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<blockquote data-quote="mxyzplk" data-source="post: 3984339" data-attributes="member: 16450">Glut, shmut.&nbsp; Guess who had the first third party 3e product to market?&nbsp; Green Ronin.&nbsp; They were a junky little company no one had heard of at that time, and then Death in Freeport was for sale at Gen Con the same day as 3e.&nbsp; It was great (not perfect, but given the timeframe was better than expected) and both contributed to the success of the 3e launch, and turned Green Ronin from nothing into something.Shame on Wizards for doing anything that would inhibit people from helping out the 4e launch in the same way, with great related product.&nbsp; And a bit of shame on Green Ronin - that's exactly how you got started.&nbsp; Now that you're big, you want the little guys shut out more?The common wisdom about the d20 &quot;glut&quot; is misguided.&nbsp; The d20 logo doesn't mean &quot;crap!&quot; to gamers nowadays in my experience, it just means d20 compatible.&nbsp; And having more content for your system is *good*.&nbsp; Some of it will be bad, and it won't sell, and those companies will pass away.&nbsp; It's like PC games - anyone can write one, which is WHY the PC is the best gaming platform.&nbsp; I think people are blaming the d20 glut on the RPG downturn, when they have the general economy more to blame.&nbsp; Saying that &quot;oh, too many books, people can't tell the good from the bad so they get confused and wander away&quot; is retarded and it's logic that doesn't hold up in any related field.&nbsp; Does that frieghtening sci-fi book variety at Barnes &amp; Noble cause the book industry to tank?&nbsp; No.&nbsp; Having three aisles full of PC games at Frye's doesn't make the PC gaming industry sink.&nbsp; This is disinformation that only feeds the interest of the guy trying to be the monopoly.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="mxyzplk, post: 3984339, member: 16450"] Glut, shmut. Guess who had the first third party 3e product to market? [U]Green Ronin[/U]. They were a junky little company no one had heard of at that time, and then Death in Freeport was for sale at Gen Con the same day as 3e. It was great (not perfect, but given the timeframe was better than expected) and both contributed to the success of the 3e launch, and turned Green Ronin from nothing into something. [B]Shame on Wizards[/B] for doing anything that would inhibit people from helping out the 4e launch in the same way, with great related product. And a bit of [B]shame on Green Ronin[/B] - that's exactly how you got started. Now that you're big, you want the little guys shut out more? The common wisdom about the d20 "glut" is misguided. The d20 logo doesn't mean "crap!" to gamers nowadays in my experience, it just means d20 compatible. And having more content for your system is *good*. Some of it will be bad, and it won't sell, and those companies will pass away. It's like PC games - anyone can write one, which is WHY the PC is the best gaming platform. I think people are blaming the d20 glut on the RPG downturn, when they have the general economy more to blame. Saying that "oh, too many books, people can't tell the good from the bad so they get confused and wander away" is retarded and it's logic that doesn't hold up in any related field. Does that frieghtening sci-fi book variety at Barnes & Noble cause the book industry to tank? No. Having three aisles full of PC games at Frye's doesn't make the PC gaming industry sink. This is disinformation that only feeds the interest of the guy trying to be the monopoly. [/QUOTE]

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