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<blockquote data-quote="Anon Adderlan" data-source="post: 7733063" data-attributes="member: 53053"><p>Don't kid yourselves. #WotC is only interested in three things: Reducing costs, preserving their brand image, and avoiding liability. Everything they've done to date, from abandoning their D&D Organized Play Volunteer Program, to producing cards with less expensive materials, to banning #JeremyHambly, to instituting background checks like this, has been for those reasons. And while individuals within the company may be different, #WotC itself is only interested in creating a safer environment and helping retail stores and conventions insofar as it helps them achieve those objectives.</p><p></p><p>Take this new policy. It burdens retail stores and conventions with additional costs <em>and liability they can do nothing about</em> because <em>it doesn't specify what checks are necessary or when those standards have been met</em>. It also further encourages digging into people's social media and private messages, which is <em>already</em> encouraged by having lots of busybodies online and a Code of Conduct you're required to follow even outside of sanctioned events and applications. Were #WotC <em>actually</em> concerned about this, they would do these checks in house so privacy could be protected, consistent standards could be applied, and results verified, <a href="https://www.pokemon.com/us/play-pokemon/organize/become-a-professor/" target="_blank">as is done with the #Pokemon Professor program</a>.</p><p></p><p>Sure will be awkward if #WotC loses that class action suit which claims #Judges are actually <em>their</em> employees now though.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Anon Adderlan, post: 7733063, member: 53053"] Don't kid yourselves. #WotC is only interested in three things: Reducing costs, preserving their brand image, and avoiding liability. Everything they've done to date, from abandoning their D&D Organized Play Volunteer Program, to producing cards with less expensive materials, to banning #JeremyHambly, to instituting background checks like this, has been for those reasons. And while individuals within the company may be different, #WotC itself is only interested in creating a safer environment and helping retail stores and conventions insofar as it helps them achieve those objectives. Take this new policy. It burdens retail stores and conventions with additional costs [I]and liability they can do nothing about[/I] because [I]it doesn't specify what checks are necessary or when those standards have been met[/I]. It also further encourages digging into people's social media and private messages, which is [I]already[/I] encouraged by having lots of busybodies online and a Code of Conduct you're required to follow even outside of sanctioned events and applications. Were #WotC [I]actually[/I] concerned about this, they would do these checks in house so privacy could be protected, consistent standards could be applied, and results verified, [URL="https://www.pokemon.com/us/play-pokemon/organize/become-a-professor/"]as is done with the #Pokemon Professor program[/URL]. Sure will be awkward if #WotC loses that class action suit which claims #Judges are actually [I]their[/I] employees now though. [/QUOTE]
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