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<blockquote data-quote="joethelawyer" data-source="post: 4641646" data-attributes="member: 55764">I agree with this post. Not only would the in your face approach in the form of a definitive &quot;screw you&quot; last year to the 3pp's have been bad PR in general, it would have hurt the launch of 4e because of the bad feelings it would engender amongst the 3pp fans.&nbsp; They definitely don't want the 3pp's to have as much of an ability to play in their sandbox with 4e as they did with the OGL.Also, I am of the opinion that there was a directive from on high that the design of 4e should be substantively different enough from what is covered under the OGL that no one could ever make a competing product line off of 4e, as has happened with C&amp;C, Pathfinder, True20, etc with 3e.&nbsp; I think that why we have such a different approach to the game taken in 4e.&nbsp; It wasn't as much designer choice, as it was a decision from on high to be very different.&nbsp; Hasbro is not WOTC from the old days.&nbsp; There is no way a big company like Hasbro would have done anything like the OGL.&nbsp; I think at this point they are trying to do everything they can to recover from it.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="joethelawyer, post: 4641646, member: 55764"] I agree with this post. Not only would the in your face approach in the form of a definitive "screw you" last year to the 3pp's have been bad PR in general, it would have hurt the launch of 4e because of the bad feelings it would engender amongst the 3pp fans. They definitely don't want the 3pp's to have as much of an ability to play in their sandbox with 4e as they did with the OGL. Also, I am of the opinion that there was a directive from on high that the design of 4e should be substantively different enough from what is covered under the OGL that no one could ever make a competing product line off of 4e, as has happened with C&C, Pathfinder, True20, etc with 3e. I think that why we have such a different approach to the game taken in 4e. It wasn't as much designer choice, as it was a decision from on high to be very different. Hasbro is not WOTC from the old days. There is no way a big company like Hasbro would have done anything like the OGL. I think at this point they are trying to do everything they can to recover from it. [/QUOTE]

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