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<blockquote data-quote="Belen" data-source="post: 3741467" data-attributes="member: 1405">I think it may be posts like the OP that turns people away from 3rd party publishers.&nbsp; The arrogant and know-it-all attitude displayed by a few publishers on ENWorld have done a lot of damage to the overall reputation.&nbsp; There are a lot of 3rd party publishers who have led the charge with negative statements about Wizards and 4e over the last few years and it was publishers who constantly complained and fretted that 4e would not be open.&nbsp; Hell, we had a major publisher drum up fears about 4e 2.5 years ago just to sell books.Personally, I like 3rd party publishers.&nbsp; I enjoy being able to buy flavorful books that will fit into my D&amp;D games.&nbsp; I constantly pressue my local game stores to stock 3rd party items including when I was a delegate for Wizards.However, the 3rd party publishers are not innocent and have done much to stoke the fears of 4e and general negativity about the industry.&nbsp; Wizards did a great thing by continuing the OGL because it makes gaming better overall.&nbsp; However, I would say that some negativity regarding the actions of 3rd party publishers is warranted by the bad apples among them.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Belen, post: 3741467, member: 1405"] I think it may be posts like the OP that turns people away from 3rd party publishers. The arrogant and know-it-all attitude displayed by a few publishers on ENWorld have done a lot of damage to the overall reputation. There are a lot of 3rd party publishers who have led the charge with negative statements about Wizards and 4e over the last few years and it was publishers who constantly complained and fretted that 4e would not be open. Hell, we had a major publisher drum up fears about 4e 2.5 years ago just to sell books. Personally, I like 3rd party publishers. I enjoy being able to buy flavorful books that will fit into my D&D games. I constantly pressue my local game stores to stock 3rd party items including when I was a delegate for Wizards. However, the 3rd party publishers are not innocent and have done much to stoke the fears of 4e and general negativity about the industry. Wizards did a great thing by continuing the OGL because it makes gaming better overall. However, I would say that some negativity regarding the actions of 3rd party publishers is warranted by the bad apples among them. [/QUOTE]

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