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Looked through the posts linked. I can see, mea culpa, that I didn't realize the board had a particularly angry bent there w/ regards to 5e. I get the feeling that a lot of these are conclusions with justifications back to them, rather then the other way around.

Nevermind then, happy gaming.

Oddly enough I found this thread while looking into Starfinder, as the excitement I saw from a lot of folks has not matched the results post release. Overall, I also thought it was amusing that the thread was still going once I realized the context. I mean, you guys are kind of out on an island here...

You seem to be extremely upset that 5e has done so well, though I can't, for the life of me, get why. Given how well the PHB is doing, and the release of thei SaaS digital tool + actually adding staff for a change, seems to be going pretty Plus, given how widespread the game is at most FLGS, just ab...

ICv2, self released sales stats, amazon, stores, et al. seem to indicate it as not just not a failure from a sales perspective, but a roaring success. Anecdotally, conventions, pop culture, and store play backs that up as well. The amount of new people coming to the hobby is incredible. Now, you can...

Threads like this are important for reminding everyone that nobodies' predictions are perfect, to say the least. Pretty big swing and a miss w/ regards to the OP's topic. As for Starfinder, I am a but surprised how poorly it appears to be performing. Mechanically, I get it, but it seemed to me that,...