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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Scurvy_Platypus" data-source="post: 4539667" data-attributes="member: 43283">You might think this a "cheap" answer, but I don't think I can answer your question. I'll explain.You appear to be approaching this from a ... "rational"?.... perspective. As in, "Well, logically speaking if person A does [this] and it's acceptable, then why is it unacceptable for person B to do the same thing?"This isn't a particularly "rational" topic. While I'm sure you could find someone somewhere willing to get into a screaming match with somebody else about whether or not the new Nikes that are made are better than the old ones, it's not particularly difficult to find gamers willing to do that about their games.Yes, for _some_ people, D&D is just a ... I dunno, a thing. Market forces drive it, it mainly manages to only continue to exist because marketing manages to get enough people to buy into the idea that they need to be on the product treadmill. If the product disappears, well that's too bad. It was an inferior product and didn't deserve to succeed. Score one for market forces and capitalism.For other people though, D&D is a much more personal thing. They may or may not buy a lot of product, but they've got an emotional investment of a sort. D&D isn't just a more expensive and different way of killing some time like whipping out a pack of playing cards and doing solitaire.At the end of the day, you either feel that WotC has a responsibility to act not just as a company selling a product (like McDonalds selling a hamburger) but also has a member of the "community" or you don't.I'm not going to argue either way. I've got my own beliefs and just as with religion and politics, it's not the sort of thing you can just have a discussion about, and *bang* the other person sees that you're right and their belief was wrong.Beliefs don't generally work that way.At the end of the day, you either feel and believe that what WotC has done is right, or that they're wrong. If you're curious to know _why_ someone feels the way they do and want to explore that, hey that's groovy.But if you just want reasons so that you can show how someone is wrong? It's not really going to get you anywhere. Heck, I'll make it easy for you...You're right. No matter what your position on this particular thing... you're right.I'm not here to take sides in this whole thing. I merely wanted to point out that the "simple" solution of just removing a logo from the product and slapping it back up, isn't really such a simple solution. And that while it might be the company's "choice" to simply axe the product instead, it might not actually be much of a choice that they have.</blockquote>

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