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<blockquote data-quote="(contact)" data-source="post: 3485376" data-attributes="member: 41">I hope we all underdstand this: it's not your fault *personally* that you're stuck inside a model that isn't working.&nbsp; I can imagine how much it might suck to have job A that you really love and consumer base B that really loves A, and yet you can't connect the two. But of course, secrecy and &quot;strategic timing&quot; isn't the only marketing model out there, and at the very least the powers that be could recognize that the organization is rapidly missing its window and shift.&nbsp; But yeah, good luck running that flag up the pole.&nbsp; I just want to put out there that transparency invites your customers to identify with you, whereas opacity creates suspicion.&nbsp; Suspicion that becomes another unecessary hurdle that the product now has to jump.&nbsp;&nbsp; So the practical down-side to secrecy is that it really puts the pressure on the DI to deliver, which means people like me will be judging it a bit more critically than we might have otherwise. At this point, the DI has got to be really good.&nbsp; Paizo's already got my subscription for their new initiative, but the WotC DI is going to have to bring it before I'll sign up.&nbsp; Not because of what it is, but because at this point I'm seeing red flags.Anyway, you don't come to my job and bitch at me*, so I'll shut up now.&nbsp; <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f609.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=";)" title="Wink&nbsp; &nbsp; ;)"&nbsp; data-smilie="2"data-shortname=";)" />Thanks for showing up, and oh yeah . . . it is just a game!*Because I work at the McDonalds in Maplewood instead of the one in Renton.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="(contact), post: 3485376, member: 41"] I hope we all underdstand this: it's not your fault *personally* that you're stuck inside a model that isn't working. I can imagine how much it might suck to have job A that you really love and consumer base B that really loves A, and yet you can't connect the two. But of course, secrecy and "strategic timing" isn't the only marketing model out there, and at the very least the powers that be could recognize that the organization is rapidly missing its window and shift. But yeah, good luck running that flag up the pole. I just want to put out there that transparency invites your customers to identify with you, whereas opacity creates suspicion. Suspicion that becomes another unecessary hurdle that the product now has to jump. So the practical down-side to secrecy is that it really puts the pressure on the DI to deliver, which means people like me will be judging it a bit more critically than we might have otherwise. At this point, the DI has got to be really good. Paizo's already got my subscription for their new initiative, but the WotC DI is going to have to bring it before I'll sign up. Not because of what it is, but because at this point I'm seeing red flags. Anyway, you don't come to my job and bitch at me*, so I'll shut up now. ;) Thanks for showing up, and oh yeah . . . it is just a game! *Because I work at the McDonalds in Maplewood instead of the one in Renton. [/QUOTE]

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