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<blockquote data-quote="Lizard" data-source="post: 4158978" data-attributes="member: 1054">At this point, there's almost no point to a pre-release of the GSL. Given the lack of benefit and the fact several major players have already foregone 4e for at least the GenCon season, I'd guess WOTC has decided the best use of their resources would be on getting 4e out the door, and that a release-day announcement would be the best. In theory, I suppose if they released it tomorrow, a company could have *something* ready by GenCon, but, would it be worth paying 5000? I'm thinking that there'll be a new 'exclusivity period' going to 1/2010, or possibly to the end of GenCon 2009. (i.e, the flood of cheap PDFs will begin the day after GenCon 2009 ends.)The longer it goes without an announcement, the better the odds the license will be more and more restrictive. I can't think of any reasons to delay announcing 'good news', but many to delay announcing 'bad'. As for the delay itself...well, it did have the effect of tying up competitor resources while they waited information on whether they could/could not commit to 4e.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Lizard, post: 4158978, member: 1054"] At this point, there's almost no point to a pre-release of the GSL. Given the lack of benefit and the fact several major players have already foregone 4e for at least the GenCon season, I'd guess WOTC has decided the best use of their resources would be on getting 4e out the door, and that a release-day announcement would be the best. In theory, I suppose if they released it tomorrow, a company could have *something* ready by GenCon, but, would it be worth paying 5000? I'm thinking that there'll be a new 'exclusivity period' going to 1/2010, or possibly to the end of GenCon 2009. (i.e, the flood of cheap PDFs will begin the day after GenCon 2009 ends.) The longer it goes without an announcement, the better the odds the license will be more and more restrictive. I can't think of any reasons to delay announcing 'good news', but many to delay announcing 'bad'. As for the delay itself...well, it did have the effect of tying up competitor resources while they waited information on whether they could/could not commit to 4e. [/QUOTE]

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