WotC Rumor: OGL will not be supported starting with One D&D

[darjr]

 

[Ulorian - Agent of Chaos]

He isn't repeating it as if it is true. He's noting an example of the false information circulating out there.

Keeping yourself ignorant of the random internet nonsense means you can't deal with it when it gets to be a problem.

Well, no. He's not 'noting an example of the false information circulating out there'. He's repeating it as if it was a fact: 'WotC should get ahead of this.'. That's how wildfires spread.

Assuming your initial point was correct, which it isn't... I agree with the rest of your statement. Preaching to the choir.

Hey @darjr ! You're okay. I did not agree with that post though.

 

[Ulorian - Agent of Chaos]

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That's better. Ignore previous comments.

 

[Umbran]

Well, no. He's not 'noting an example of the false information circulating out there'. He's repeating it as if it was a fact: 'WotC should get ahead of this.'. That's how wildfires spread.

I have no idea what you are talking about now.

darjr provided evidence that there are people saying such things out there. Indeed, there's been enough of it around that Morrus felt it a good idea to write up an article on it. So, that's fact.

If you are going to cast, "WotC should..." as something other than his personal opinion, then that's on you, not darjr.

 

[ColonelHardisson]

I hope that, if this rumor turns out to be true, that the powers-that-be are talked out of it between now and 2024. Even if it wouldn't mean the end of 3PP material, it still might scare off some of those publishers. The problem with that, of course, is the absence of the kind of risk-taking and innovation that 3PPs have brought to everything that's under the OGL, from d20 to 5e.

 

[JEB]

Why would WotC waste their time? A handful of internet people (both here and elsewhere) are assuming a worst-case scenario over a game that is still almost 2 years from release. That is more than enough time for WotC to release playtest material that will make every single one of those people completely forget they are supposed to be upset about the potential of no SRD... when there will be so many other nitpicky little rules in those playtest packets for people to lose their crap over.

Every month there is something done or released that makes people here lose their freaking minds. And WotC can't put out every single little fire... especially when most of those fires are so patently ridiculous in the first place. So they just let those people run around in circles until the flames either go out on their own, or they burn the person up. Either way... problem solved and they don't have to spend their precious time on them.

None of that answers the question I asked. What's the downside of them putting out a Tweet or whatever telling folks they have nothing to worry about? How is saying something worse than letting potential misinformation run around?

 

[Veltharis ap Rylix]

None of that answers the question I asked. What's the downside of them putting out a Tweet or whatever telling folks they have nothing to worry about? How is saying something worse than letting potential misinformation run around?

Same reason they haven't gone around saying, "Don't worry Dark Sun fans, we're not ready to announce it yet, but Athas will definitely be coming back."

It locks them into a course of action in the eyes of their customer base that they may not be in a position to guarantee as of yet, and they will immediately be inundated with questions asking for clarification regarding various specific pieces of minutia that they may not readily have answers for.

 

[Micah Sweet]

Same reason they haven't gone around saying, "Don't worry Dark Sun fans, we're not ready to announce it yet, but Athas will definitely be coming back."

It locks them into a course of action in the eyes of their customer base that they may not be in a position to guarantee as of yet, and they will immediately be inundated with questions asking for clarification regarding various specific pieces of minutia that they may not readily have answers for.

So are you saying that they don't want to promise there's no truth to the rumors, because they don't want to lock out the possibility that there might be?

 

[JEB]

It locks them into a course of action in the eyes of their customer base that they may not be in a position to guarantee as of yet, and they will immediately be inundated with questions asking for clarification regarding various specific pieces of minutia that they may not readily have answers for.

So they shouldn't make a statement of support for their existing stance on the OGL, a new SRD for One D&D/2024 edition, etc. because they may be planning to change their position? (This is me illustrating why the rumor is spreading, BTW.)

 

[Veltharis ap Rylix]

So are you saying that they don't want to promise there's no truth to the rumors, because they don't want to lock out the possibility that there might be?

No, I'm saying the discussions to hash out whatever needs to be hashed out may still be ongoing internally, and they may not be prepared for a public statement on the matter yet.

Even if they have zero plans to place restrictions (effective or otherwise) on third party content, they may still need time to explore their options regarding how/if to integrate that into Beyond and their VTT project.