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<blockquote data-quote="CapnZapp" data-source="post: 4312053" data-attributes="member: 12731"><p>I'm amazed. </p><p></p><p>Did mearls really think people would slave away improving the D&D rules when <strong>they are owned by WotC</strong>?!</p><p></p><p>The comparison to a free ftp client is completely wrong, in my opinion.</p><p></p><p>The reason the rules improvement of 3E was "fragmented" is precisely because we all know what WotC would do if the industry agreed on publishing a "3E done right" edition. Yes, they would shoot it down.</p><p></p><p>Besides, the idea of a singular drive forward is flawed from the beginning. The D&D community is far too big and diverse for all gamers to share the same design goals. The emergence of True 20, Pathfinder and Iron Heroes (say) is something good for the community, not something bad or broken.</p><p></p><p>This is possibly the first article written by an industry heavyweight that I disagree with completely and fundamentally. Even the merest hint the OGL needed to die for the reasons mearls gives suggests to me a deeply regrettable stink of <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fear%2C_uncertainty_and_doubt" target="_blank">FUD</a>!</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="CapnZapp, post: 4312053, member: 12731"] I'm amazed. Did mearls really think people would slave away improving the D&D rules when [B]they are owned by WotC[/B]?! The comparison to a free ftp client is completely wrong, in my opinion. The reason the rules improvement of 3E was "fragmented" is precisely because we all know what WotC would do if the industry agreed on publishing a "3E done right" edition. Yes, they would shoot it down. Besides, the idea of a singular drive forward is flawed from the beginning. The D&D community is far too big and diverse for all gamers to share the same design goals. The emergence of True 20, Pathfinder and Iron Heroes (say) is something good for the community, not something bad or broken. This is possibly the first article written by an industry heavyweight that I disagree with completely and fundamentally. Even the merest hint the OGL needed to die for the reasons mearls gives suggests to me a deeply regrettable stink of [url=http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fear%2C_uncertainty_and_doubt]FUD[/url]! [/QUOTE]
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