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<blockquote data-quote="Maldin" data-source="post: 3468635" data-attributes="member: 27170">I haven't seen this brought up yet, but then it is very difficult to scan over 1,000 posts efficiently, so forgive me if this has already been said somewhere already. Its something that is certainly worth discussing, and was brought up by Rob Kuntz over on his PPP boards...Rob, as a small RPG company owner himself, makes a very important observation... &quot;The companies who depend on Drg &amp; Dng magazines for advertising their wares are also scrambling with this announcement. I really don't see much &quot;good&quot; generating from WotC's decision to pull the licenses.&quot; Dragon and Dungeon magazines weren't just an institution as far as content for DMs and Players (and the root of most of the public outcry). They were a very important element in the functioning of the entire RPG industry. I'll leave the obvious paranoid conspiracy theories to others (brilliant First Strike, or accidental industry genocide), but the ripple effect from this decision will spread much further then WotC and Paizo. Whatever WotC's future plans are with all this, it is not likely to include advertising from their competitors.Denis, aka &quot;Maldin&quot;============================Maldin's Greyhawk <a href="http://melkot.com" target="_blank">http://melkot.com</a></blockquote>

[QUOTE="Maldin, post: 3468635, member: 27170"] I haven't seen this brought up yet, but then it is very difficult to scan over 1,000 posts efficiently, so forgive me if this has already been said somewhere already. Its something that is certainly worth discussing, and was brought up by Rob Kuntz over on his PPP boards... Rob, as a small RPG company owner himself, makes a very important observation... "The companies who depend on Drg & Dng magazines for advertising their wares are also scrambling with this announcement. I really don't see much "good" generating from WotC's decision to pull the licenses." Dragon and Dungeon magazines weren't just an institution as far as content for DMs and Players (and the root of most of the public outcry). They were a very important element in the functioning of the entire RPG industry. I'll leave the obvious paranoid conspiracy theories to others (brilliant First Strike, or accidental industry genocide), but the ripple effect from this decision will spread much further then WotC and Paizo. Whatever WotC's future plans are with all this, it is not likely to include advertising from their competitors. Denis, aka "Maldin" ============================ Maldin's Greyhawk [url]http://melkot.com[/url] [/QUOTE]

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