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no, so give me a name of someone who 1) can afford to buy WotC (let’s just assume it is for sale, price is at least $15B) and 2) you...
Sep 7, 2025
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that usually is a function of the company being smaller, not so much its shareholder structure these kinds of shareholders also do not...
Sep 7, 2025
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so you would trust WotC more if Elon Musk bought it, or Zuckerberg, or Jeff Bezos?
Sep 7, 2025
mamba
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if anything I would the expect the opposite to be true. A private company still serves the shareholders, that does not change, the only...
Sep 7, 2025
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I don't see why a privately held company would serve my interests as a consumer better than a publicly traded company.
Sep 7, 2025
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selling more products to more customers is serving the shareholders. Getting people to buy more of your products should mean that you...
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Who gets to decide enough is enough? Why the artificial limit? Why not employ more people, pay more people to produce something people...
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and you do not think that the way to make more money is to release more good products that people buy?
Sep 7, 2025
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I see no issue with a company making money as long as they are not participating in unfair or shady business practices. If they come...
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maybe, but then the stuff that helps with the TTRPG golden age, like KS or itch.io for small publishers, is all from 2010 or newer. If...
Sep 6, 2025
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I am playing 5.5 now while running 5.0. I rate 5.5 around a 4. It really did not address the few issues I had with 5e while adding power...
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It looks far more coincidental than homage. There'd be a lot more similarities if it were intentional. "A castle on a hill at sunset" is...
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I agree with the opinion that we can only assess a "golden age" after the fact since it is effectively a term of nostalgia. But we are...
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I have a feeling that most people don’t immediately play new games as soon as they come out. Most people have existing games they need...
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