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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Hussar" data-source="post: 7663866" data-attributes="member: 22779">Goldomark - it is not the responsibility of the reader to try to read your mind.  More than one person has told you directly that they are reading what you are saying a certain way.  That you didn't mean that doesn't really matter.  What it means is that your intended meaning is not clear and you need to step back, and try to clarify or reiterate your point in another manner.It is the responsibility of the speaker to be understood, not the listener's to try to second guess what you mean.  If you think people are putting words in your mouth, then obviously there's been a breakdown in communication somewhere and it's up to you to fix that.--------And, sure, we'd all love for WOTC to be more forthcoming.  But, guess what?  After the past four or five years, do you think there's the slightest chance of that happening?  Really?  After the crucifying that people did of WOTC during 4e over every perceived slight?  Heck, look at the whole Morningstar debacle.  Morningstar approaches WOTC (not the other way around) to do some sort of electronic character generator and rules package.  Morningstar announces what they are doing and engages with the fans quite extensively - posting here on En World, talking about the product, background on the developers, and then a beta test of the system.  Fans are all excited.Then something goes sideways.  We don't know what.  But, now the product is cancelled.  You get several passive aggressive "fanfic" style communications from the Morningstar team basically putting all the blame on WOTC and, now, what, six months later, people are still bitching about it.Note, at no point in time did WOTC actually say or do anything.  Yet the failure is blamed on them.  They didn't announce this product.  They didn't hype it.  They didn't try to build up anything.  Yet, when it went sideways, they take the blame and we get cries of "Vaporware" and "WOTC can't do electronic products!" over and over again.So, again, do you really think it's in their interests to be 100% transparent with fans who will make no attempt whatsoever to be reasonable?  That no matter what WOTC does, unless it's precisely what that group of fans wants, that group of fans will rabidly attack WOTC endlessly?  I mean, good grief, you've got a 30 page thread right now bitching about what WOTC's doing.  Imagine how bad it would be if they actually DID start saying things.Honestly, you don't have to imagine.  All you have to do is surf back to the 4e days of En World and you'll see exactly what happens when WOTC actively engages the fandom in an attempt to be transparent.</blockquote>

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