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<blockquote data-quote="Wayside" data-source="post: 4465666" data-attributes="member: 8394"><p>Which proves that not only does the internet attract people with a natural talent for kibitzing, but that complaint threads on the internet...well, you get the idea. Also, the fact that you've been seeing and posting in these threads for years undermines your claim that they're generalizable. The same people posting the same thing in thread after thread does not a majority make.</p><p></p><p>Internet faux-statistics aside, this also doesn't take into account the psychological component of collectibility, which for a lot of people is a <em>huge </em>source of pleasure even though they don't realize it and may not even be willing to admit it when it's pointed out to them. That might not matter to RPGers, but maybe, just maybe, the majority of DDM sales are to people who use them for DDM instead of or in addition to RPGs.</p><p></p><p>(And I'm serious about the 'not realizing/willing to admit it' part. I don't think games like Magic or Pokemon would ever have hit the levels of popularity they did without randomization, and the same can be said of DDM, which after Magic sells better than anything else WotC makes.)</p><p></p><p></p><p>If we're talking about ENWorld, I haven't seen it. Of course there are many 4e fans, but that's because, you know, they genuinely like the game, not because of some irrational love for the company that makes it. It's actually possible to like <em>or </em>dislike 4e without being a ponce.</p><p></p><p></p><p>I guess this is where we differ. I was a fan of the Justin Achilli approach to community management.</p><p></p><p>As far as the Rouse's post though, he was basically saying the exact same thing you just said about his post, only about the post he replied to. The flow was roughly:</p><p></p><p>Guy1: Hey WotC is finally putting out non-randomized packs of minis!</p><p>Guy2: Who cares, I already have all the minis I need. Oh, and this is totally irrelevant, but I'll never buy a WotC book again either.</p><p>Rouse: Let's just stop making minis and books then, yeah?</p><p></p><p>All told, that's pretty much the <em>least </em>offensive reply I can imagine him making. I mean, he could have reported it, but to no avail since ENWorld has always been pretty bad about handling the passive-aggressive stuff.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Wayside, post: 4465666, member: 8394"] Which proves that not only does the internet attract people with a natural talent for kibitzing, but that complaint threads on the internet...well, you get the idea. Also, the fact that you've been seeing and posting in these threads for years undermines your claim that they're generalizable. The same people posting the same thing in thread after thread does not a majority make. Internet faux-statistics aside, this also doesn't take into account the psychological component of collectibility, which for a lot of people is a [I]huge [/I]source of pleasure even though they don't realize it and may not even be willing to admit it when it's pointed out to them. That might not matter to RPGers, but maybe, just maybe, the majority of DDM sales are to people who use them for DDM instead of or in addition to RPGs. (And I'm serious about the 'not realizing/willing to admit it' part. I don't think games like Magic or Pokemon would ever have hit the levels of popularity they did without randomization, and the same can be said of DDM, which after Magic sells better than anything else WotC makes.) If we're talking about ENWorld, I haven't seen it. Of course there are many 4e fans, but that's because, you know, they genuinely like the game, not because of some irrational love for the company that makes it. It's actually possible to like [I]or [/I]dislike 4e without being a ponce. I guess this is where we differ. I was a fan of the Justin Achilli approach to community management. As far as the Rouse's post though, he was basically saying the exact same thing you just said about his post, only about the post he replied to. The flow was roughly: Guy1: Hey WotC is finally putting out non-randomized packs of minis! Guy2: Who cares, I already have all the minis I need. Oh, and this is totally irrelevant, but I'll never buy a WotC book again either. Rouse: Let's just stop making minis and books then, yeah? All told, that's pretty much the [I]least [/I]offensive reply I can imagine him making. I mean, he could have reported it, but to no avail since ENWorld has always been pretty bad about handling the passive-aggressive stuff. [/QUOTE]
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