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<blockquote data-quote="FitzTheRuke" data-source="post: 9240030" data-attributes="member: 59816">We can't, really, but you &quot;hang out&quot; and &quot;bump into&quot; exactly the kind of people who WotC's shenanigans would most bother. In other words, your personal experience is very likely to skew extremely toward those who are talking about it.Much like many people here, if it weren't for me hanging out on these boards, I'd barely notice it - and I work in the industry! I had... I think it was TWO groups? Certainly not more than a handful, that &quot;switched to Pathfinder&quot; during the PEAK of the OGL fiasco (and I would bet that a few of them switched back after it &quot;died down&quot;). After that, I've not seen anyone talk about it at all.Sure, a lot of my opinion on the subject is &quot;gut&quot; based on experience and knowledge and utterly without any ability to predict the future (same as you!) Your concerns are valid, and your solution is the right one, but I really don't see it being a very many people who take that stance. That said, 1) If they are mad enough to keep on trying to recruit others to join them, it could make a dent, depending on who they are; and 2) I always believe (and fight for) the idea that companies should do everything they can to keep their customers happy and everything they can to NOT do things that make them mad; so I'm not a fan of the argument, &quot;it's okay for Company to do X because most of their customers won't care&quot; - It's not okay, IMO, if anyone cares. They should try not to do things that make customers angry. They should try to do things that make customers happy. They're actively making my job harder. So overall, I'm absolutely with you, regardless of how relatively small I think your group is.Your concern IS a concern - I absolutely support your fight against it. If I seem like I'm against you, please take it more like I'm patting you on the back and saying, &quot;Don't worry, it's gonna be okay!&quot; rather than dismissing you out of hand.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="FitzTheRuke, post: 9240030, member: 59816"] We can't, really, but you "hang out" and "bump into" [I]exactly[/I] the kind of people who WotC's shenanigans would [I]most bother[/I]. In other words, your personal experience is very likely to skew [I]extremely[/I] toward those who are talking about it. Much like many people here, if it weren't for me hanging out on these boards, I'd barely notice it - and I work in the industry! I had... I think it was TWO groups? Certainly not more than a handful, that "switched to Pathfinder" during the PEAK of the OGL fiasco (and I would bet that a few of them switched back after it "died down"). After that, I've not seen anyone talk about it at all. Sure, a lot of my opinion on the subject is "gut" based on experience and knowledge and utterly without any ability to predict the future (same as you!) Your concerns are valid, and your solution is the right one, but I really don't see it being a very many people who take that stance. That said, 1) If they are mad enough to keep on trying to recruit others to join them, it could make a dent, depending on who they are; and 2) I always believe (and fight for) the idea that companies should do [I]everything they can[/I] to keep their customers happy and [I]everything they can[/I] to NOT do things that make them mad; so I'm not a fan of the argument, "it's okay for Company to do X because [I]most[/I] of their customers won't care" - It's not okay, IMO, if [I]anyone[/I] cares. They should try not to do things that make customers angry. They should try to do things that make customers happy. They're actively making my job harder. So overall, I'm absolutely [I]with you[/I], regardless of how relatively small I think your group is. Your concern IS a concern - I absolutely support your fight against it. If I seem like I'm against you, please take it more like I'm patting you on the back and saying, "Don't worry, it's gonna be okay!" rather than dismissing you out of hand. [/QUOTE]

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