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<blockquote data-quote="Aldarc" data-source="post: 8935659" data-attributes="member: 5142">WotC is not the sole 5e market. 5e is now bigger than WotC. WotC tried to shut down the OGL, in part, because they wanted a bigger slice of 3pp money. Kobold Press and other 3rd Party Publishers are creating their own versions of 5e and products that remain compatible with 5e. I don't have to buy WotC products to support them in that endeavor. I can use my limited funds to directly support 3pp who are making 5e products, and 3pp will continue getting more money and support from me than you will probably ever send their way. Moreover, WotC IS NOT ENTITLED TO MY MONEY like you think that they are. I am welcome to spend my money how I please, where I please, and on whom I please. I can spend as much or as little in this hobby as I wish with the money that I have. The impact that my spending choices on WotC products has on the livelihoods of 3pp is exceedingly negligble because I will be supporting the 3pp I like directly rather than rely on the magical thinking of trickle down economics. I guarantee you that I have probably directly supported more 3pp than you ever will.The bottom line is that it's bad manipulation to gaslight people. It's bad emotional manipulation to tell falseholds like that if we don't buy WotC products that we are hurting 3rd party publishers. It's bad emotional manipulation when you directly tell a 3rd Party Publisher in this thread that they are being bad for not buying WotC products. It's bad emotional manipulation when you engage in false equivalence arguments like in this quote.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Aldarc, post: 8935659, member: 5142"] WotC is not the sole 5e market. 5e is now bigger than WotC. WotC tried to shut down the OGL, in part, because they wanted a bigger slice of 3pp money. Kobold Press and other 3rd Party Publishers are creating their own versions of 5e and products that remain compatible with 5e. I don't have to buy WotC products to support them in that endeavor. I can use my [I]limited[/I] funds to directly support 3pp who are making 5e products, and 3pp will continue getting more money and support from me than you will probably ever send their way. Moreover, [B][I]WotC IS NOT ENTITLED TO MY MONEY [/I][/B]like you think that they are. I am welcome to spend my money how I please, where I please, and on whom I please. I can spend as much or as little in this hobby as I wish with the money that I have. The impact that my spending choices on WotC products has on the livelihoods of 3pp is exceedingly negligble because I will be supporting the 3pp I like [I]directly[/I] rather than rely on the magical thinking of trickle down economics. I guarantee you that I have probably directly supported more 3pp than you ever will. The bottom line is that it's bad manipulation to gaslight people. It's bad emotional manipulation to tell falseholds like that if we don't buy WotC products that we are hurting 3rd party publishers. It's bad emotional manipulation when you directly tell a 3rd Party Publisher in this thread that they are being bad for not buying WotC products. It's bad emotional manipulation when you engage in false equivalence arguments like in this quote. [/QUOTE]

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