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<blockquote data-quote="Zaruthustran" data-source="post: 3484638" data-attributes="member: 1457">Whizbang, I agree with everything you just said. Except maybe the bit about it being easy to have done a better job. PR isn't easy.It's demonstrably clear that the reaction was negative; it's not clear that the negative reaction could have been easily averted. I think no matter how WotC had broached the subject, the community would have howled. Moving Dragon and Dungeon completely online is simply a Big Deal. But, yeah, they could have been better prepared for the outrage, and I bet they themselves wish that the DI was more solidly defined/far enough along that they could talk in more detail about features. I agree with what you've been saying: those details would have undoubtedly helped.&nbsp; I recall something in the interview about WotC wanting to make the announcement sooner rather than later as a favor to Paizo (and Paizo's advertisers and subscribers). If they were thinking only of themselves, WotC probably would have preferred to wait a couple more months. -z</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Zaruthustran, post: 3484638, member: 1457"] Whizbang, I agree with everything you just said. Except maybe the bit about it being easy to have done a better job. PR isn't easy. It's demonstrably clear that the reaction was negative; it's not clear that the negative reaction could have been easily averted. I think no matter how WotC had broached the subject, the community would have howled. Moving Dragon and Dungeon completely online is simply a Big Deal. But, yeah, they could have been better prepared for the outrage, and I bet they themselves wish that the DI was more solidly defined/far enough along that they could talk in more detail about features. I agree with what you've been saying: those details would have undoubtedly helped. I recall something in the interview about WotC wanting to make the announcement sooner rather than later as a favor to Paizo (and Paizo's advertisers and subscribers). If they were thinking only of themselves, WotC probably would have preferred to wait a couple more months. -z [/QUOTE]

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