GSL questions for Scott Rouse and Mike Lescault

[BryonD]

Good point, where is Orcus in all this here now?

I'd say there is a 1% chance he has learned something and is being quiet and a 99% chance he just doesn't see any point in covering the same ground and contributing to keeping things stirred up in a lack of any further knowledge.

 

[HyrumOWC]

While I'm increasingly pessimistic about the prospects for the GSL, I don't think that WotC will put in a new, harsher fan-site policy.

They've been friendly in the past to fan-sites and I think everybody's pretty much of the opinion that fan-sites aren't real competition for WotC's books or the for-pay features they'll have on Gleemax. Fan-sites will likely work well as "feeders" for Gleemax by introducing customers to online content, then the people who want something more robust move on up to the pay site.

The problem is that WotC wants Gleemax to function as a MySpace for gamers. One stop shopping for all your D&D needs. Letting people run fansites outside the Gleemax bubble is contrary to that vision.

There's supposed to be a free component to Gleemax although they haven't been clear on what that is.

Hyrum.

 

[Voadam]

I'd say there is a 1% chance he has learned something and is being quiet and a 99% chance he just doesn't see any point in covering the same ground and contributing to keeping things stirred up in a lack of any further knowledge.

99%?

I'd say there is a good chance that he is busy with other things such as say, his day job, and just not been around.

 

[BryonD]

99%?

I'd say there is a good chance that he is busy with other things such as say, his day job, and just not been around.

He last logged in this morning.

Though I don't understand why you are taking issue with me. In the end my point is the same as yours, his lack of input is not meaningful.

 

[Delta]

If this happens, I predict wotc's sites will be the frequent target of dos attacks.

Frankly, I'd doubt that. D&D players aren't really that aggressive in real life. Anything's possible, I suppose.

 

[HeavenShallBurn]

Frankly, I'd doubt that. D&D players aren't really that aggressive in real life. Anything's possible, I suppose.

If they targeted fan sites? I'd absolutely hit them with some DDOS attacks, you start pissing on people and I'll return the favor. Just ask Tajikistan how they liked it.

 

[JohnRTroy]

I honestly don't think they'll go after fan sites. Heck, bigger outfits like Marvel, DC, Paramount, and even Disney to the best of my knowledge don't go after fan sites unless they make extremely serious breaches.

Incentives to use Gleemax will probably be carrot based rather than stick based.

 

[mhensley]

Frankly, I'd doubt that. D&D players aren't really that aggressive in real life. Anything's possible, I suppose.

Well, let's just say things would get mighty ugly for them on teh interwebs real fast. TSR had no real competitors for the D&D market back when they were being jerks about things online. Today is a very different story. Nobody needs WotC to play D&D anymore.

 

[Vigilance]

I honestly don't think they'll go after fan sites. Heck, bigger outfits like Marvel, DC, Paramount, and even Disney to the best of my knowledge don't go after fan sites unless they make extremely serious breaches.

Incentives to use Gleemax will probably be carrot based rather than stick based.

This.

Today is not 1989. Companies have now realized that fansites help them, and have, for the most part, stopped going after them.

The willingness, nay, blatant eagerness, of some folks in this thread (even those who have financially benefitted from the OGL) to attribute wide-sweeping malice to Wizards because of the delay in the GSL is down right staggering.

Chuck

 

[trancejeremy]

This.

Today is not 1989. Companies have now realized that fansites help them, and have, for the most part, stopped going after them.

The willingness, nay, blatant eagerness, of some folks in this thread (even those who have financially benefitted from the OGL) to attribute wide-sweeping malice to Wizards because of the delay in the GSL is down right staggering.

Chuck

Well, to be fair, it really wasn't that long ago that TSR did attack fansites (mid 90s, not 1989), instead forcing people to only submit fan material to a few designated sites. Some people can't help but see a glimmer of that in Gleemax and the DDI.

And while WOTC might not have a history of suing fansites and such, Hasbro has been quite active legally. Just how much is WOTC still WOTC? And what about the future? Time ends to erode the independances of subsidiaries.