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<blockquote data-quote="Stumblewyk" data-source="post: 5366366" data-attributes="member: 67606">I am absolutely failing to see where all this uproar is coming from...this announcement has absolutely ZERO net impact on me, and gives my one dedicated &quot;Mac Guy&quot; player the option to not have to use his nightmarishly slow Windows PC for the CB anymore.&nbsp; Ditto for my &quot;open source guy&quot; player - he finally no longer has to keep his old PC around strictly for the CB.&nbsp; He's running Silverlight in Chromium on his Linux distro.&nbsp; He can run the Character Builder.It's an absolute net positive for my group, and it doesn't effect me one bit.&nbsp; I don't use iplay4e.&nbsp; I can still fake an XML file for DnD4CM until they integrate exporting in the online builder.&nbsp; Absolutely no one I've ever played with has ever used the CB at the table.I really think most of the negative complaints are coming from people who have been spoiled by having access to ALL the data, ALL the time, and sharing it around with their gaming group.&nbsp; The truth of the matter is - we ALL used to do this by hand.&nbsp; On real paper, with real pens and pencils.&nbsp;&nbsp; And we did just fine.&nbsp; For decades.&nbsp; Remember, it's called &quot;P&amp;P RPG&quot; for a reason.Yes - WotC's given us a pretty awesome tool for the last several years, but it's a tool they've always reserved the right to charge whatever they want for, and limit access to it in any way they want.&nbsp; We've just been flat-out spoiled.&nbsp; The simple truth is this: they're not obligated to provide us with ANY kind of tools, at all.&nbsp; Most RPG publishers don't provide awesome tools.&nbsp; Be thankful Wizards gives you ANYTHING.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Stumblewyk, post: 5366366, member: 67606"] I am absolutely failing to see where all this uproar is coming from...this announcement has absolutely ZERO net impact on me, and gives my one dedicated "Mac Guy" player the option to not have to use his nightmarishly slow Windows PC for the CB anymore. Ditto for my "open source guy" player - he finally no longer has to keep his old PC around strictly for the CB. He's running Silverlight in Chromium on his Linux distro. He can run the Character Builder. It's an absolute net positive for my group, and it doesn't effect me one bit. I don't use iplay4e. I can still fake an XML file for DnD4CM until they integrate exporting in the online builder. Absolutely no one I've ever played with has ever used the CB at the table. I really think most of the negative complaints are coming from people who have been spoiled by having access to ALL the data, ALL the time, and sharing it around with their gaming group. The truth of the matter is - we ALL used to do this by hand. On real paper, with real pens and pencils. And we did just fine. For decades. Remember, it's called "P&P RPG" for a reason. Yes - WotC's given us a pretty awesome tool for the last several years, but it's a tool they've always reserved the right to charge whatever they want for, and limit access to it in any way they want. We've just been flat-out [i]spoiled[/i]. The simple truth is this: [b]they're not obligated to provide us with ANY kind of tools, at all.[/b] Most RPG publishers [b]don't[/b] provide awesome tools. Be thankful Wizards gives you ANYTHING. [/QUOTE]

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