D&D (2024) D&D Pre-orders; this is sad

[Belen]

Eh. I just wanted PDFs. I probably would have paid for access on DnDBeyond too.

No PDFs on DDB. Someone made a plugin to convert the content to PDF.

 

[Whizbang Dustyboots]

But just because a person can play those games doesn't mean ipso facto they get to play ALL games the same way.

Neither does it mean they get to dance naked around a burning pile of Star Wars t-shirts.

Not sure that anyone was suggesting either thing, though.

 

[Belen]

Free League has left the chat.

Free League? I buy their books. They are not cheap.

 

[Whizbang Dustyboots]

It's a work in progress, but I'm learning to find less sadness and anger in what I don't like about the hobby, and trying to be more positive about the games and experiences I do enjoy.

This is wisdom.

 

[Whizbang Dustyboots]

Free League? I buy their books. They are not cheap.

It was a comment on the country they were published in.

 

[DarkCrisis]

Then why aren't you happy just playing those? Rather than getting upset about Dungeons & Dragons?

You don't HAVE to play Dungeons & Dragons you know. Or even think about Dungeons & Dragons. Or worry about the people who make Dungeons & Dragons. You can just go live in whatever non-Capitalist country wish and play those games all you like.

Seems to me to be a big waste of time worrying about Capitalism if you are able to work, play and live without it.

Let me make sure I got this straight.

You did not in fact know other countries make games and your only way to save face is basically “get out of my wonderful capitalistic country?”

Yeah I will never get used to corporate/capitalist bootlicking.

Well, to each their own I suppose.

 

[Belen]

It was a comment on the country they were published in.

Ok, yet they are not a socialist company and neither is the country although they are farther down that route. I guarantee that the staff at Free League get paid for the work they produce and they are one of the more expensive publishers.

 

[KYRON45]

It will never not be sad to see so many praising a corp for their capitalism.

Explains a lot of the world actually.

It may not be the system we want but it is the system we have. The 10 of you who keep making this argument are not going to change the world. Good luck though.

 

[TheAlkaizer]

So while I don't like the direction of WotC or the revision, I'm tired of giving them the power to make me a grumpy person. I'll just get excited about Dragonbane or Fabula Ultima or Call of Cthulhu or Soulbound, etc.

That's what I've been doing since I became disinterested in 5E. But I fear that their methods might spread and affect these other games that I'm enjoying. A decade ago, everyone called Electronic Arts crazy for having DLCs (downloadable content, paid) on the day of release. And now it's a standard.

 

[billd91]

I guarantee that the staff at Free League get paid for the work they produce and they are one of the more expensive publishers.

What?!? The workers are fairly and adequately paid?!? Ain't nothing more socialist than that...