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Message: <blockquote data-quote="tuxgeo" data-source="post: 5381323" data-attributes="member: 61026">I was tempted to suggest that changing the thread title to refer to a "Debacle" instead of a "Disaster" might ease some tensions and soothe some feelings, on the grounds that "Debacle" is a slightly less loaded or hyperbolic word than "Disaster"; but I am slowly coming to the realization that recent disputes really aren't so much about the specific words used, here, as they are about the current state of the product, and the very act of complaining. So, yeah: changing the thread title won't help any. We still end up getting a clear sense of how incensed some people are, plus another clear sense of how amazed some others are at the fact that some are incensed. All I have left to offer to this thread is some of what I like to flatter myself as being "perspective": It's going to get better. Yes, WotC was ham-handed in the release of the buggy online Character Builder; yes, customers shouldn't have to pay to do their Beta-testing for them. However, WotC does appear to be learning from their mistakes, however slowly they do so: Gleemax fell off the map without further support; but then the online Compendium is still working (even if some functionality has been removed), and is still being supported. Yes, the VTT was announced and then cancelled; but the online CB might just be a first step to tight integration of many good products; and we cannot easily see, at this stage, how that will all play out. A year from now, things will be clearer. Overall: Rant away! Enjoy it, get it off your chest. I enjoy mocking WotC as much as some, so I can sympathize (at least a little bit). Once the dust settles, though, it's going to be good to look back on this and realize that the outrage, while justified right now, will also pass, as everything temporal must. A year from now, we can look back on this and enjoy the outrage as an art-form.</blockquote>

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