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<blockquote data-quote="Aberzanzorax" data-source="post: 5427019" data-attributes="member: 64209">First, thanks to Shadzar who remembered Wolfstar's name...he was another very invested newsguide at that time (and may still be, but I don't know).&nbsp;Second...they're dropping the compilations? Perhaps some customers did not use these, but I myself did. I used them exclusively. &nbsp;&nbsp;Third, and a bit more history:&nbsp;When the magazines originally came out it became VERY clear that the articles were being published very shortly after being received. Often times articles would be cancelled last minute, postponed by a month, or, most frequently, the articles would all come out in a big clump toward the end of the week or month (presumably when the editors said &quot;give it to us now or forget it&quot;). That last bit was the impression most of the forums had at the time when discussing it.&nbsp;In my opinion, a real magazine has their articles in hand (perhaps with a bit of development or editing to do) before releasing the table of contents of that magazine. WotC's ezine used to (and I fear will soon again) be a &quot;what have we got to publish today?....oh, the article is late...well tomorrow then.&quot;&nbsp;This is not how a professional publication is run. It is not even how my high school newspaper and website was run.&nbsp;&nbsp;I'll also add in response to &quot;it's the tools you pay for, the rest is gravy&quot; two retorts:&nbsp;1. Remember release of 4e? THERE WERE NO TOOLS...only the magazines. That, and the spin they had was that the magazines were going to be as vibrant and awesome (or was it &quot;cool&quot;?) as they'd always been.&nbsp;2. Long ago, when the magazines took over, they'd released at least two, maybe more, statements saying that in addition to the magazines there would be a robust free section for those who wanted to enjoy the game, explore WotC's offerings etc. Now it seems that, once again, there are far and few free items, and the magazines are again becoming far less than what most people would dare to define as a magazine...and even an ezine.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Aberzanzorax, post: 5427019, member: 64209"] First, thanks to Shadzar who remembered Wolfstar's name...he was another very invested newsguide at that time (and may still be, but I don't know). Second...they're dropping the compilations? Perhaps some customers did not use these, but I myself did. I used them exclusively. Third, and a bit more history: When the magazines originally came out it became VERY clear that the articles were being published very shortly after being received. Often times articles would be cancelled last minute, postponed by a month, or, most frequently, the articles would all come out in a big clump toward the end of the week or month (presumably when the editors said "give it to us now or forget it"). That last bit was the impression most of the forums had at the time when discussing it. In my opinion, a [B][U]real[/U][/B] magazine has their articles in hand (perhaps with a bit of development or editing to do) before releasing the table of contents of that magazine. WotC's ezine used to (and I fear will soon again) be a "what have we got to publish today?....oh, the article is late...well tomorrow then." This is not how a professional publication is run. [I]It is not even how my high school newspaper and website was run.[/I] I'll also add in response to "it's the tools you pay for, the rest is gravy" two retorts: 1. Remember release of 4e? THERE WERE NO TOOLS...only the magazines. That, and the spin they had was that the magazines were going to be as vibrant and awesome (or was it "cool"?) as they'd always been. 2. Long ago, when the magazines took over, they'd released at least two, maybe more, statements saying that in addition to the magazines there would be a robust free section for those who wanted to enjoy the game, explore WotC's offerings etc. Now it seems that, once again, there are far and few free items, and the magazines are again becoming far less than what most people would dare to define as a magazine...and even an ezine. [/QUOTE]

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