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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Argyle King" data-source="post: 5981588" data-attributes="member: 58416">I think the situation is more similar than that.  In the beginning, WCW was backed by Turner Broadcasting.  Ted Turner owned the company which owned WCW.  WWF -at the time- was running some of their programming out of venues which were not much bigger than bingo halls.  In time, the two grew to be more equal, but they were not always so.   Bringing up Ted Turning in my comparison is important because there was vastly more money going into the WCW product; yet, in the end, they were producing a product which was inferior to their competitor.  It is the company which had the most monetary backing at the time which ended up going out of business.  I would never suggest the WoTC situation is anywhere near that dire (I do not believe it is,) but there certainly are some parallels to the state of the rpg industry.edit: I suppose my point is this... If there is a different company which is producing a better product, why not support them?  D&D is as big as it is because of support.  Would it not benefit the hobby to have a stronger/better product gain more support and up the bar?  In that case, perhaps a different company could grow to take WoTC's place.  I feel that would be healthier than continuing to support a product for no other reason than to support the name; I feel that is similar to the situation which lead to some American car companies needing to be bailed out.</blockquote>

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