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Indeed. Some other tricks include: changing the font between edits, reading the work backward sentence by sentence, as well as doing the latter aloud.

At least they were outlined. ;)

I believe the full adage, and it applies in the game industry in particular, reads something like, "Take your time and do it right; the day is long, the pay is light."

And, lo, some did bide their time, coming out with a few generic products, here and there, waiting, watching, pondering, showering regularly, pondering some more, hoping . . . I said I was sorry.

For those working with the OGL and SRD only, it's a good idea to get out of the mindset that you're using 5E to create stuff and not refer to the books. I'd imagine for those working with the DMGuild, it would be wise to stop thinking about FR-related ideas and start keeping an eye on the list...

Well, there you go then. Direct competition. I stand corrected.

What they are doing now can be regulated. There is no firehose effect like with the d20 STL. Doing what they are doing now but earlier doesn't require the firehose. What they are doing now is a harness on the lightning they once captured in a bottle. I don't know how to make it any more...

It's never been typical for everyone in a group to own a game book. It's more typical that people share. Some of your group using the PFSRD doesn't equate to lost sales. I've even played and run games at conventions where the folks share the players handbook.

They are doing the OGL route now. As I said in my original post with which you disagreed, they have learned how to harness it. You're arguing with a small portion of what I said while ignoring the rest of it to fit your floodgate/firehose analogy and acting like they knew all along how to do...

No. That right there is the crux of it. Well, if at least one person in your group didn't own the books, I stand corrected and apologize. But, you see, the problem is once again the false argument that any money spent on something else (or the utilizing of something free or stolen) means...

It's the difference between having a shirt and a pair of socks. Both clothing, both worn, not interchangeable and one is no substitute for the other. They serve different purposes. I think a PDF of the actual product might be considered competition for the same product, but the SRD and by...

I'd agree, if they had done the same with 4E. This is just a matter of not being able to find a way of doing it in line with their business plan. Your false analogy misses my metaphor and assumes I mean they should have set it up as they did in 3.XE days and kept the lightning burning fast and...

Yeah, they missed a huge opportunity not going OGL right from the get-go and having OGC solutions to playtesting problems. I really thought if they were going to go OGL for this D&D edition, it would have been done early and would have taking advantage of the vast amount of collective design...

Maybe they will but I don't see that feeding the meter.

That's fiction, apparently. When they were hashing out the 4E licensing plans, Scott Rouse spoke to a number of publishers by phone including myself and I asked point blank if my SRD 3.5 Revised was problematic or helping cause the shift away from OGL support for D&D and I was told that it was...

DMGuild *is* essentially a Dragon+/Dungeon+ setup. They've got a bunch of freelancers and outside designers writing up adventures and FR/D&D support for the digital market. The main difference being that WotC avoids the overhead and the market determines which articles/supplements/offerings...

"As you journey down the Sword Coast you happen upon a portal. Stepping through you find yourself in a land with a different amount of moons and no tieflings or dragonborn, plus no monks cause they just would seem out of place with the Medieval-esque theme. A pair of horsemen ride up and greet...

"Obliged?" Naw. Of course not. Still, it always seemed a bit skeevy. Maybe I'll rethink that position with this new era. I know how to be skeevy. Humorously skeevy, so it's not as onerous. :p :)

Look at it this way . . . If FR is a bad setting, and all DMGuild roads lead to FR, then you have less competition in the marketplace. Using the OGL had largely become synonymous with making D&D stuff back in the 3.XE period, and I am guessing the outpouring of stuff that will follow this move...