What is negative about it?
The ones that failed to learn probably gave up on RPGs, so we don't hear from them in the community.
What do you mean? It is the people in this community that are constantly going on about how hard AD&D was to learn.
Okay.
Well no, it was to permit female knights but now that I think about it, it would be a lot funnier if they kept the moustaches and insisted that female knight grow a regulation moustache. Potions of moustache growth can be obtained from the quartermaster.
I assume they mean it's a selection effect. Those who found it too difficult fell by the wayside. Those who found it difficult but doable are the people who are still here. I can't say that I ever thought AD&D was massively difficult though. Chess is harder.
I have the advantage of looking at AD&D through the lens of later games after knowing what a TTRPG is. Mostly it's less the game being difficult than the texts being...obtuse.
I'm not a fan. I actually dislike Critical Roll and it's ilk. That of course is a personal opinion and that makes it a negative for me, but I can totally see why others love them. I like Deborah Ann Woll in True Blood, Daredevil and Punisher. I just don't like the 'watch D&D played' format that's popular with a vocal portion of the playerbase.
To each their own, of course. But the truth is, streaming is responsible for more people trying D&D than any other on boarding method ever. Therefore, that "mentality" is going to be core to an edition/update/whatever aimed at those new players.
Female knights... that is heresy... lets all boycot wotc. (that was sarcasm, just in case someone misunderstood).
