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Did WOTC take one for the team, help Paizo?
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<blockquote data-quote="catsclaw227" data-source="post: 3472566" data-attributes="member: 14197"><p>Hello all -- </p><p></p><p>I may get torched for this blasphemous idea, but I posted it in another thread, and I feel it deserves some merit for consideration.</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>These kinds of things are very difficult to handle, and the so called "textbook response" was as genuine as they could be without being able to tell us what the [next new thing] is. As stated in a previous thread, the announcement may have been timed to benefit Paizo, so that they could make an necessary announcement at GAMA, but also knowing that they (WOTC) weren't ready to make their own announcement. They've obviously been working on this for a while, because Paizo has had time to prepare with designs, adventures are already being written (or may have already been). </p><p></p><p>May I be bold enough to state that MAYBE the WOTC team felt some responsiblity to help the smaller company by allowing for an early announcement, knowing full well that they'd get raked and counting on the fact that once the DI comes on board, that all this huff-and-puff would go away and the world would settle down again. Maybe, just MAYBE, they "took one for the team" and let Paizo get out their announcement for GAMA.</p><p></p><p>Don't you think that if they weren't prepared, and didn't care about Paizo, they would have WAITED on the press release until their DI was ready to be announced? I mean, really, these guys are smart corporate heads. They may not all be gamers, or RPG geeks like me, but they know when to time a press release.</p><p></p><p>I smell some uncharacteristic kindness on the part of WOTC to allow Paizo to make the announcement early, even though it may sting themselves a bit. Truth is, all of us will check out the DI, and many of us will pay for it. In the end it helps Paizo, and eventually will help themselves.</p><p></p><p>Just my 2cp.</p><p></p><p>Catsclaw</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="catsclaw227, post: 3472566, member: 14197"] Hello all -- I may get torched for this blasphemous idea, but I posted it in another thread, and I feel it deserves some merit for consideration. These kinds of things are very difficult to handle, and the so called "textbook response" was as genuine as they could be without being able to tell us what the [next new thing] is. As stated in a previous thread, the announcement may have been timed to benefit Paizo, so that they could make an necessary announcement at GAMA, but also knowing that they (WOTC) weren't ready to make their own announcement. They've obviously been working on this for a while, because Paizo has had time to prepare with designs, adventures are already being written (or may have already been). May I be bold enough to state that MAYBE the WOTC team felt some responsiblity to help the smaller company by allowing for an early announcement, knowing full well that they'd get raked and counting on the fact that once the DI comes on board, that all this huff-and-puff would go away and the world would settle down again. Maybe, just MAYBE, they "took one for the team" and let Paizo get out their announcement for GAMA. Don't you think that if they weren't prepared, and didn't care about Paizo, they would have WAITED on the press release until their DI was ready to be announced? I mean, really, these guys are smart corporate heads. They may not all be gamers, or RPG geeks like me, but they know when to time a press release. I smell some uncharacteristic kindness on the part of WOTC to allow Paizo to make the announcement early, even though it may sting themselves a bit. Truth is, all of us will check out the DI, and many of us will pay for it. In the end it helps Paizo, and eventually will help themselves. Just my 2cp. Catsclaw [/QUOTE]
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