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<blockquote data-quote="Jim Hague" data-source="post: 3508104" data-attributes="member: 17550">Thing is, the way you're describing it isn't rational - it's an emotional reaction.&nbsp; I felt much the same way, honestly.&nbsp; The importance of the magazines to the hobby as a whole is highly debateable - especially since their shift to a D&amp;D-only format, or nearly so.And that's fine...as long as it's an admitted personal preference.&nbsp; For me, I like having all my options open, electronic, print, whatever.&nbsp; I dearly treasure my Dragons and Dungeons, right alongside my CD collection of Dragon back issues.I'm sorry you feel that way.&nbsp; Being a freelancer and running my own company, I'm familiar with the kinds of NDAs the hobby/industry/whatever produces - and what's been released is consistent with a fairly restrictive NDA.&nbsp; It's not unreasonable to think that WotC may be worried that someone could get the jump on them with the DI, since other companies have a bit of a leg up in Web and online presence.&nbsp; You may not like it, but it's understandable on a corporate level. What well and truly bothers me is the attitude that, somehow, the folks at WotC doing D&amp;D have somehow become 'the enemy'.&nbsp; I think that pulling in the license and cancelling the magazines was a mistake...but assuming that there's some sort of evil corporatism afoot is at best naieve and at worse strays into sheer lunacy.&nbsp; WotC is in the business of making money, and that means getting with the program to expand their online presence.&nbsp; Whether the DI will or won't do this is something that remains to be seen.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Jim Hague, post: 3508104, member: 17550"] Thing is, the way you're describing it [i]isn't[/i] rational - it's an emotional reaction. I felt much the same way, honestly. The importance of the magazines to the hobby as a whole is highly debateable - especially since their shift to a D&D-only format, or nearly so. And that's fine...as long as it's an admitted personal preference. For me, I like having all my options open, electronic, print, whatever. I dearly treasure my Dragons and Dungeons, right alongside my CD collection of Dragon back issues. I'm sorry you feel that way. Being a freelancer and running my own company, I'm familiar with the kinds of NDAs the hobby/industry/whatever produces - and what's been released is consistent with a fairly restrictive NDA. It's not unreasonable to think that WotC may be worried that someone could get the jump on them with the DI, since other companies have a bit of a leg up in Web and online presence. You may not like it, but it's understandable on a corporate level. What well and truly bothers me is the attitude that, somehow, the folks at WotC doing D&D have somehow become 'the enemy'. I think that pulling in the license and cancelling the magazines was a mistake...but assuming that there's some sort of evil corporatism afoot is at best naieve and at worse strays into sheer lunacy. WotC is in the business of making money, and that means getting with the program to expand their online presence. Whether the DI will or won't do this is something that remains to be seen. [/QUOTE]

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