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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Friadoc" data-source="post: 4750767" data-attributes="member: 5445">It'd have been nice to seen a few fastballs thrown in that interview, especially about the 10:1 Ratio theory, as it's a bitter pill to swallow that this is all we've really gotten, thus far, from Wizard's in almost a week. It's a modest puff piece, with shadow PR thrown in for fun, and it didn't really answer anything. Heck, at best it implied thoughts that could form into answers if inferred properly.I've been in IT for well over a decade, worked in shallow ends of it and deep, and while there are means to track how many of what file where downloaded from here and there, it is common knowledge not to trust the file download numbers from various peer to peer, as well as other such methods of piracy, since all you are getting is the number of downloads attempted. I bet the truer ration is closer to 1:1, maybe 2:1, with a lot of folk starting downloads having them end due to timeouts, net issues, or what not and then starting all over again.Now, I will say, it is a given that an individual could also be downloading for a group and then making a copy of the file for their friends and passing them around via various media, but that's still not the issue at hand.Nothing WotC has just done will stop piracy, period. In fact, WotC has just done something that might increase the tenacity of pirates to nail their products. I do not agree with piracy, but I do agree with the concept that a person has the right to a digital copy of their hard copy product, even if they do not have the means to make it themselves.Not theft, folks, but fair use.Paizo has a clue, as do many other companies, when it comes to New Media and its methods and usage. Obviously, very obviously, WotC, at least at the higher leadership levels, is clueless toward New Media and is stuck in the elder mindset.Is this an end of the world moment?No, not really, as it is fairly common that some, not all mind you, but some of the older guard are out of touch when it comes to new methods, means, and technology. It's the nature of the best, look at the old wars of film versus video and look who won.The choice, when it comes to the future, is to either lead the way, keep up, or fall behind and, oddly enough, WotC seems to be staggering around like a drunk between all three.They're falling behind, when it comes to PDFs, as Paizo obviously is leading the way in that with their subscription concepts, of which I am a proud user, but they're keeping up, possibly even leading the way, with their much maligned, but sporadically useful, DDI. Of course, if Paizo were to come out with such a tool for Pathfinder, I'm fairly sure I could see the touch being fully passed to them.Kobold Quarterly also gets it, as they've a magazine that has both print and PDF options, so they're definitely keeping up and about to throw down their kick and fully take the lead.You're Wizards of the Coast, for goodness sake, not some shut-in who should be screaming at the kids to get off of the lawn. You're suppose to be out there, showing the kids the fun games, new and old, and teaching them to do what you did, think and innovate.Innovate and be vocal, for the love of the game, and just talk to your customers, not at them. We're not idiots and we can generally pick-up on sales speak, marketing smoke, and other such things when we read them or hear them.I don't have an issue with WotC pulling their IP, it's their choice, but that doesn't mean I can't call them out for obfuscating the truth, for blowing smoke up my backside, or making what I feel is a tremendous mistake similar to the days when TSR was being a bit clueless and this young, aggressive, and innovative company pull D&D's bacon out of the fire.Sound familiar?</blockquote>

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