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There has been a lot of buzz lately in the D&D-related blogosphere about stat blocks.  It began when Robert Schwalb queried in his blog whether 4e would have been more broadly accepted by fans of prior editions (specifically Third Edition) had the stat blocks not been so radically changed.  Schwalb relates the flak he got when he changed the formatting in the Warhammer Fantasy Roleplaying Game. 

The Alexandrian, Justin Alexander, answered Schwalb’s rhetorical question in his own blog with a resounding “No.”  His position is that 4e detractors don’t like the “disassociated mechanics” or other problems he perceives with the game.  He likes the new blocks.

The conversation continued on RPG.net and on the D&D forums here in the