Are D&D and WotC dying?

[Grazzt]

Re: Sorry, had too

How do we know you're not a flumph?

You don't.

 

[Breakdaddy]

This reminds me of what I have been hearing about Apple for fifteen years. I am a big Mac fan and have had to hear rumors of Apple's downfall every year even though the company continues to produce the technology that everyone else wants to copy?

Sound a lot like my other favorite hobby?

For both companies, I'll believe it when I actually see it.

You can thank Bill Gates anytime you like for helping keep apple financed and buying a huge amount of Apple shares. Thank God for Antitrust lawsuits, they will make sure that MacOS and Apple remain in business so that there will always legally be a viable alternative to windows.

 

[KnowTheToe]

I am a big Mac fan

I am sorry to hear that

 

[ced1106]

No, they're both far from dying.

(Insert reference to your favorite Haitian ritual here


Cedric.
aka. Washu! ^O^

 

[Theuderic]

Hey let's make sure we are participating in this discussion guys, watch out for Pirate Cat. LOL! The chaf the chaf watch out for the chaf!

 

[theoremtank]

Well my initial post was not as acurate in depicting my feelings on the subject as I thought. I was not implying I do not love D&D, only concern as to who is currently controlling it, namely WotC and Hasbro.

D&D is something I only want to see grow and enhance. but not suffer from the big corporate attitutde.

 

[Nightfall]

Re: Re: Sorry, had too

You don't.

Funny you just look like a Demon Prince to me Scott.

 

[MeepoTheMighty]

This reminds me of what I have been hearing about Apple for fifteen years. I am a big Mac fan and have had to hear rumors of Apple's downfall every year even though the company continues to produce the technology that everyone else wants to copy?

Sound a lot like my other favorite hobby?

For both companies, I'll believe it when I actually see it.

Aye, they've shown great innovation in the field of..umm...one-button mice?

 

[jgbrowning]

Well my initial post was not as acurate in depicting my feelings on the subject as I thought. I was not implying I do not love D&D, only concern as to who is currently controlling it, namely WotC and Hasbro.

D&D is something I only want to see grow and enhance. but not suffer from the big corporate attitutde.

i think they are at odds. i find it hard to believe that a business can grow and be enhanced and still avoid a big corporate attitude. but thats just me, i hope that someone out there knows of an example of just such a thing.

joe b.

 

[Gez]

Yes.

Look at this, it is a death certificate.

http://enworld.cyberstreet.com/news/modules.php?op=modload&name=News&file=article&sid=137

See ? WotC has successfully fired all of its great name, nearly all of its creative, is fueling Hasbro with its cash... And what do they do ? They hire a marketing guy ! In other word, someone who's paid much to cheat for the company, but produce nothing of value for the customer. Nothing that sells. A parasite, in other words.

They're already dead, totally vampirised by Hasbro. They've sold electronic games. They've sold magazines. They've sold Gen Con. They've disintegrated 90% of the RPG staff. I don't know much on the card game front, since I'm no more interested in Magic and such since a long time, but I'm sure situation is not glorious here either. Wizards is now a mere empty shell, totally devoid of its substance, its lifeblood having been sucked by Hasbro. That new marketing guy is just the mosquito's anesthesic saliva.

It seems to be still alive, but it's the life of a beheaded duck: it still run, but not for long, and nothing can save it anymore.

RIP, Wizards.

But I'm not worried for D&D or the d20 system. White Wolf will buy the license back. They are already getting back the D&D celebrities in Monte Cook's Malhavoc Press.

Of course, when Hasbro will buy White Wolf...