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<blockquote data-quote="Ydars" data-source="post: 4134584" data-attributes="member: 62992">I just cancelled my pre-order for 4E. I have been really excited by the design ideas and some of the new mechanics, but if WoTC go back preventing gamers from participating in developing D&amp;D, then I am bailing out and finding another system. I will buy 4E only if there is a GSL that allows fans and 3 party publishers to make substantial material for 4E.I do so because, to me, the OGL/GSL is an expression of respect; a contract between WoTC and us, the players of the game. It is a recognition that WE are D&amp;D, not a group of designers in some company. TSR made the mistake of believing that THEY were D&amp;D and look where it got them. Without GSL, D&amp;D will go the way it did with TSR, with an increasingly alienated fan-base peeling off and playing other games. This is not because the OGL is important in itself, but because it is a sign of who is in control at WoTC.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Ydars, post: 4134584, member: 62992"] I just cancelled my pre-order for 4E. I have been really excited by the design ideas and some of the new mechanics, but if WoTC go back preventing gamers from participating in developing D&D, then I am bailing out and finding another system. I will buy 4E only if there is a GSL that allows fans and 3 party publishers to make substantial material for 4E. I do so because, to me, the OGL/GSL is an expression of respect; a contract between WoTC and us, the players of the game. It is a recognition that WE are D&D, not a group of designers in some company. TSR made the mistake of believing that THEY were D&D and look where it got them. Without GSL, D&D will go the way it did with TSR, with an increasingly alienated fan-base peeling off and playing other games. This is not because the OGL is important in itself, but because it is a sign of who is in control at WoTC. [/QUOTE]

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