WotC Replies: Statements by WotC employees regarding Dragon/Dungeon going online

[+5 Keyboard!]

While many of us may not like this decision, there is NO reason to claim this is the end of the world, comparable to a person's death, or that this is even a decision that hurts D&D players as a whole.

People feel the way they feel about things. Plain and simple. Just because you don't feel the same way is no reason to come on here and start giving people crap about it. Cut some people a little slack. Not everything a person verbalizes is going to be exactly accurate and, yes, people tend to embellish. for myself, I got the same "punched in the gut" feeling expressed by most people that felt strongly about it. Have you ever been fired from a job? Have you ever had a girlfriend (or boyfriend) break up with you? Have you ever received unexpected news that a close friend or relative had something very, very bad happen to them (death, hospitalization, etc.). Many of us had that same initial gut reaction. Is it the same magnitude as, say, a loved one dying? Certainly not. But the feeling was very similar to a lot of us.

As far as I've read, nobody is claiming it's the end of the world. However, it is the end of a long tradition that whether you subscribed to or regularly bought these magazines or not has been a part of the greatest fantasy role-playing game nearly from it's beginning.

So, please lighten up and stop reacting so callously.

 

[Nightfall]

Steve,

Yeah instead what we should all do is make Money angels!

 

[+5 Keyboard!]

I have been trying to figure out why I find 90% of the response to this decision so repugnant. After a few hours of thought I think I have it figured out. The response proves that a lot of people in this hobby are a bunch worthless smelly trolls. I guess for decades I have been turning to a blind eye to it… but I just have to accept it now.

/bogglesl

Boggles, read my previous post. You really ought to go find another message board thread to hang out in if that's the kind of vitriol you feel the need to spout. This kind of repugnant posting paints you as the true troll here.

 

[Nightfall]

Yep, he's a troll and I'm the half divine agent of the Scarred Lands and the half fiend son of Orcus!

 

[+5 Keyboard!]

Yep, he's a troll and I'm the half divine agent of the Scarred Lands and the half fiend son of Orcus!

Hey, there's a rumor going around that you don't sleep, either.

 

[Nightfall]

Steve,

Not this week anyway.

 

[Dannyalcatraz]

I'll restrain commentary about borc killer's person, and just respond to his "position":

Some of us find the decision repugnant because the decision seems precipitous and arbitrarily timed; because we have past experience with onine publications and found them wanting, and so forth.

While e-zines have many advantages, they aren't perfect, and some of us actually still prefer the advantages of the print media, despite their shortcomings.

 

[Lanefan]

Yep, [...] I'm the half divine agent of the Scarred Lands and the half fiend son of Orcus!

The visuals of such a beast lying out in the Scarred Lands somewhere making money angels is just *too* good!

Lanefan

 

[Nightfall]

Danny,

Sure you don't want to restrain Borc some other way?

Btw just tell him you're the Gator Eater Fighter Lover NPC.

 

[Nightfall]

The visuals of such a beast lying out in the Scarred Lands somewhere making money angels is just *too* good!

Lanefan

Thanks! yeah well I figure I've got my platinum stashed well enough for that.