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<blockquote data-quote="CharlesRyan" data-source="post: 4684810" data-attributes="member: 5265"><p>I think you're making my point for me, but from the other side. It's the people who assume a "cadre of suits" are mandating the decisions of the hardworking custodians of D&D (Brand and R&D) which is dismissive. Such assumptions relegate the people who work hard and make hard decisions to the status of hapless minion.</p><p></p><p>Let me further illustrate my point by talking about the WotC legal department. When I was at WotC, my 2-year-old daughter was best friends with the WotC legal department's 2-year-old daughter. My family and I went to the Woodland Park Zoo with the WotC legal department on Saturdays. I still consider the WotC legal department a personal friend and look forward to a chat on the rare occasions I'm back in Seattle.</p><p></p><p>So even when you look beyond the individuals you know, who deserve both the credit and the occasional blame that goes with their non-minion status, the "cadre of suits" is still a boogeyman. Yes, there are stakeholders at WotC, as in any organization, beyond the immediate decision-makers, and yes, some of those are lawyers and managers. But they're still individuals who love what WotC does and are only trying to contribute. Amalgamating them into some vague corporate evil doesn't really advance any conversation here on ENWorld, and simply isn't accurate.</p><p></p><p>Look, I'm not saying that I know who was responsible for the direction of the GSL, or any other decision made at WotC in the past three years. (In fact, let me specifically say the opposite: I don't!) What I am saying is that segregating WotC's decisions into those made by "real" people and those made my a vague cloud of "corporatrons" shifts any conversation out of the realm of substantive discussion and into the world of fiction. And if you base your opinions on a belief in this mythical cadre, your opinions just aren't reflective of reality.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="CharlesRyan, post: 4684810, member: 5265"] I think you're making my point for me, but from the other side. It's the people who assume a "cadre of suits" are mandating the decisions of the hardworking custodians of D&D (Brand and R&D) which is dismissive. Such assumptions relegate the people who work hard and make hard decisions to the status of hapless minion. Let me further illustrate my point by talking about the WotC legal department. When I was at WotC, my 2-year-old daughter was best friends with the WotC legal department's 2-year-old daughter. My family and I went to the Woodland Park Zoo with the WotC legal department on Saturdays. I still consider the WotC legal department a personal friend and look forward to a chat on the rare occasions I'm back in Seattle. So even when you look beyond the individuals you know, who deserve both the credit and the occasional blame that goes with their non-minion status, the "cadre of suits" is still a boogeyman. Yes, there are stakeholders at WotC, as in any organization, beyond the immediate decision-makers, and yes, some of those are lawyers and managers. But they're still individuals who love what WotC does and are only trying to contribute. Amalgamating them into some vague corporate evil doesn't really advance any conversation here on ENWorld, and simply isn't accurate. Look, I'm not saying that I know who was responsible for the direction of the GSL, or any other decision made at WotC in the past three years. (In fact, let me specifically say the opposite: I don't!) What I am saying is that segregating WotC's decisions into those made by "real" people and those made my a vague cloud of "corporatrons" shifts any conversation out of the realm of substantive discussion and into the world of fiction. And if you base your opinions on a belief in this mythical cadre, your opinions just aren't reflective of reality. [/QUOTE]
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