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Message: <blockquote data-quote="N0Man" data-source="post: 5026352" data-attributes="member: 64066">First of all, you are trying to extrapolate from the example things that are going into topics completely other than the point I was trying to make.  The example was given to show an instance where a product that people really identified with was taken away, and that a small vocal minority responded very badly to it while the majority of the public neutral,  ambivalent, or positive about the switch.It was to point out that this type of negative reaction has some analogous precedences, and also to suggest that when the new formula was introduced that people who preferred the new formula had no reason to suddenly hate the old formula, and that this type of social phenomenon would have the majority of hate coming from one side.That said, yes the loss of the OGL certainly can explain some backlash against WotC.  Not being able to buy old materials in PDF sucks too.  However, these are things that the company never had to offer in the first place.I'd like to challenge those who hate the game, players of it, or WotC themselves over the these reasons (or partially these reasons) to ask themselves would they still feel this bitterness and anger if the OGL and old PDF sales never existed.  Be honest with yourself on this one, because I have a lot of trouble believing that the answer would be 'yes'.  And if the answer is no, is it really reasonable to have an extreme hatred towards the company for offering those things for a limited time?</blockquote>

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