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D&D Beyond Twitter Account says OGL will be addressed soon

mamba

Legend
Previously they didn't have a way to secure a strong competitive advantage over the original creators. Hence not worthwhile to do. The acquisition of D&D beyond, along with a OGL monopolising use of ogl content alongside oneD&D content in the virtual space completely change that calculus.
oh, so basically you are saying they are now in a better position to rip people off, not sure that strengthens the case for staying under the OGL ;)

I do not actually think they care about most of the stuff people create at all, this is just so you cannot claim they took an idea from you, and they definitely want to kill 1.0 outright
 

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renbot

Adventurer
"There's been a lot of misconceptions about our plans. Our fans and third party partners are extremely important to us and we're deeply disappointed in the misleading depictions about what's happening with our not-yet-released OGL. There is no final OGL at this time -- we would release it if there were -- and we urge everyone to be skeptical of anyone claiming otherwise. We are sorry about the pain and confusion caused by these misconceptions spread by third parties and content creators have caused and look forward to sharing our exciting and inclusive vision of the future of D&D and the new OGL with you soon."

In other words, deny, deny, deny, blame the critics, claim it'll all be fine and don't believe anyone saying otherwise.

I hope I'm wrong.

This is just...eerie. Are you a Diviner Wizard by any chance? 'Cuz I'm pretty sure you just predicted the future!
 


Wow I thought it was bad yesterday for WotC.

But today it's so much worse. Linus Tech Tips has 15 MILLION subscribers on YouTube for example (I occasionally watch him because he had excellent early SteamDeck coverage - convinced me to buy one actually, I haven't regretted it). Cory Doctorow doesn't have as many followers but he's widely respected and certainly a very influential voice in certain spheres. And they're far from the only ones.

Also my players, who I've said nothing about this to, and don't generally follow RPG news except one of them always knows what's on Kickstarter, have started to ask me about it.

Tick-tock WotC, every hour you delay this is just going to get worse!

As an aside, how to YOU pronounce WotC? I noticed that on YouTube most people who don't say "Wizards" say "Wot-sy" or "Wot-cee", like it was the word for the letter C (which is mystifying to me because why separate that lol?) but everyone I know who has said it IRL says it "Wot-cuh" like it's an acronym ending in a hard C (which would make sense because Coast is a hard C).
 

Mecheon

Sacabambaspis
As an aside, how to YOU pronounce WotC? I noticed that on YouTube most people who don't say "Wizards" say "Wot-sy" or "Wot-cee", like it was the word for the letter C (which is mystifying to me because why separate that lol?) but everyone I know who has said it IRL says it "Wot-cuh" like it's an acronym ending in a hard C (which would make sense because Coast is a hard C).
I generally just go 'Wizards', but "Wot-Cee" is my mental brain one

I blame the capitalisation
 

xiphumor

Legend
Wow I thought it was bad yesterday for WotC.

But today it's so much worse. Linus Tech Tips has 15 MILLION subscribers on YouTube for example (I occasionally watch him because he had excellent early SteamDeck coverage - convinced me to buy one actually, I haven't regretted it). Cory Doctorow doesn't have as many followers but he's widely respected and certainly a very influential voice in certain spheres. And they're far from the only ones.

Also my players, who I've said nothing about this to, and don't generally follow RPG news except one of them always knows what's on Kickstarter, have started to ask me about it.

Tick-tock WotC, every hour you delay this is just going to get worse!

As an aside, how to YOU pronounce WotC? I noticed that on YouTube most people who don't say "Wizards" say "Wot-sy" or "Wot-cee", like it was the word for the letter C (which is mystifying to me because why separate that lol?) but everyone I know who has said it IRL says it "Wot-cuh" like it's an acronym ending in a hard C (which would make sense because Coast is a hard C).
I say Wot-sy. Also, where did Linus comment on it?
 


Worst case: Still a faux-apology, but this time one of those super-fake ones where they just apologise for "how you feel" and maybe for their failure to keep it secret, or that they "trusted the wrong people". No changes to the OGL 1.1, rather some "clarifications" which are actually 100% spin, and probably the dreaded claim that they "had to do this" to "fight the bigots" (without actually naming any or giving any examples at all, of something that hasn't actually been a major issue under the OGL), though even worst-case I don't think they'll lean TOO hard on that because it's a point of vulnerability. I think they still might clarify that it's opt-in, if only to prevent legal action, but won't clarify the status of other SRDs and may go ahead and remove them from the internet and so on (possibly even attempting to quietly DMCA people who keep them up).

I don't think it's likely to be that bad, but I think it's a lot more likely than the best case.

Re: signing it, hard to say if someone will, because that can play either way. But if they make Crawford or Perkins sign it (mere underlings of these more illustrious figures), I'll be pretty angry, because that's just not taking responsibility, and not having the buck stop with you.
If they've been taking their cues from Hollywood, that's not the worst case. They double down, blame the fans for not liking the OGL 1.1, and call everyone racists or sexists or something (Williams is a woman after all... although maybe its presumptuous these days to assume that) and get all kinds of media outlets to write hit pieces on the "toxic fandom" at ENWorld specifically, which cherry-picked quotes from you personally that make their case.

It can always get worse.
 



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