'cause I'm so dedicated to keeping something fresh in this thing, right?

So I played some D&D 4e. So far, I've made a point to avoid as much needless whining about it as possible, and I feel this makes me not want to hate it.

That means I can spend plenty of time on /tg/, but I stay the hell away from the Wizards of the Coast boards.

As to the game itself, it's good. Not bad. Nothing spectacular. Promising. The 'fluff' feels like a reboot; I feel no need to stop using the superior background from earlier editions, though. Furthermore, when it comes to actually defining a character, the skill system pretty much has nothing.

Still, we got three core rulebooks. There's a lot of room for improvement, but I'll give it to 'em that further game material will capitalize on that. The good mostly outweighs the bad and I don't really feel the need to be overly anal about it. There are lots of people better suited than I; those who actually think a lot about it, those who've done it for longer than me, those better with words than me, those with enough free time to care, and most importantly, those who can actually figure that serious commentary on such things on open internet forums has actual potential for productive discussion. I think that little part of me died like, long ago.

On another note; hey, doing artwork for actual work now. This is fun. I haven't burnt out yet. Oh god am I in for it, I know, but I'mma ride this.

Also; damn, the stupid thing won't let me change my 'mood'. I ain't stumped. I ain't happy, but I'm feelin' glad.