50304"] Frankly, it is very common for people to confuse "What I want," with "What ought to be." The part that people really resent, in the end, is the [b]ability[/b] of [b]other people[/b] to [b]choose[/b] to play / talk about a version of the game that the original person [b]doesn't want[/b] to play / talk about. They are afraid of being left without anyone to play with or socialize with because other people choose to move on to other things. As long as there's no new edition in the market, the bulk of their Old Edition associates stay put. Once a [b]choice[/b] is introduced into the equation their status quo is upset. They lash out at Wizards of the Coast because they [b]resent the choices[/b] other people are free to make. Then they have to choose between two options they don't like: paying for and playing a game they'd rather not play OR having empty places at their games and discussion forums. Anyone remember the little "Come back, we miss you!" post from the guys in the General and Rules Forums because too many people were hunkering down in the 4th Ed Forums? That's exactly what's in play here. Money only factors in for two reasons: either to conveniently demonize WotC with the tired "People that have more money than me are Bad," logic fallacy / trope; or because they know they are going to choose to conform to keep up with everyone else and they resent paying for something they didn't like in the first place. If Wizards made a crap product that very few people wanted to buy, wanted to play, or could afford to pay for then this wouldn't be an issue. It is precisely because these things are [b]not[/b] true and people [b]choose[/b] to pick up 4th Edition that we see so much "WotC are fiendish Capitalistic Pigs of Legend," nonsense tossed around. - Marty Lund [/QUOTE]

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