Our goal is to bring all related arts under one roof. To take cardistry, magic, manipulation of all sorts and giving them a community not only to learn but to share there arts. The MAGAZINE represents the news aspect of our site. Our reviews offer the unbias information on products & the contest help spark creativity.
But on the other hand we also represent a modern community and how the arts are changing. With media, style & technique. So we may be starting the ultimate community but we're allowing and supporting the modern aspects and the future of all the arts.
Ok, that's better, that's getting somewhere. I'm not convinced necessarily - one could put forward several communities that aim to encompass all elements of the art, as well as other sources with unbiased reviews and contests, for example (I know I'm being antagonistic, but not out of ill will) - but at least you have an articulated vision. Incidentally, re: the preview pages discussion on the D&D forums... You're not listening to the readers... There's no point offering a preview with the text blurred, because the whole reason people want you to offer a preview is so that we can preview the text and the articles... We don't care that much about seeing what the layout is like, we want to know that we are paying to read a solid magazine...
I personally don't have any problem with you guys flat out saying no (although I agree that most pilot issues will have at least one article as a free preview), but going halfway doesn't do anything for you... Just my opinion.