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<blockquote data-quote="DonTadow" data-source="post: 4750980" data-attributes="member: 22622">More like our pr people haven't given me an answer for&nbsp; that one. This might as well be a press release with the lack of substance and soul.&nbsp; In journalism, a good editor can tell if the quote is real o prepared by how natural it sounds.&nbsp; The answers here are very stiff.&nbsp; I know Morrus isn't a journalist, but he should have grilled him more. Then again, its hard to believe that this is a legitimate interview, considering WOTC is a major ad contributor for enworld.&nbsp; Not calling anyone into question, but any interview provided by people who are paid by the interviewee can be toated as little more than a press release.&nbsp; Lets remember, Leads has no love for role playing, ccgs or board games.&nbsp; His previous job has been in international sales.&nbsp; He's a hired gun by Hasbro to bring WOTC in line with the rest of the toy company.&nbsp; He probaby hadn't heard of magic the gathering or dungeons and dragons until he got the job.Leeds is good at marketing crap as interesting.&nbsp; BAck in 2003, he was in charge of marketing Beyblades. Beyblades were essentially the 100s year old game of tops decorated to look like robots.&nbsp; He creates fads that come and go.&nbsp; He also was prominent in marketing during the big pokemon craze.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="DonTadow, post: 4750980, member: 22622"] More like our pr people haven't given me an answer for that one. This might as well be a press release with the lack of substance and soul. In journalism, a good editor can tell if the quote is real o prepared by how natural it sounds. The answers here are very stiff. I know Morrus isn't a journalist, but he should have grilled him more. Then again, its hard to believe that this is a legitimate interview, considering WOTC is a major ad contributor for enworld. Not calling anyone into question, but any interview provided by people who are paid by the interviewee can be toated as little more than a press release. Lets remember, Leads has no love for role playing, ccgs or board games. His previous job has been in international sales. He's a hired gun by Hasbro to bring WOTC in line with the rest of the toy company. He probaby hadn't heard of magic the gathering or dungeons and dragons until he got the job. Leeds is good at marketing crap as interesting. BAck in 2003, he was in charge of marketing Beyblades. Beyblades were essentially the 100s year old game of tops decorated to look like robots. He creates fads that come and go. He also was prominent in marketing during the big pokemon craze. [/QUOTE]

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