The gamer in me offers a sincere & heart felt "Thank You" to Linae and Scott for pushing through a decision to take another look at the
GSL.
3PP's made some of the very best
3E products. Creating the
GSL which shackled much of that same creativity for
4E was a mistake from my point of view.
The cynic in me has a couple of thoughts ...
-interesting timing on this announcement, just before Gen Con. Certainly a good way to diffuse criticism and generate buzz without having done much of anything at all.
-the motivation behind this decision is an interesting subject for debate. Are those motivations as altruistic as stated below...
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Originally Posted by El Mahdi  Yet Linea felt it important enough to stress "community" and the health of the "hobby gaming lifestyle". Sounds like it was straight from the Ladies' mouth.  |
... or have there been business reasons which gave leverage to your arguments that they didn't have when the initial decisions on the
GSL were made?
-and my last cynical observation is that we haven't actually seen anything yet. We do know that some of the decisions
WotC have made to date about the
GSL has driven away both customers and
3PP partners. So I hope
WotC will understand if many of us remain skeptical on how (or if) this announcement will actually help the 3 PP's or the community.
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