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<blockquote data-quote="Emiricol" data-source="post: 1592071" data-attributes="member: 469">I love the OGL.&nbsp; I love not having to read someone's attempt to reinvent the wheel every time I pick up a new game.&nbsp; I love the ability to publish something if I want to, whether it is good or not.&nbsp; In this day of the Internet, anyone who buys a product that sucks can pat themselves on the back - they shoulda done their homework better (as I should have before buying Strongholds &amp; Dynasties, but hey).&nbsp;&nbsp;People can say the OGL games out there would have been done anyway, but they wouldn't have.&nbsp; They'd be something else.&nbsp; The market decides what's best.&nbsp; For every single OGL product out there, I can point to a non-OGL competing product.&nbsp; The argument is specious.&nbsp;&nbsp;Gygax, while I respect the man tremendously and can't say enough how grateful I am for the creation of D&amp;D, failed to run a company well.&nbsp; He didn't kill TSR, but it sure didn't evolve and had a horrible reputation well before he lost control of his own company.&nbsp; He doesn't have to create OGL content, and I hope he has the conviction of his words to avoid doing so. Meanwhile, most of what I buy will continue to be OGL and D20 products.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Emiricol, post: 1592071, member: 469"] I love the OGL. I love not having to read someone's attempt to reinvent the wheel every time I pick up a new game. I love the ability to publish something if I want to, whether it is good or not. In this day of the Internet, anyone who buys a product that sucks can pat themselves on the back - they shoulda done their homework better (as I should have before buying Strongholds & Dynasties, but hey). People can say the OGL games out there would have been done anyway, but they wouldn't have. They'd be [b]something else[/b]. The market decides what's best. For every single OGL product out there, I can point to a non-OGL competing product. The argument is specious. Gygax, while I respect the man tremendously and can't say enough how grateful I am for the creation of D&D, failed to run a company well. He didn't kill TSR, but it sure didn't evolve and had a horrible reputation well before he lost control of his own company. He doesn't have to create OGL content, and I hope he has the conviction of his words to avoid doing so. Meanwhile, most of what I buy will continue to be OGL and D20 products. [/QUOTE]

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