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The interview was mostly uninformative, but I want to give the man some kudos for at least finally say something/anything. There is, however, despite mostly giving us what we new already one really new piece of information. The interview contains a stunning admission in that piracy was not the...

I am no fan of 4E at all (quite the opposite, actually), but I don't think D&D is in a death spiral. I suspect that 4E is selling well and is a commercial success. Whereas Ruan Dancey's interpretation of PHB II being sold out is a valid one and might be true (it is plausible) - a far simpler...

Thanks a lot for the explanation! I appreciate it. I also agree with not taking it out on the unwilling and possibly even unwitting messangers (customer service people) even if I think the company is at the very least being misleading. That said - I don't think anybody has done that here -...

No, it's just that ENWorld for me is extremely slow (it usually is) and it takes more than a minute to load a thread or the reply window and then another minute before it posts, so by the time I posted, the question had already been asked by somebody else and you had already provided a link...

Can you explain for those of us not familiar with that? Thanks! :)

I don't think anybody actually believes that. Clearly, there is some other motive at hand or perhaps multiple motives. Some possibilities (some combinations are possible): 1) Desiring to bring PDF publishing in-house, WotC might have thought that yanking their PDFs from established...

I agree that there is a subset of existing customers that was intentionally written off, but I am much less sure it was such a good thing for the company to do so. Although these customers tend to have less growth potential, they could nevertheless provide a stable base and a steady source of...

If these products will not be made available or a decision has not been made, why not? Will WotC establish any kind of new communication policy with the public in order to ensure that the community is not caught off-guard (which tends to strengthen the reaction) by moves such as the pulling of...

That is your prerogative, but do you really believe people would be this angry if this was the first action by WotC to which they objected? A few would, perhaps, but I still think for many this was merely the last straw that got them angry and not some sort of isolated incident. I am not sure...

Charles, nice to see you here! That said, I think the anger here is based on the fact that for many people this is the last straw in a string of decisions by WotC over the past several years that are perceived to be hostile to the RPG community at large, ranging from the cancellation of the...

Consumer boycotts and campaigns CAN work even if you love the products of the company. For example, I am a huge fan of BioWare computer games. Since BioWare was purchased by Electronic Arts, however, its games have included a particularly nasty version of SecuROM - a draconian digital rights...

This is a very good point. If I were a 3PP for 4E now, I would be quaking with fear and rapidly looking to redirect my business away from the GSL to the OGL or some other open system or a system of my own.

I must say that I am no longer inclined to trust WotC motives and will probably no longer take their statements at face value, even though in the past I would definitely have given them the benefit of the doubt. The GSL fiasco was the first to truly sow the seeds of doubt regarding WotC's...

I agree. Even if WotC had the legal right to pull the contract without notice (and that is not completely clear), it was at the very least indirectly complicit in endorsing the promise of RPGNow by not asking them to change it. If a company makes promises about delivering your products that you...

Wow, I am left speechless. WotC is really trying to hammer the final nail in its own coffin through its blatant disregard for its customers. I used to be a huge fan of WotC, but over the past few years bad decision after a bad decision have really soured my mood towards the company. I think I am...

I prefer that the rules strive to approximate the laws of the world, though gameplay considerations must, of course, be taken into account. For me, the "laws of the world" generally imply natural laws of the real world, unless specified or implied otherwise by the world in question or its...

To get this thread back on topic of units in RPGs: I am from a country that uses the metric system only, but I do prefer the use of imperial measures in D&D for flavor reasons. The only imperial measure I have problems with is degree Fahrenheit. This is because both the scale and the base here...

You are using anachronistic and outdated measurements. This is not the Los Alamos era when nuclear/particle/quantum physicist were at the top of the world. In this era of progress and equality, you would better switch to using proper SI units, such as nanojoules and nanograms for measuring...

Yeah, I couldn't access the website. Now that I can, it is pretty clear.

Is this an April Fools joke or a genuine issue?