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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Raven Crowking" data-source="post: 4051000" data-attributes="member: 18280">Other people have given many of my reasons, but here's one I haven't seen come up yet:  If I'm having fun doing something, switching is not my default position.  I will switch if given sufficient reason to switch.  WotC hasn't given me sufficient reason to switch.On top of that:(1)  Move away from OGL.  I think that the OGL provided the most innovative 3e products.  I will not pay for a new, non-OGL version of the game.(2)  The Flavour Sucks.  I know that this is a subjective position, but it is mine.  Some bits of flavour I quite like.  On the whole, though, blech!(3)  Assumptions about fun.  I like Vancian magic.  I like resource magic.  I like verisimilitude.  The farther the game moves from those things, the farther it moves from me.(4)  WotC Policies.  There are some recent WotC policies, including those leading to the Gleemax/WotC site TOU, the non-OGL nature of 4e, and the misleading or contentless advertising re 4e, that I simply cannot support.  In a capitalistic society, you vote with your wallet, and saying No to 4e is the clearest message I can send about how WotC seems to currently view its relationship with gamers.There are many good things about 4e (or, at least there are if the system does what WotC claims it will do).  But, IMHO, the negatives of the four points outlined above outweigh the good by a considerable amount.  As I believe firmly that switching should be something you do only if you are strongly pulled to do so, I don't intend on switching.RC</blockquote>

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