WotC Greg Tito On Leaving WotC: 'It feels good to do something that doesn't just line the pockets of *****'

We reported earlier that WotC's communications director Greg Tito had left his 9-year stint managing the Dungeons & Dragons brand for a political appointment as Deputy Director of External Affairs for the Washington secretary of state's office.

Greg Tito Leaves Wizards of the Coast

Greg Tito, formerly the communications manager in charge of overseeing messaging for the Dungeons & Dragons brand, is departing Wizards of the Coast for a career in the public sector. Tito announced that he would be joining the Washington secretary of state's office starting this week, ending an...

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In a surprising turn of events, Tito criticized his former employers, saying "It feels good to do something that doesn't just line the pockets of a**holes." He later went on to clarify "Sorry. I meant "shareholders".

Tito is now Deputy Director of External Affairs for the Washington Secretary of State office in Olympia, WA.

 

[Snarf Zagyg]

The situation is more like if you sold your car to a used car dealership, but made them promise to hold it for a week to give you a chance to buy it back. When you come back after 5 days you find they have already sold the car to someone else. They've broken their promise to you, but each transaction was legal and the only way you can get your car back is to hope the new owner is willing to make a deal.

I am asking ... please. When it comes to legal issues, can we stop making analogies? A lot of the law is very fact dependent. We can't just go around saying that something is just like something else because we want to dunk on people, when we don't fully understand the legal issues involved.

Take this fact pattern. What state did this occur in (because there are very specific laws regarding cars in different states). Was there a requirement for a written contract? Is this a UCC issue? Is the oral contract binding, and if so, was the week a material term of the contract? If it wasn't binding, is there an issue in equity?

Did the dealership tell the purchaser about the issue (okay, I know you want the car, but ya gotta sweeten the offer because we are supposed to hold it for a week)? Is this a fraudulent transfer under state law (since you can be considered a creditor of the car dealership until the week expires)? Did the new buyer purchase the car, or is it a bailment situation?

There are so many possible issues and I haven't even begun to list them, and they aren't the same as the ones in the actual case.

TLDR; we don't know enough facts about the actual situation to assess it fully from a legal point of view, which means that making analogies to things that aren't the same doesn't shed light. And that applies to people arguing on both sides. Absent more facts, we cannot make any assertions with certainty.

 

[Ulorian - Agent of Chaos]

TLDR; we don't know enough facts about the actual situation to assess it fully from a legal point of view, which means that making analogies to things that aren't the same doesn't shed light. And that applies to people arguing on both sides. Absent more facts, we cannot make any assertions with certainty.

I started this analogy business. Mea culpa... I send myself to the penalty box, by myself, and feel shame.

 

[Snarf Zagyg]

I started this analogy business. Mea culpa... I send myself to the penalty box, by myself, and feel shame.

I have taken the fact that I was the one who unfortunately referenced the incident, thus opening Pandora's Box, deep down the memory hole. Remember- it's not my fault. I blame society.

 

[Ulorian - Agent of Chaos]

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I have taken the fact that I was the one who unfortunately referenced the incident, thus opening Pandora's Box, deep down the memory hole. Remember- it's not my fault. I blame society.

I understand Pandora's temptation. I was warned... but I had to see for myself. You don't learn unless you touch the element.

 

[Snarf Zagyg]

I understand Pandora's temptation. I was warned... but I had to see for myself. You don't learn unless you touch the element.

Well, that assumes that we learn, right? And yet, here we are.

 

[Oofta]

Well, that assumes that we learn, right? And yet, here we are.

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But ... but ... BUTTON!!!

 

[Ulorian - Agent of Chaos]

Well, that assumes that we learn, right? And yet, here we are.

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Well, now that I've been burned for the first time... let's see how well I do. That fire sure was purdy until I touched it though!

 

[Eric V]

...um, the only facts are what the parties say.

WoTC put out an official announcement saying that they repeatedly attempted to contact him first.

If we are going to ignore the scant information we actually have, we might as well just stop discussing the facts, unless we get to a point where people say, "If you didn't see it, it didn't happen."

Or, you know, we can do what both sides that were actually involved did ... and let it go.

Ok. I don't understand, I'm not arguing against any of this. I don't think I have said anywhere that WotC didn't try to contact him, did I? Someone said it seems logical that they would have sent a registered letter. That is logical, for sure. But it's not a stated fact, is it? We just have "an official announcement saying that they repeatedly attempted to contact him first." Maybe that includes a registered letter, and maybe it doesn't...I don't know, do you?

I just think there are people on both sides (always negative, and always positive) who are guilty of assuming things that we have no evidence for.

 

[Ulorian - Agent of Chaos]

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I have taken the fact that I was the one who unfortunately referenced the incident, thus opening Pandora's Box, deep down the memory hole. Remember- it's not my fault. I blame society.

1984 (and Animal Farm...) were back in high school. I get it now.

I find some of the conversations I get engaged in on these boards... dystopian.

 

[Ulorian - Agent of Chaos]

Ok. I don't understand, I'm not arguing against any of this. I don't think I have said anywhere that WotC didn't try to contact him, did I? Someone said it seems logical that they would have sent a registered letter. That is logical, for sure. But it's not a stated fact, is it? We just have "an official announcement saying that they repeatedly attempted to contact him first." Maybe that includes a registered letter, and maybe it doesn't...I don't know, do you?

I just think there are people on both sides (always negative, and always positive) who are guilty of assuming things that we have no evidence for.

I think if you take the stance that the folks you are talking to are not assuming things about either the situation or those involved in it, and are just taking the facts at face value... you might get a better result.