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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Alnag" data-source="post: 3471248" data-attributes="member: 10087">I've just wake up and read about the WotC stuff unwilling to write here. I would like to add my semi-profesional comment on this. First of all, you can definitely see a strong emotional response to the situation. This proves the commitment of the community to the game and its symbols.Symbols - although the magazines might not be key in economical way, they were definitely important in the symbolic way. Let's say I would pull down the Statue of Liberty or Eiffel tower. It would not harm US (or French) economy much. But it would hit their patriotism very deeply. This is exactly what happened.Silence - at the moment of announcement there was no one to calm the situation down. Absolutely unprepared community hitted like in 9/11. The reaction (in smaller scale) is pretty similar. Shock. Disbelief. Anger. Sadness. And no one to offer acceptable alternative, no one to offer support. This deepens the reaction to the point of distrust.Distrust - you remember the early arrival of D&D 3.5 Since than most of the people are obsessed with 4e like chiliastic movment. Why? Because they became to believe in the "evil tyrant Hasbro" milking gamers of their money. The less and less designers communicating with community, the more and more "WotC ivory tower" feeling. This also add to current Magz effect.I hope that WotC will learn from this lesson. To communicate. To inform. To support. To react in time!The solution is nor ignoring the fans neither banning them from the board (although I understand the reason why it seems like acceptable solution). The manifested anger will disapper pretty soon. The moods don't hold for a long time. But the true test is the believes that will stay. And they will stay despite ignoring or banning. The only way to overcome tham is to be there and accept the anger. To understand.So for any or all the WotC stuff. This is my view of reality. You are in very hostile situation which desperately needs solution. I hope you will not continue the current way and choose the right path.I wish D&D brand, game, designers and fans all well. I am just sceptical to current situation.Alnag</blockquote>

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