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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Alzrius" data-source="post: 9413673" data-attributes="member: 8461">Not based on what several other posters in this thread have put forward, with regards to the level of faith/trust shown to WotC (and, I should note, there's a difference between the company name and the brand name).No one is saying quote only that line of text; just put that line in its own quote box. You've noted before how I break up quotes into several different boxes; take a cue from that.While others will have spoken out about the possibility of it happening before it even begins, mostly over a bunch of people who supposedly guaranteed us with their precognitive powers that it never would.Truly the height of discourse right here. You've come a long way from complaining about potshots.Because WotC is known for maintaining relationships with people who don't care for them.Which just goes to show you that the issue is neither dead nor buried, since the effects of that fiasco on the industry continue to be felt to this day.See above; WotC is quite willing to work with "influencers" who they think will influence things in the way they (WotC) wants.That's literally the heart of the issue.So that they can better control it. Seriously, how is that in contention in your mind? We know they want to monetize things, and see customers as a barrier to that. Not to mention all of the things they've done to try and bring the industry further under their sway. Control is everything to WotC right now."Getting more sales" is how they want to exercise the control they're looking for.Ah, so now you're granting my earlier point about the consolidation of services (which is another aspect which differentiates WotC's VTT from others). Of course, you dodged the issue of the character sheets themselves being an aspect of monetization, so there's that too.Of course they're going to be importable (notice again that you misunderstood what I said; funny how that keeps happening), it's just that they're not going to be using those as a tent pole around which to monetize things...at least, not that they've said. It's entirely possible that we'll see micro-transactions for pointless things like decorations on your virtual character sheet.There's a difference between marketing-speak directed at the customers whom they think of as barriers between them and their money and things which they say to investors (and, for that matter, leaked comments that came out during the OGL scandal). But please, tell us more why corporate-approved puff pieces to the customers whom they seem to hold in disdain are trustworthy.Nice job patting yourself on the back for being more savvy than everyone else. But otherwise, it's already been pointed out that not everyone will use the VTT. The question is if enough will for its presentation to start shaping expectations.As an aside, do you mean the actual RvB (as in, buy it from the now-defunct Rooster Teeth)? Because if they want to do that, the window seems like it's closing fast (if it hasn't already).</blockquote>

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