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Message: <blockquote data-quote="jodyjohnson" data-source="post: 6184292" data-attributes="member: 5590">WotC Alienating Business decisions:1.  Creating Magic the Gathering and stealing my casual players2.  Selling out to Hasbro3.  Being a part of Hasbro4.  Releasing 3.0, alienating 2nd edition players5.  The OGL creates a glut of 3rd party product, alienating Store Owners.6.  Releasing 3.5, alienating 3rd edition players7.  Does not renew licensing agreement for Dragon and Dungeon with Paizo (extends agreement to allow finishing of the Savage Tide AP)8.  Move Dragon & Dungeon back in-house as digital only9.  No OGL for 4e, alienating 3rd party publishers10.  Releasing 4e, alienating 3.5 players11.  Pulling PDFs12.  Pulling the offline Character Builder13.  Releasing Essentials, alienating 4e players14.  Starting the Encounters program, alienating players without participating Local Gaming Stores15.  Announcing development on D&D Next, alienating 4e and Essentials players16.  Licensing a Gen Con exclusive Adventure - Ghosts of Dragonspear Castle, alienating non-Gen Con attenders17.  Changing Encounters to a for-sale product, alienating Encounters DMs18.  Failing to announce definite plans for DDI beyond the launch of Next (in 2014 or 2015)19.  Announcing a hiatus (gap) in the Online magazines 4 months in advance20.  Releasing the final open Playtest packet as an incomplete gameI probably missed some.  I'm surprised I'm still a customer.</blockquote>