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Message: <blockquote data-quote="DracoSuave" data-source="post: 5376091" data-attributes="member: 71571">This, OH GOD THIS.I mean... let's be absolutely rational here.I don't see industry experts here.  I don't see opinions waged by people who have experience producing, launching, and successfully creating profitable revenue streams in the gaming sector.  I don't see managers of successful gaming companies, and I certainly don't see industry names known not only for momentary bouts of creativity but for their ability to make good business decisions.I see a bunch of customers.I see consumers.So, I see two opposing opinions on how a gaming company should be run:  I see the opinion of individuals trying to create their visions of the future of gaming today on one hand; and I see the most successful gaming company there is, and ever was on the other, backed by the most successful toy and game company there is and ever was.So... you have WoTC, who have the ability to print money, who have more distribution channels in place than most gaming companies AND most conventional publishing companies, who have performed years of market research on their product lines to determine the most optimal way to get dollars for their hard work... vs... some guy on the internet who might not even know what 'Carta Mundi'* is and their relevance to the history of the business in question.Yeeeaaaah.  I'll go for the ones who make money doing this.  They probably know how to make money doing this.*Carta Mundi is the name of the printer for Magic.</blockquote>

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