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Just in case you thought this was the only place with 'haters'

Started by Doom, June 09, 2010, 11:30:18 AM

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Doom

June 09, 2010, 11:30:18 AM
Gotta read the comments:

http://www.cnn.com/2010/LIVING/wayoflife/06/08/new.dungeons.dragons/index.html?hpt=Sbin

Hey, at least 4e and D&D made the news in a good way.
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Abyssal Maw

#1
June 09, 2010, 12:03:13 PM
The impotent moaning of former gamers is sweet like honey.
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Peregrin

#2
June 09, 2010, 12:15:39 PM
If you didn't throw that term around so loosely it might mean something, AM.
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Angry_Douchebag

#3
June 09, 2010, 12:18:02 PM
Quote from: Abyssal Maw;386475The impotent moaning of former gamers is sweet like honey.

Well, your hatred of anyone who doesn't play 4e seems sufficient to counterbalance all of the 4e sentiment here.

I'm just baffled as to how you feel its productive, dude.  I don't mind playing  4th, I like my character but I would never GM it since I don't care for the way it models fantasy.  Do you think your peer pressure alone will get people to change their minds?

Angry_Douchebag

#4
June 09, 2010, 12:19:14 PM
Quote from: Doom;386473Gotta read the comments:

http://www.cnn.com/2010/LIVING/wayoflife/06/08/new.dungeons.dragons/index.html?hpt=Sbin

Hey, at least 4e and D&D made the news in a good way.

In all fairness, do you ever read the comments on other CNN articles?  The tone is pretty much the same regardless of topic.

Abyssal Maw

#5
June 09, 2010, 12:20:33 PM
Quote from: Angry_Douchebag;386478Well, your hatred of anyone who doesn't play 4e seems sufficient to counterbalance all of the 4e sentiment here.

I'm just baffled as to how you feel its productive, dude.  I don't mind playing  4th, I like my character but I would never GM it since I don't care for the way it models fantasy.  Do you think your peer pressure alone will get people to change their minds?

Oh I don't care about anyone who doesn't play. That doesn't bother me. Nor do I particularly care about changing anyone's minds. People like what they like. Someone wants to play? Great, have a seat. Someone wants to play something else? That's cool too.

But like, the guys who show up to piss and moan and cry? The conspiracy theorists? The industry obsessionists with their eye on every quarterly earnings report?

Utterly. Contemptible.
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Aos

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June 09, 2010, 12:25:05 PM Last Edit: June 09, 2010, 12:32:00 PM by Aos
Quote from: Angry_Douchebag;386479In all fairness, do you ever read the comments on other CNN articles?  The tone is pretty much the same regardless of topic.

Very true. IMO it's the nature of the internet. Moderate people lose interest or don't bother to begin with.
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Nicephorus

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June 09, 2010, 12:30:41 PM
Quote from: Angry_Douchebag;386479In all fairness, do you ever read the comments on other CNN articles? The tone is pretty much the same regardless of topic.

Virtually no online news sources have comments worth wasting time on.
 
But it is mildly interesting that rpgs briefly made the front page of CNN.

ggroy

#8
June 09, 2010, 12:34:17 PM
Quote from: Angry_Douchebag;386479In all fairness, do you ever read the comments on other CNN articles?  The tone is pretty much the same regardless of topic.

Before the internet was popular, such venting and extreme comments were the bread and butter of talk radio and/or the editor's desk at a daily newspaper.  Very little difference, other than such comments being posted in real time online these days.

Aos

#9
June 09, 2010, 12:35:26 PM
Comic book letters pages too.
You are posting in a troll thread.

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Benoist

#10
June 09, 2010, 01:55:10 PM
Quote from: Abyssal Maw;386480Oh I don't care about anyone who doesn't play.
Your posts, heck, the very fact you keep posting about them, prove otherwise. ;)

Windjammer

#11
June 09, 2010, 03:13:55 PM
Thanks for linking the article! I enjoyed that. It also gave me a better idea on what D&D Encounters is, esp. who it's for. I previously thought it was for teenagers occasionally dropping by at gaming stores, but now it strikes me that the emphasis is on older (and lapsed) gamers whose schedule only allows them to play with minimum time commitments and high flexibility as regards scheduling. I had been a bit irritated at only seeing the latter demographic in the D&D Encounters promotion clip, and too few of the former demographic, but now it all makes sense.
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Spinachcat

#12
June 09, 2010, 03:33:24 PM
Wow!  What awesome press for our hobby!

Every gamer should be thrilled with D&D Encounters.   It can only help the entire hobby by bringing in fresh blood.   Yes, the majority who become gamers will just stick with WotC, but some will look around the game store and ask "what else ya got?" and maybe even do so on the web.

*Some* will find their way to your favorite game too.

Benoist

#13
June 09, 2010, 04:16:43 PM
Quote from: Spinachcat;386500*Some* will find their way to your favorite game too.
Nod. Agreed.

Phantom Black

#14
June 09, 2010, 04:51:36 PM
Quote from: Spinachcat;386500Wow!  What awesome press for our hobby!

Every gamer should be thrilled with D&D Encounters.   It can only help the entire hobby by bringing in fresh blood.   Yes, the majority who become gamers will just stick with WotC, but some will look around the game store and ask "what else ya got?" and maybe even do so on the web.

*Some* will find their way to your favorite game too.

I like your cynical remark.
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