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<blockquote data-quote="Janx" data-source="post: 1584971" data-attributes="member: 8835"><p>From the interview, one can see that Gary is clearly against OGL, and unwilling to even entertain any thoughts as to how he could make it better.</p><p></p><p>If I recall, Gary was in charge back in the Judges Guild days, thus it was HE that sued the pants off of anyone making products for D&D that wasn't TSR.</p><p></p><p>So it's no surprise that he still feels the same way. It should also be no surprise that he's not running the company that makes the biggest RPG on the planet. He lost that job, too. So I wouldn't put much stock in his business acumen.</p><p></p><p></p><p>His comment on Q4, getting royalties for the D&D license to pay for staff QA is way off target. This was the precise reason the OGL was created. If WotC charged companies to make D&D products, few would pay. Instead, they'd make their own RPG and sell that. Instead, WotC has tricked them into making D&D content without minimal effort. This is what the RPG industry was doing prior to 2000. We would not likely have Monte Cook's Arcana Unearthed or other products, as he wouldn't have been able to afford the royalty costs.</p><p></p><p>I do see one alternative to the OGL that WotC could have done. And that would have been to "certify" other publishers products. Basically, in order to release a product, the publisher sends a check and a PDF to WotC's "external review" team. Basically a bunch of editors. The check is to pay for the editors (probably contractors). Their job is to review the content for quality, consistency, and cleanliness. If it passes, the publisher gets clear-to-ship and can put the D&D compatible logo on it. If it fails, the publisher has to try again (I assume the editor would tell them why it failed). As a publisher, I'd try to make my product perfect before I sent it to be certified. The cost wouldn't be too bad. An editor might want $40,000 a year. That's $20 an hour. At 2 pages an hour, a 96 page book would take 48 hours, and cost $960 to certify. A real editor could probably provide real stats and I suspect the cost would actually be lower.</p><p></p><p>Janx</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Janx, post: 1584971, member: 8835"] From the interview, one can see that Gary is clearly against OGL, and unwilling to even entertain any thoughts as to how he could make it better. If I recall, Gary was in charge back in the Judges Guild days, thus it was HE that sued the pants off of anyone making products for D&D that wasn't TSR. So it's no surprise that he still feels the same way. It should also be no surprise that he's not running the company that makes the biggest RPG on the planet. He lost that job, too. So I wouldn't put much stock in his business acumen. His comment on Q4, getting royalties for the D&D license to pay for staff QA is way off target. This was the precise reason the OGL was created. If WotC charged companies to make D&D products, few would pay. Instead, they'd make their own RPG and sell that. Instead, WotC has tricked them into making D&D content without minimal effort. This is what the RPG industry was doing prior to 2000. We would not likely have Monte Cook's Arcana Unearthed or other products, as he wouldn't have been able to afford the royalty costs. I do see one alternative to the OGL that WotC could have done. And that would have been to "certify" other publishers products. Basically, in order to release a product, the publisher sends a check and a PDF to WotC's "external review" team. Basically a bunch of editors. The check is to pay for the editors (probably contractors). Their job is to review the content for quality, consistency, and cleanliness. If it passes, the publisher gets clear-to-ship and can put the D&D compatible logo on it. If it fails, the publisher has to try again (I assume the editor would tell them why it failed). As a publisher, I'd try to make my product perfect before I sent it to be certified. The cost wouldn't be too bad. An editor might want $40,000 a year. That's $20 an hour. At 2 pages an hour, a 96 page book would take 48 hours, and cost $960 to certify. A real editor could probably provide real stats and I suspect the cost would actually be lower. Janx [/QUOTE]
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