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<blockquote data-quote="Blue" data-source="post: 8890505" data-attributes="member: 20564">I think for me the most dejecting thing is that I had come to see Wizards of the Coast as an appropriate steward for the game I love.&nbsp; That got be back into playing in the 80s and has, either directly or though other RPGs spawned by it's concept, been a large part of my life.&nbsp; Many friendships made around this game.I remember refreshing Eric Noah's page multiple times a day to find out more about a mysterious 3rd edition from the people who put out Magic:tG, but after that it was concepts like the OGL that came to mean something big.&nbsp; Even if not playing D&amp;D, we &quot;played in D&amp;D's backyard&quot;.WotC wasn't perfect, the hardcover-a-month of 3ed, 3.5, and later 4e was a grind.&nbsp; And 4e took a while to grow on me, and I was angry about the GSL.But then came 5e, my favorite edition of D&amp;D, and back to the OG.&nbsp; And then my not-quite-accepted hobby ended up going mainstream.&nbsp; A vindication if you will.So to me, we were in the golden age of D&amp;D to me - openly public, more and more players, and my favorite edition.And then this.&nbsp; Again, D&amp;D has been part of my life for 40ish years, and this feels like the steward of all of this has suddenly backstabbed me.I know they are a corporation, they aim to make money.&nbsp; But what they have done to the community and to the 3PP infrastructure feels a lot more personal.It feels like a betrayal.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Blue, post: 8890505, member: 20564"] I think for me the most dejecting thing is that I had come to see Wizards of the Coast as an appropriate [I]steward[/I] for the game I love. That got be back into playing in the 80s and has, either directly or though other RPGs spawned by it's concept, been a large part of my life. Many friendships made around this game. I remember refreshing Eric Noah's page multiple times a day to find out more about a mysterious 3rd edition from the people who put out Magic:tG, but after that it was concepts like the OGL that came to mean something big. Even if not playing D&D, we "played in D&D's backyard". WotC wasn't perfect, the hardcover-a-month of 3ed, 3.5, and later 4e was a grind. And 4e took a while to grow on me, and I was angry about the GSL. But then came 5e, my favorite edition of D&D, and back to the OG. And then my not-quite-accepted hobby ended up going mainstream. A vindication if you will. So to me, we were in the golden age of D&D to me - openly public, more and more players, and my favorite edition. And then this. Again, D&D has been part of my life for 40ish years, and this feels like the steward of all of this has suddenly backstabbed me. I know they are a corporation, they aim to make money. But what they have done to the community and to the 3PP infrastructure feels a lot more personal. It feels like a betrayal. [/QUOTE]

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