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<blockquote data-quote="Jim Hague" data-source="post: 3270854" data-attributes="member: 17550">QFT, this.You don't get good products from purely market-driven producers...and yes, yes, I can hear the cries of WotC as an Eeeeeevil Corporation already, but take a look at who actually produces the products - a stable of talented, driven folks, the majority of whom still game.&nbsp; Would you like to see Dungeon and Dragon reduced to the status of a fanzine or APA?&nbsp; No?&nbsp; How about the folks making stuff for all those games actually making a living wage for the hard work they put in?That's where I'm coming from.&nbsp; I want to see the day where the RPG work people do does more than put a few measly bucks in their account.&nbsp; It can be done - look at Phil Reed or Green Ronin or even the much-maligned Mongoose Publishing, or Crafty Games.&nbsp; The folks in those ventures are talented, driven, and best of all, fellow gamers.&nbsp; I want to see them succeed as much as I want to succeed in my own ventures.&nbsp; And the RPG market remaining niche and run by pure hobbyists without a lick of business sense isn't the way that'll happen.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Jim Hague, post: 3270854, member: 17550"] QFT, this. You don't get good products from purely market-driven producers...and yes, yes, I can hear the cries of WotC as an Eeeeeevil Corporation already, but take a look at who actually [i]produces[/i] the products - a stable of talented, driven folks, the majority of whom still game. Would you like to see Dungeon and Dragon reduced to the status of a fanzine or APA? No? How about the folks making stuff for all those games actually making a living wage for the hard work they put in? [i]That's[/i] where I'm coming from. I want to see the day where the RPG work people do does more than put a few measly bucks in their account. It can be done - look at Phil Reed or Green Ronin or even the much-maligned Mongoose Publishing, or Crafty Games. The folks in those ventures are talented, driven, and best of all, fellow gamers. I want to see them succeed as much as I want to succeed in my own ventures. And the RPG market remaining niche and run by pure hobbyists without a lick of business sense isn't the way that'll happen. [/QUOTE]

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