There is an article on D&D Encounters on the CNN site.
Normally, the comment section on CNN articles is just insane. Like you wonder what article they were reading, because they seem to have missed the point of the one you just read. Instead, in this article that's a thinly disguised ad, there's discussion of the WotC comments, thoughtful talk on the nature of 4e and how it may have helped drive people away, and reasonable insights into the marketing attempts. There are (at this time) no 'HAW HAW HAW GEEKS.' comments, and everyone is actually responding to the article as posted.
I feel like I'm in backwards land.
Normally, the comment section on CNN articles is just insane. Like you wonder what article they were reading, because they seem to have missed the point of the one you just read. Instead, in this article that's a thinly disguised ad, there's discussion of the WotC comments, thoughtful talk on the nature of 4e and how it may have helped drive people away, and reasonable insights into the marketing attempts. There are (at this time) no 'HAW HAW HAW GEEKS.' comments, and everyone is actually responding to the article as posted.
I feel like I'm in backwards land.