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<blockquote data-quote="Mistwell" data-source="post: 3472814" data-attributes="member: 2525">It's part of the Piazo stat sheet they use to persuade people to advertise in the magazine.&nbsp; It's used right along side the distribution stat.By they way, their distribution stat is also not 100% accurate, as it is based on print run and shipping to distributors, without the returns numbers factored in.Bottom line, if you trust these people for one stat, you should trust them for another.&nbsp; And even if you think they are off by a factor of two for the larger stat, it STILL means the distribution of these magazines is infinitesimally small compared to the number of players.&nbsp; Heck, it could be off by a factor of TEN and still result in these mags being really small relative to the whole.All I am seeing is a whole lot of excuses, avoidance, and dodging over this issue. Look, I get that you want to feel that the magazines were a significant part of D&amp;D as a whole because they were a big part for you.&nbsp; But it's narcissistic to believe that your experience is representative of the whole based on what we know of this hobby (and given some of the extreme reactions mentioning physical pain, rape, the death of children, traitors to collective consciousness, etc.. that we have seen in this thread, narcissism does in fact seem to be a distinct possibility).&nbsp; Can't you guys accept at least the vague possibility that these magazines were not in fact reaching the better part of the D&amp;Ders out there, and that digital distribution has some potential for reaching more people?In the very least you can see numerous reports of distribution problems overseas, and expensive shipping costs overseas, which were reducing distribution in those regions.&nbsp; Those people will be able to access this information now, in an online format.&nbsp; And that has to have some meaning.I guess we will wait and see.&nbsp; But I think it's a distinct possibility that, in a few years, we will see distribution numbers much higher for these mags than they currently are.&nbsp; And given the long term trend of distribution shrinking (it was 3 times the current distribution about 12 years ago), that is a good thing for this hobby.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Mistwell, post: 3472814, member: 2525"] It's part of the Piazo stat sheet they use to persuade people to advertise in the magazine. It's used right along side the distribution stat. By they way, their distribution stat is also not 100% accurate, as it is based on print run and shipping to distributors, without the returns numbers factored in. Bottom line, if you trust these people for one stat, you should trust them for another. And even if you think they are off by a factor of two for the larger stat, it STILL means the distribution of these magazines is infinitesimally small compared to the number of players. Heck, it could be off by a factor of TEN and still result in these mags being really small relative to the whole. All I am seeing is a whole lot of excuses, avoidance, and dodging over this issue. Look, I get that you want to feel that the magazines were a significant part of D&D as a whole because they were a big part [b]for you[/b]. But it's narcissistic to believe that your experience is representative of the whole based on what we know of this hobby (and given some of the extreme reactions mentioning physical pain, rape, the death of children, traitors to collective consciousness, etc.. that we have seen in this thread, narcissism does in fact seem to be a distinct possibility). Can't you guys accept at least the vague possibility that these magazines were not in fact reaching the better part of the D&Ders out there, and that digital distribution has some potential for reaching more people? In the very least you can see numerous reports of distribution problems overseas, and expensive shipping costs overseas, which were reducing distribution in those regions. Those people will be able to access this information now, in an online format. And that has to have some meaning. I guess we will wait and see. But I think it's a distinct possibility that, in a few years, we will see distribution numbers much higher for these mags than they currently are. And given the long term trend of distribution shrinking (it was 3 times the current distribution about 12 years ago), that is a good thing for this hobby. [/QUOTE]

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