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<blockquote data-quote="Imruphel" data-source="post: 7168318" data-attributes="member: 15684">You failed your reading comprehension check.I specifically stated that I was NOT accusing Mike Mearls of orchestrating 4E's failure.NOT.NOT.Is that clear yet?But he was a cat's-paw for those who wanted Hasbro to sign off on the new edition. He's a salaried designer (or whatever his title is this week: WotC changes job titles several times a year) so the idea of him sitting on a big pile of money is fanciful, at best. Again, that's not what I said or even implied so here I am defending comments I never made. Or implied.Again, you're mistaken if you think an executive wouldn't make a play that involved losing the company a million or so in the short term in order to prove a point that would (hopefully) result in the gain of millions in the medium or longer term. That's common behaviour among mid- to senior level executives, especially in a company where the MD/CEO is generally clueless and/or issues contradictory directives (also shockingly common). In this case, Hasbro was largely &quot;hands off&quot; with respect to the running of D&amp;D so that made it even easier to do... as did Bill Slavicsek's departure as a lot could simply pinned to him.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Imruphel, post: 7168318, member: 15684"] You failed your reading comprehension check. I specifically stated that I was NOT accusing Mike Mearls of orchestrating 4E's failure. NOT. NOT. Is that clear yet? But he was a cat's-paw for those who wanted Hasbro to sign off on the new edition. He's a salaried designer (or whatever his title is this week: WotC changes job titles several times a year) so the idea of him sitting on a big pile of money is fanciful, at best. Again, that's not what I said or even implied so here I am defending comments I never made. Or implied. Again, you're mistaken if you think an executive wouldn't make a play that involved losing the company a million or so in the short term in order to prove a point that would (hopefully) result in the gain of millions in the medium or longer term. That's common behaviour among mid- to senior level executives, especially in a company where the MD/CEO is generally clueless and/or issues contradictory directives (also shockingly common). In this case, Hasbro was largely "hands off" with respect to the running of D&D so that made it even easier to do... as did Bill Slavicsek's departure as a lot could simply pinned to him. [/QUOTE]

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