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<blockquote data-quote="roguerouge" data-source="post: 4745347" data-attributes="member: 13855"><p>We agree on this point. So you can see why WotC making "stopping piracy" their first impression was a bad move. Never treat customers as if they have no common sense. But that's exactly what they did. </p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>You have no evidence for this position. Moreover, if such evidence did exist, you're hoping that WotC will eventually share evidence for this position. And you just said that stopping piracy was not possible. Reducing piracy by preventing legitimate purchases is nonsensical; the demand for their pdfs has no place to go BUT to the black market. Imagine if a DM said that the monarch was shutting the city marketplace to fight smuggling. As a player, you would assume that the monarch had intelligence as his dump stat.</p><p></p><p>You have faith that they have evidence that you don't have. But since their strategy is so obviously flawed, you can understand why most customers would not have your faith that they have the evidence that will make it possible for them to construct a plan to fight piracy that no other company has been able to pull off. </p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>You're begging the question. It's too late for the MM2 and the PHB 3 too, as they'll be pirated as soon as they're available. The point is that such piracy is evidence that it's ridiculously easy to create copies. You can't reduce piracy by driving up demand for blackmarket goods. You attack the pirates and you drive down demand for their services through features, quality, and reliability. </p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>So, with no evidence, you assert that WotC will be reimbursing people. How much compensation will they be giving customers for lost access to an online storage facility for their gaming materials? Or are you really betting that WotC will be off-loading the cost onto small businesses like Paizo and RPGNow? 'Cause I'd take the former bet, but not the latter. After the GSL, I'm completely confident that WotC would let other people pick up the tab for their choices.</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>So your best defense is that WotC was more concerned with vengeance than they were with their customers? </p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>Really? It's not a big deal when a superior technology is abandoned? You don't think that DnD becoming MORE technologically backward as it attempts to compete with World of Warcraft and videogames might be a sea-change in the health of our hobby?</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>Wrong metaphor. The equivalent would be if Black & Decker said without warning or defensible reason that they would no longer honor any warranties for their product's loss or damage, because you purchased through Home Depot online, rather than at a brick and mortar store. And that would piss me off to lose something valuable (peace of mind) for no good reason. </p><p></p><p>Look. You seem like a nice guy who has experience with the company. I just want you to think about why nice people who don't have experience with the company might be outraged about this decision.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="roguerouge, post: 4745347, member: 13855"] We agree on this point. So you can see why WotC making "stopping piracy" their first impression was a bad move. Never treat customers as if they have no common sense. But that's exactly what they did. You have no evidence for this position. Moreover, if such evidence did exist, you're hoping that WotC will eventually share evidence for this position. And you just said that stopping piracy was not possible. Reducing piracy by preventing legitimate purchases is nonsensical; the demand for their pdfs has no place to go BUT to the black market. Imagine if a DM said that the monarch was shutting the city marketplace to fight smuggling. As a player, you would assume that the monarch had intelligence as his dump stat. You have faith that they have evidence that you don't have. But since their strategy is so obviously flawed, you can understand why most customers would not have your faith that they have the evidence that will make it possible for them to construct a plan to fight piracy that no other company has been able to pull off. You're begging the question. It's too late for the MM2 and the PHB 3 too, as they'll be pirated as soon as they're available. The point is that such piracy is evidence that it's ridiculously easy to create copies. You can't reduce piracy by driving up demand for blackmarket goods. You attack the pirates and you drive down demand for their services through features, quality, and reliability. So, with no evidence, you assert that WotC will be reimbursing people. How much compensation will they be giving customers for lost access to an online storage facility for their gaming materials? Or are you really betting that WotC will be off-loading the cost onto small businesses like Paizo and RPGNow? 'Cause I'd take the former bet, but not the latter. After the GSL, I'm completely confident that WotC would let other people pick up the tab for their choices. So your best defense is that WotC was more concerned with vengeance than they were with their customers? Really? It's not a big deal when a superior technology is abandoned? You don't think that DnD becoming MORE technologically backward as it attempts to compete with World of Warcraft and videogames might be a sea-change in the health of our hobby? Wrong metaphor. The equivalent would be if Black & Decker said without warning or defensible reason that they would no longer honor any warranties for their product's loss or damage, because you purchased through Home Depot online, rather than at a brick and mortar store. And that would piss me off to lose something valuable (peace of mind) for no good reason. Look. You seem like a nice guy who has experience with the company. I just want you to think about why nice people who don't have experience with the company might be outraged about this decision. [/QUOTE]
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