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<blockquote data-quote="The Myopic Sniper" data-source="post: 9173923" data-attributes="member: 55013">I don't see WOTC doing a setting search in 2023. There is too much opportunity for things to blow up in WOTC's face on social media for all sorts of reasons. What if someone's superdetailed and lovingly crafted non-Western culture submission wins... but they turn out to be a 60 year old white dude from Ft Wayne, Indiana?&nbsp; Cultural appropriation? Someone found a totally new wrinkle on hopepunk, but it turns out to be crafted by a gamergater style right wing troll on YouTube who is regularly attacking the company for inclusion and who's parody of that sort of product just happened to wander into some good ideas, but now they can take their win and spend the next decade on YouTube capitalizing on how they &quot;owned woke WOTC.&quot; Similarly what do you do when the winner with their feministy appearing submission turns out to be a vocal TERF on Twitter? Or a PoC wins and suddenly is a public figure on social media due to the win and is immediately attacked by the anti-Woke crowd on social media, doxed and taunted... but isn't a WOTC employee so is kind of just left out to dry. Then there is the usual plagiarism allegations that might come about with a contest like this even if someone is just using basic tropes and that would be weaponized if it falls to close to someone's current Kickstarter.Or similarly what happens if someone's winning submission was written by an AI? I see more downsides than upsides. Still, I am enjoying people's pitches here.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="The Myopic Sniper, post: 9173923, member: 55013"] I don't see WOTC doing a setting search in 2023. There is too much opportunity for things to blow up in WOTC's face on social media for all sorts of reasons. What if someone's superdetailed and lovingly crafted non-Western culture submission wins... but they turn out to be a 60 year old white dude from Ft Wayne, Indiana? Cultural appropriation? Someone found a totally new wrinkle on hopepunk, but it turns out to be crafted by a gamergater style right wing troll on YouTube who is regularly attacking the company for inclusion and who's parody of that sort of product just happened to wander into some good ideas, but now they can take their win and spend the next decade on YouTube capitalizing on how they "owned woke WOTC." Similarly what do you do when the winner with their feministy appearing submission turns out to be a vocal TERF on Twitter? Or a PoC wins and suddenly is a public figure on social media due to the win and is immediately attacked by the anti-Woke crowd on social media, doxed and taunted... but isn't a WOTC employee so is kind of just left out to dry. Then there is the usual plagiarism allegations that might come about with a contest like this even if someone is just using basic tropes and that would be weaponized if it falls to close to someone's current Kickstarter. Or similarly what happens if someone's winning submission was written by an AI? I see more downsides than upsides. Still, I am enjoying people's pitches here. [/QUOTE]

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