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<blockquote data-quote="Roman" data-source="post: 4744030" data-attributes="member: 1845"><p>Charles, nice to see you here! That said, I think the anger here is based on the fact that for many people this is the last straw in a string of decisions by WotC over the past several years that are perceived to be hostile to the RPG community at large, ranging from the cancellation of the magazines, through the GSL fiasco to the current PDF fiasco. </p><p></p><p>In early 2000s, WotC was my favorite company (kudos to you for being there at the time - it shows that profitable corporate decisions don't have to alienate customers), but in the past few years they have done their utmost to squander the goodwill build up over this period. I think this final episode is just the spark that set people off - but the fuel for the fire has been building for a while now. </p><p></p><p>Besides, it doesn't matter if it is a company's legal right to do something - it is our legal right to complain about it too and be displeased. After all, just because I can come up to somebody on the street and swear at them for no reason, doesn't mean I should do that or that others will look kindly upon me if I do. </p><p></p><p> </p><p></p><p>Right, so what sense does it make to pull 2E PDF products, 3E PDF products and already existing 4E PDF products from the market? If prevention of future piracy were at stake, WotC could have decided to not include these future products as PDFs - it certainly is not helping to fight piracy of future products by pulling already existing ones off the market. </p><p></p><p>I am more and more inclined to suspect duplicity - after the ongoing fiascos I have now moved past giving WotC the benefit of the doubt. Perhaps WotC may have decided that it wants to sell PDFs exclusively on its own and thought providing piracy as an excuse to pull them from existing publishers would defuse any customer complaints about this - after all, nobody would want to defend piracy... </p><p></p><p> </p><p></p><p>Well, their tactical move has strategic implications for the market. They have deliberately decided to hurt a section of their customer base that is now understandably angry at them. Even if this was done to go after the pirates, which I am sceptical about, it is like 'collateral damge' in a war - if you decide to hurt many innocents in a war to get at a couple of bad guys, you may find that many of those affected innocents turn against you.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Roman, post: 4744030, member: 1845"] Charles, nice to see you here! That said, I think the anger here is based on the fact that for many people this is the last straw in a string of decisions by WotC over the past several years that are perceived to be hostile to the RPG community at large, ranging from the cancellation of the magazines, through the GSL fiasco to the current PDF fiasco. In early 2000s, WotC was my favorite company (kudos to you for being there at the time - it shows that profitable corporate decisions don't have to alienate customers), but in the past few years they have done their utmost to squander the goodwill build up over this period. I think this final episode is just the spark that set people off - but the fuel for the fire has been building for a while now. Besides, it doesn't matter if it is a company's legal right to do something - it is our legal right to complain about it too and be displeased. After all, just because I can come up to somebody on the street and swear at them for no reason, doesn't mean I should do that or that others will look kindly upon me if I do. Right, so what sense does it make to pull 2E PDF products, 3E PDF products and already existing 4E PDF products from the market? If prevention of future piracy were at stake, WotC could have decided to not include these future products as PDFs - it certainly is not helping to fight piracy of future products by pulling already existing ones off the market. I am more and more inclined to suspect duplicity - after the ongoing fiascos I have now moved past giving WotC the benefit of the doubt. Perhaps WotC may have decided that it wants to sell PDFs exclusively on its own and thought providing piracy as an excuse to pull them from existing publishers would defuse any customer complaints about this - after all, nobody would want to defend piracy... Well, their tactical move has strategic implications for the market. They have deliberately decided to hurt a section of their customer base that is now understandably angry at them. Even if this was done to go after the pirates, which I am sceptical about, it is like 'collateral damge' in a war - if you decide to hurt many innocents in a war to get at a couple of bad guys, you may find that many of those affected innocents turn against you. [/QUOTE]
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