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<blockquote data-quote="Wicht" data-source="post: 5183457" data-attributes="member: 221"><p>Congragulations on the New Job and good luck with it.</p><p></p><p>Let me start by being uprfront and saying I haven't bought a single WotC book since 4e came out except for some of the kids books for my daughters and a star wars saga book for one of my sons. I am not a wotc hater, its just there are no books being released that appeal to me because 4e lost me when they ditched the OGL, threw over the 3pps (and coincidentally released a rules system that I was pretty meh about.)</p><p></p><p>That being said, your post resonates with me because, while I wasn't at Gencon, how you felt when 3e came out was exactly how I felt and while the strength of the feeling waned with time as all emotions do, it never died. </p><p></p><p>I would very much like to see you revive that same feeling with your handling of DnD. But I think the secret is, it won't be done with rules. And it won't be done with super great campaign settings; because the truth of the matter is great campaign settings are easy to make and good rules are already out there. It will be accomplished byyou when you can demonstrate, with actions not words, a love of the game that goes beyond editions and the need to sell the next "cool book;" a desire to bring others, not into your particular game, but into the hobby as a whole. Dancy demonstrated that love and that desire with the OGL and that more than just the fantastic rules Monte and the others put together, is what made 3e great. And its part of what, in my opinion, makes Paizo great. I believe they are gamers first and salesmen second and I respect them for that. </p><p></p><p>However, if you can, in your current position, bring the monolith that is WotC back into a position of actively supporting the hobby and not just the ruleset, then kudos to you and I wish you the best of luck. <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite1" alt=":)" title="Smile :)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":)" /></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Wicht, post: 5183457, member: 221"] Congragulations on the New Job and good luck with it. Let me start by being uprfront and saying I haven't bought a single WotC book since 4e came out except for some of the kids books for my daughters and a star wars saga book for one of my sons. I am not a wotc hater, its just there are no books being released that appeal to me because 4e lost me when they ditched the OGL, threw over the 3pps (and coincidentally released a rules system that I was pretty meh about.) That being said, your post resonates with me because, while I wasn't at Gencon, how you felt when 3e came out was exactly how I felt and while the strength of the feeling waned with time as all emotions do, it never died. I would very much like to see you revive that same feeling with your handling of DnD. But I think the secret is, it won't be done with rules. And it won't be done with super great campaign settings; because the truth of the matter is great campaign settings are easy to make and good rules are already out there. It will be accomplished byyou when you can demonstrate, with actions not words, a love of the game that goes beyond editions and the need to sell the next "cool book;" a desire to bring others, not into your particular game, but into the hobby as a whole. Dancy demonstrated that love and that desire with the OGL and that more than just the fantastic rules Monte and the others put together, is what made 3e great. And its part of what, in my opinion, makes Paizo great. I believe they are gamers first and salesmen second and I respect them for that. However, if you can, in your current position, bring the monolith that is WotC back into a position of actively supporting the hobby and not just the ruleset, then kudos to you and I wish you the best of luck. :) [/QUOTE]
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