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This makes sense. They probably don't care what the OSR does - it is what other film studios do.

Maybe I'm being overly hyperbolic, but does this mean that if Wolfgang Baur makes a "harmful" joke in the office and WotC catches word, they can revoke the OGL from Kobold? I know, it is ridiculous and wouldn't happen, but it seems like it keeps the door open for some ridiculousness.

They're taking one from politicians and Hollywood: masking economic/power reasons with social/activist reasons. Plus, the whole concept of "harmful content" is highly nebulous and subjective.

What's your line of work, if I may ask?

I'm caught on you knowing a lot of racist dudes. As for their tastes, yeah, there's that. Not my sense of GH, though.

I would suggest that the term "misinformation" doesn't apply, especially when we're talking about theories on prehistory. It isn't "misinforming" to share a different view on human origins, because there's no factual account of it. What I find to actually be both unethical and...

You're completely missing the point. Netflix is an entertainment service, and puts out shows that they think people will watch. Hancock is a popular author. Millions of people watch or listen to Joe Rogan. I mentioned Rogan as an example of Hancock being known to many people, and thus giving a...

What do you mean by "legit?" I was merely referring to popularity - pointing out that Hancock is relatively well-known.

LOL, I completely disagree about your take on Graham Hancock - which is clearly lacking in any actual exposure to his ideas, beyond (I'm guessing) a cursory viewing of a few minutes of his documentary. Hogwash, in other words! It is ironic that you accuse him of "baseless" theories and then...

This. Everything circles back to this, and everything else is window-dressing - a bit of a distraction from what they really want to do, and want to hide that they're doing - and also, and most importantly, what impacts the larger RPG publishing world.

My guess is that they'll treat the OGL like they're treating D&D - there are no versions, no editions, just One D&D to Rule Them All that gets updates in many small iterations....and one OGL that is updated, and becomes the new and only OGL. So I'm guessing there will be no "OGL 1.0" and "OGL...

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What is the "community," though? For all we know, the only people who are outraged are old-timers - or, at least, outrage may be heavily skewed towards older players, especially those for whom the arrival of the OGL is still a first-hand memory - so we're talking about Millenials and older. The...

Not to be picky, but it is CODEGA (no R). Just in case someone does a search, or she comes by...

Yes, agreed. But we know the smaller "they" is still there, and to be honest, I feel for them. Must be a hard place to be in. I do wonder if we're going to see an exodus at some point. Probably not, as they've still got it pretty good, but it could happen.

I remember a year or two ago, when we were all basking in the glow of D&D's unparalleled popularity. Some of us remember the Golden Age of the early 80s, when D&D experienced a similar-in-kind cultural blossoming, though in an era before the internet, and probably to a smaller degree, even...

I think this is where there's no monolithic "they." If we mean the creative team at WotC--the D&D department--I'm sure "they" knew the new OGL wouldn't go over well, and probably warned higher-ups. If we mean the corporate suits at Hasbro, then "they" only care insofar as the money keeps rolling...

If you want beauty to be a part of CHA at your table, go for it. What else is there to say about that? But...because, like the rest of us here at ENWorld, I'm overly verbose and opinionated, one thing to keep in mind is that each of the ability scores is a gestalt of different qualities, and...

You can certain if you want, but I am not. As for 50M, it made press a year and a half ago, so it should be well over that by now. But for example: https://www.gamespress.com/2020-Was-The-Best-Year-Ever-for-Dungeons-Dragons---Again

I'm just providing a range, depending upon how many people subscribe. I have no idea what is realistic, but obviously WotC will be going for as many as possible. I'm not sure 5 million is unrealistic, as far as long-term plans. Again, there are supposedly 50 million players - so that's 10%. What...