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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Imaro" data-source="post: 4173617" data-attributes="member: 48965">I just wanted to weigh in with some of my thoughts about this...I think this isn't a particularly "gamer friendly" move by WotC.  My biggest beef with all this is that they are, through the GSL, purposefully destroying (if certain publishers choose to go this route) alot of creative work.  Games such as True20, Mutants and Masterminds, Conan d20, Babylon5 d20, Midnight 2nd ed., etc. Must basically cease to exist if these companies want to go with 4e.  These are games that were created before 4e was even known about and it just leaves a bad taste in my mouth that these creative works must disappear in order for these publishers to support D&D.I honestly hate the stifling nature that this new GSL seems to be imposing.  D&D rules as RAW may not support every fantasy setting and I have seen WotC's general lack at pushing the envelope when it comes to this...yet the 3rd party publishers did, and many benefited from being willing to take that risk.  Now they are being told to either give up what they have created or be unable to support a game which, IMHO, was made richer by their contributions.  I honestly would have stopped playing D&D a while ago if it wasn't for Midnight and Iron Kingdoms giving me settings I really liked, the adventures by Paizo, True20 that kept me in d20 with it's adaptability and Mongoose who gave me the Lonewolf rpg which was a much simpler and easier to grasp version of a d20 game that I used to introduce new people to the basics with...I have less of a problem with WotC saying from the point you accept the new GSL you must only publish 4th ed products(though I still find this heavy handed since the game could still have less than stellar reception from gamers)...but it just seems a disservice to the hobby to try and take away the range of choice that the OGL has offered gamers.  I saw a lot of prople get offended when White Wolf offered a copy of Exalted for the PHB and it was made known the book would be destroyed, yet in my mind this is worse on a much larger scale.  YMMV of course but just a few of my thoughts about this announcement.</blockquote>

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