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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Dire Bare" data-source="post: 9442113" data-attributes="member: 18182">Not really.The most recent WotC layoffs, followed months later by rehiring the same positions . . . is definitely yet another example of toxic corporate behavior that has become emblematic of Hasbro/WotC. If WotC's many stumbles over the past few years has left you cold towards supporting their products . . . I get it. I'm pretty tired of WotC's corporate shenanigans myself.But few on these forums "defend" WotC when they step wrong. A few in this thread seem to be shrugging off this current situation as corporations-gonna-corp, but no one is defending the company's actions.We do have folks on these forums, and within the larger fandom, who have an axe to grind with WotC that goes beyond just being unhappy with the company's decisions and actions. If you've been around long enough, it was the same with TSR . . . an independent company that was much worse in how it treated it's workers and customers. Nobody defended TSR, but some had big axes to grind.The pushback you are commenting on isn't anyone defending WotC, its those of us who are TIRED of the constant negativity, the sometimes fair but also often misplaced negativity. Those who see malice in everything WotC does. It rises to conspiracy-theory level thinking and infects almost every conversation on these boards about D&D.It's tiresome.WotC, and TSR back in the day, makes lots of stumbles. Especially of late. But WotC is not a person, WotC is a company made of many individuals, a company whose leadership is constantly in flux. A company that makes bad decisions, and a company that makes good decisions. A company that puts out products you don't like, and a company that puts out products you probably would if you'd give it a chance.</blockquote>

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