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<blockquote data-quote="Wulf Ratbane" data-source="post: 4134698" data-attributes="member: 94">Surely it makes sense to you that some folks will play 4e whether or not it happens to be the best game system for their style of play, simply out of brand loyalty? That's not at all a hard concept to grasp. If 4e is not open, that is a knock against reciprocal loyalty. If you have your choice of closed systems, then 4e really has to compete on its own merits, and some folks are highly dubious on that count. As for Clark, he's got a bit of an Anti-Chicken Little thing going lately. I guess it remains to be seen whether &quot;You guys can't possibly be that stupid!&quot; will open any doors to the D&amp;D brand and Open Gaming, or to Necromancer in general.And although Clark is right that Necromancer has value to WoTC with respect to gamers that they are able to bring along, I think that a closed 4e will peel away some of Necromancer's support, too. Necromancer stands for more than just quality products, they are champions of Open Gaming. Who knew that in just a few short years, being a champion of Open Gaming would be &quot;old school?&quot;I have to say, speaking for myself as both a Necro fan and a hobby publisher, there's a little something that dies with respect to Necromancer if they are &quot;simply&quot; a licensed partner, as opposed to being along for the Open ride. It's not enough that WoTC recognize the value of 3rd party publishers. They need to be on board with Open Gaming. If 4e is not Open but Clark manages to snag a license anyway (which I think it probably the most likely at this point) then sadly, I'm probably off the bus.&nbsp; <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f641.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":(" title="Frown&nbsp; &nbsp; :("&nbsp; data-smilie="3"data-shortname=":(" /></blockquote>

[QUOTE="Wulf Ratbane, post: 4134698, member: 94"] Surely it makes sense to you that some folks will play 4e whether or not it happens to be the best game system for their style of play, simply out of brand loyalty? That's not at all a hard concept to grasp. If 4e is not open, that is a knock against reciprocal loyalty. If you have your choice of closed systems, then 4e really has to compete on its own merits, and some folks are highly dubious on that count. As for Clark, he's got a bit of an Anti-Chicken Little thing going lately. I guess it remains to be seen whether "You guys can't [i]possibly[/i] be that stupid!" will open any doors to the D&D brand and Open Gaming, or to Necromancer in general. And although Clark is right that Necromancer has value to WoTC with respect to gamers that they are able to bring along, I think that a closed 4e will peel away some of Necromancer's support, too. Necromancer stands for more than just quality products, they are champions of Open Gaming. Who knew that in just a few short years, being a champion of Open Gaming would be "old school?" I have to say, speaking for myself as both a Necro fan [i]and[/i] a hobby publisher, there's a little something that dies with respect to Necromancer if they are "simply" a licensed partner, as opposed to being along for the Open ride. It's not enough that WoTC recognize the value of 3rd party publishers. They need to be on board with Open Gaming. If 4e is not Open but Clark manages to snag a license anyway (which I think it probably the most likely at this point) then sadly, I'm probably off the bus. :( [/QUOTE]

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