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<blockquote data-quote="eyebeams" data-source="post: 7647841" data-attributes="member: 9225"><p>Please explain to me why I should pay for these with a D&D logo on them when I can get them for free with a Google logo on them, especially when the ones with the Google logo will get iteratively more awesome every year and the ones with the D&D logo will suffer spasmodic development tied to the budget and staff assignments.</p><p></p><p>See, the people who will buy VTTs are old people: over 30s who feel time pressure, want an integrated, canned solution, and do not believe that paying for things is absurd. Everyone else inclined to roleplay already tosses together free web tools. Often, the results are better, because no matter how much you think the iconic fighter is, the average person is going to like Photoshopped Daniel Craig more -- and you can't have that on the company joint.</p><p></p><p>The developers of VTT software will constantly compete with free tools that feature a more rapid development cycle and bigger budget. They will eventually fail, and will never even do well compared to the alternative. The rare exceptions are things that require complex values specific to the game, like character creators.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="eyebeams, post: 7647841, member: 9225"] Please explain to me why I should pay for these with a D&D logo on them when I can get them for free with a Google logo on them, especially when the ones with the Google logo will get iteratively more awesome every year and the ones with the D&D logo will suffer spasmodic development tied to the budget and staff assignments. See, the people who will buy VTTs are old people: over 30s who feel time pressure, want an integrated, canned solution, and do not believe that paying for things is absurd. Everyone else inclined to roleplay already tosses together free web tools. Often, the results are better, because no matter how much you think the iconic fighter is, the average person is going to like Photoshopped Daniel Craig more -- and you can't have that on the company joint. The developers of VTT software will constantly compete with free tools that feature a more rapid development cycle and bigger budget. They will eventually fail, and will never even do well compared to the alternative. The rare exceptions are things that require complex values specific to the game, like character creators. [/QUOTE]
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