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<blockquote data-quote="Hussar" data-source="post: 5923950" data-attributes="member: 22779"><p>I look at it like this. </p><p></p><p>Within weeks of 4e's release, you had a website in Italy ((IIRC - Ema's somethingorother)) providing an online character generator, for pay, that was basically cut and pasting WOTC's IP. When WOTC send out a C&D, the Internets erupted on how big bad WOTC was screwing gamers yet again. Didn't matter that WOTC, in this case, was 100% justified. They said no, and a bunch of self-entitled internet people decided that this was a <strong>bad thing</strong> and WOTC is Teh Evil.</p><p></p><p>It's not really a shock that WOTC is a bit gunshy when it comes to to dealing with the general public.</p><p></p><p>They're being 100% up front and honest about this. There's not a single thing underhanded going on. You want to participate in the playtest, then everyone needs to sign the agreement. You want to fiddle with the game at home and with your friends? Fair enough. You simply cannot participate in the playtest.</p><p></p><p>Setting baselines for a playtest is not unreasonable. If there are language barriers to the point where someone can't read a plain English agreement, then how much use is their feedback for playtesting? Can they read the survey questions and answer the questions asked? </p><p></p><p>Look, this is not a promotional thing. They are looking for people to test the system. That means that not everyone is eligible to do that.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Hussar, post: 5923950, member: 22779"] I look at it like this. Within weeks of 4e's release, you had a website in Italy ((IIRC - Ema's somethingorother)) providing an online character generator, for pay, that was basically cut and pasting WOTC's IP. When WOTC send out a C&D, the Internets erupted on how big bad WOTC was screwing gamers yet again. Didn't matter that WOTC, in this case, was 100% justified. They said no, and a bunch of self-entitled internet people decided that this was a [b]bad thing[/b] and WOTC is Teh Evil. It's not really a shock that WOTC is a bit gunshy when it comes to to dealing with the general public. They're being 100% up front and honest about this. There's not a single thing underhanded going on. You want to participate in the playtest, then everyone needs to sign the agreement. You want to fiddle with the game at home and with your friends? Fair enough. You simply cannot participate in the playtest. Setting baselines for a playtest is not unreasonable. If there are language barriers to the point where someone can't read a plain English agreement, then how much use is their feedback for playtesting? Can they read the survey questions and answer the questions asked? Look, this is not a promotional thing. They are looking for people to test the system. That means that not everyone is eligible to do that. [/QUOTE]
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