Critical Role Issues Statement

[Enrahim2]

I think this is not as inocent as you might think. To me this looks like a polite direct threat to Wizards: We have chosen side. Your move.

 

[Ruin Explorer]

With respect, I'm failing to see any statement.

You and me both Morrus.

Amazing non-statement statement.

 

[Scribe]

I think this is not as inocent as you might think. To me this looks like a polite direct threat to Wizards: We have chosen side. Your move.

???

Considering it has some of the same language Wizards used earlier today in their 'no no you guys got it all wrong we are with you!' I'm not sure thats the correct reading.

 

[Ruin Explorer]

But even us OGL-nihilists are allowed a glimmer of hope, when we see the hair.

Matt Mercer is what I thought I'd look like when I was like 40. Then I started going bald But that silky centre-parted hair...

 

[JAMUMU]

Matt Mercer is what I thought I'd look like when I was like 40. Then I started going bald But that silky centre-parted hair...

It's what gives me some shred of faith in his statement. The parting, it's so beautiful...

 

[Ruin Explorer]

There’s no realistic way CR would be able to switch to another system

Hard disagree.

Their fans are fans of them, not the system. They could do it.

But I suspect they may have a contract with WotC in which case, yeah, they can't.

 

[Ondath]

The CR subreddit has apparently become clairvoyant as they say CR is clearly on the pro-OGL side but that they released this nothingburger because they're under a non-disparagement clause while D&D Beyond is sponsoring Campaign 3.

I mean, maybe that's true, but it still doesn't change the fact that this is pretty milquetoast. Too average to be average. Out of all the statements regarding the OGL I've seen, this is one of them.

 

[Enrahim2]

???

Considering it has some of the same language Wizards used earlier today in their 'no no you guys got it all wrong we are with you!' I'm not sure thats the correct reading.

There is a key difference: Wizards were completely D&D centric, and didn't address the OGC issue at all. Matt Mercer specifically calls out creators of new systems in his first paragraph. This is the category that will likely be hurt most by 1.0a being closed down to D&D specific.

If it hadn't been for that detail I would have fully agreed that it was a complete non-statement.

 

[Greg Benage]

We stand by our industry peers, as well as anyone who takes a risk creating a new system or developing an original idea.

On the one hand, we have our industry peers. On the other, we have people who take a risk creating a new system or developing an original idea.

 

[Scribe]

On the one hand, we have our industry peers. On the other, we have people who take a risk creating a new system or developing an original idea.

The humble comma, doing the lords work.