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<blockquote data-quote="Ourph" data-source="post: 1597189" data-attributes="member: 20239">Thanks for the replies everyone.&nbsp; There are some very intelligent and interesting opinions in them.IMO (and this is JUST my opinion) the OGL has given gamers two important benefits in exchange for one important drawback.Benefits: 1) As Philip and Incenjucar pointed out, the fact that there are numerous companies producing material means you can avoid poor products without having your only source of gaming material go under.&nbsp; That's good.&nbsp; 2)&nbsp; As R. REG pointed out, the variety of gaming materials has increased.&nbsp; Now niche markets with very eager, but not numerous fans are more likely to be filled.Drawback:&nbsp; In exchange for choice and the ability to say &quot;No&quot; to bad material, you've basically given up the chance to purchase really high quality material.&nbsp; It seems to me, gamers and the hobby would be better served by demanding the company that sells them their core books also produce excellent quality supplements, rather than settling for a wider variety of medium quality ones.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Ourph, post: 1597189, member: 20239"] Thanks for the replies everyone. There are some very intelligent and interesting opinions in them. IMO (and this is JUST my opinion) the OGL has given gamers two important benefits in exchange for one important drawback. Benefits: 1) As Philip and Incenjucar pointed out, the fact that there are numerous companies producing material means you can avoid poor products without having your only source of gaming material go under. That's good. 2) As R. REG pointed out, the variety of gaming materials has increased. Now niche markets with very eager, but not numerous fans are more likely to be filled. Drawback: In exchange for choice and the ability to say "No" to bad material, you've basically given up the chance to purchase really high quality material. It seems to me, gamers and the hobby would be better served by demanding the company that sells them their core books also produce excellent quality supplements, rather than settling for a wider variety of medium quality ones. [/QUOTE]

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