(WotC Podcast 11/9) Monster Vault II & web-based DDI

[avin]

One aspect that I didn't hear WotC admit until this podcast was the role pirating played in their decision. Many of us assumed this, but here they made it seem like it was a critical factor.

I'm glad they finally did it. Was it so hard?

They should have said this at the moment of online CB announce. But nooo... Wotc always assumes we are dumb, and tried to PR some very silly excuses why an online CB was the eight wonder of this world.

Hear and Learn Wizards.

Tell the truth.

Be nice.

Be gentle.

Check how Paizo does and learn.

 

[hexgrid]

It probably went down something like this
"We need it to be web-based but we don't know what we want. Heh I know lets call our friend/old coworker Bob, he works and Microsoft I bet he knows whats best for this" WOTC
"Well at Microsoft we use Silverlight" Bob
"Silverlight it is" WOTC

I have no idea if it's true, but I figured it was because the old CB was .net, and sticking with Microsoft let them reuse more code than they would have been able to otherwise.