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<blockquote data-quote="Korgoth" data-source="post: 3689566" data-attributes="member: 49613">I'm not really sure what I think about WOTC staying in business.&nbsp; They're not relevant to my gaming... but are they indirectly relevant insofar as I should want them to stay in business &quot;for the health of the hobby&quot;?&nbsp; I don't know.It seems to me that they've changed the fundamentals of D&amp;D so much that it isn't even D&amp;D to me anymore.&nbsp; It has the same name, but it's a different game.&nbsp; It's as if you purchased a new copy of the boardgame Risk and found out that it's about moving around the world setting up big-box retail outlets, or bought a new set of Monopoly and found out that it's about going around setting up soup kitchens for the homeless (not that this is a bad idea or anything).&nbsp; The games would have the same name but they'd be very different.&nbsp; Maybe some of the mechanics would be the same, but the whole thrust might seem so different that you wouldn't get the experience you were looking for.So given that I think &quot;WOTC D&amp;D&quot; isn't the same as &quot;my D&amp;D&quot; in tone or feel or even objectives, should I really care if that continues or passes away?&nbsp; I don't want the people who work at WOTC to be out of jobs and not able to feed their families, obviously.&nbsp; But as a D&amp;D player, am I helped in any way by WOTC's continued existence, promotion of what they refer to as D&amp;D, etc.?&nbsp; I'm not sure.&nbsp; Clearly if I were still playing 3E I would feel that they were relevant in that way, but as I'm not still playing it the issue is more murky.&nbsp; Possibly I'm making too much of the differences?&nbsp; Alternatively, possibly WOTC's continued existence actually hinders the gaming I'm into insofar as WOTC is seen to define the tone of the hobby itself?</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Korgoth, post: 3689566, member: 49613"] I'm not really sure what I think about WOTC staying in business. They're not relevant to my gaming... but are they indirectly relevant insofar as I should want them to stay in business "for the health of the hobby"? I don't know. It seems to me that they've changed the fundamentals of D&D so much that it isn't even D&D to me anymore. It has the same name, but it's a different game. It's as if you purchased a new copy of the boardgame Risk and found out that it's about moving around the world setting up big-box retail outlets, or bought a new set of Monopoly and found out that it's about going around setting up soup kitchens for the homeless (not that this is a bad idea or anything). The games would have the same name but they'd be very different. Maybe some of the mechanics would be the same, but the whole thrust might seem so different that you wouldn't get the experience you were looking for. So given that I think "WOTC D&D" isn't the same as "my D&D" in tone or feel or even objectives, should I really care if that continues or passes away? I don't want the people who work at WOTC to be out of jobs and not able to feed their families, obviously. But as a D&D player, am I helped in any way by WOTC's continued existence, promotion of what they refer to as D&D, etc.? I'm not sure. Clearly if I were still playing 3E I would feel that they were relevant in that way, but as I'm not still playing it the issue is more murky. Possibly I'm making too much of the differences? Alternatively, possibly WOTC's continued existence actually hinders the gaming I'm into insofar as WOTC is seen to define the tone of the hobby itself? [/QUOTE]

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