WotC Apparently an FR fan that also happens to be an investor asked CEO Cox a gew questions.

[Dannyalcatraz]

I think it's sad that Enworlders are more comfortable letting a megacorp run D&D then in trusting their comrades.

Dude…how many ENWorlders have you actually interacted with?

If you think herding cats is difficult, consider the threads here that go hundreds of pages pro-gnome vs anti-gnome (as mentioned), and how much effort it would take to get everyone unified on just the use of that race.

Now do it for every other race. And class.

 

[MichaelSomething]

Dude…how many ENWorlders have you actually interacted with?

If you think herding cats is difficult, consider the threads here that go hundreds of pages pro-gnome vs anti-gnome (as mentioned), and how much effort it would take to get everyone unified on just the use of that race.

Now do it for every other race. And class.

Ironic answer:
We could have some type of type of voting system where everyone can approve or disapprove things. Enworlders could get large questionaries where they can submit their preferences. Then we could measure it all and average it all out.

Answer in the form of a video:

 

[Horwath]

We only get a little mad from the megacorp. Meanwhile if someone suggested we remove gnomes from the game, I would be starting a fist fight in the metaphorical office, so to say we'd get a lot mad if we did it.

I'm for either putting small races as optional in PHB and if played they come with at least -4 STR racial modifier.

"starts Mortal Kombat soundtrack..."

 

[Shardstone]

A guy sat through an entire investor presentation, owns stock, flew to see the CEO and can't spell the CEO's name?

A typo! Ghast! Disgusting! What is this person?!! He made a typo??? AAAAAAA AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA

 

[jasper]

Dude…how many ENWorlders have you actually interacted with?

If you think herding cats is difficult, consider the threads here that go hundreds of pages pro-gnome vs anti-gnome (as mentioned), and how much effort it would take to get everyone unified on just the use of that race.

Now do it for every other race. And class.

meow meow meow
woof meow meow
oofta ---horsey sounds

 

[Yaarel]

Thanks to both the Spellplague and Sundering they have a lot of space they can get creative with. Update Hengeyokai and Spiritfolk.

I mean Tian Xia does well it'll make Kara Tur more tempting.

An Asian D&D gamer market is probably tempting.

 

[Yaarel]

Then why do people reject my idea to form an Enworld investor group and buy up Hasbro shares until we can enforce our will upon D&D?

Heh the trick is, we would all need to agree on something.


Ninjad.

I mean, considering we can’t even agree on what “our will” would even be amongst ourselves…

 

[Yaarel]

but now there are some different "criteria" about sensibilities and politically correction.

Heh, first the Asian nationals would need to doublecheck an Asian-esque setting for Asian sensibility and sensitivity − and then probably the American nationals would need to doublecheck it for American sensibility and sensitivity.

 

[Alzrius]

The big surprise is CEO Chris Cox' home D&D campaign in set in Kara Tur. Cox even wants a 5e Kara Tur product.

You think this would mean that we'd have print-on-demand options for Oriental Adventures and Kara-Tur: The Eastern Realms. I mean, I know it's below his notice as CEO for all of Hasbro, but still.

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[LuisCarlos17f]

An Asian D&D gamer market is probably tempting.

I dare to say Hasbro has got previous experience with Asian market, and maybe they feel more confortable with Japan, and China is a serious big cake, but the goverment can cause troubles in the worst moment. You could be working for years, and suddengly a franchise is not wellcome because somebody from other place said this or that.

Some times I suspect seriously the formians have been "cancelled" in 5ed because somebody could think they are an allegory of an army from our real life.

Kara-Tur can be published in DMGuild because as spin-off they are within Forgotten Realms.

Other point is the growing influence of fantasy manhua and manhwa.