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<blockquote data-quote="Retreater" data-source="post: 8931691" data-attributes="member: 42040">I think I mean &quot;trust&quot; in a different way. There's trust like if you're jumping off a height that someone will catch you. That's not the trust I have for gaming companies.It's &quot;trust&quot; that they will deliver a consistently good product, a system I want to invest in, that I can develop third party content for without them pulling shenanigans, that I can depend won't be pulled from my VTTs in the middle of a campaign, etc. That's the trust that WotC has lost from me.Yep. And it's ... well, things aren't the best overall. Some bad family issues going on, coupled with losing the stability of my biggest hobby and watching my community tear itself apart. So thank you for your support.Well, WotC &quot;owns&quot; D&amp;D. Every time a player purchases a PHB, that's money they get. But it's more than the money - it's the cultural space. It's realizing that my players are &quot;D&amp;D players&quot; who will likely go on to run &quot;D&amp;D&quot; games in college for other players, who will then be exposed only to D&amp;D. While everyone is going to see the D&amp;D movie in their D&amp;D t-shirts. And bringing D&amp;D Yahtzee and D&amp;D Monopoly to casual game nights with other friends. It's trying to introduce groups to Call of Cthulhu, Mothership, Runequest, WFRP, Pathfinder, Kids on Bikes, etc. It's trying to prove that we have an identity bigger than what the massive corporation tries to sell us.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Retreater, post: 8931691, member: 42040"] I think I mean "trust" in a different way. There's trust like if you're jumping off a height that someone will catch you. That's not the trust I have for gaming companies. It's "trust" that they will deliver a consistently good product, a system I want to invest in, that I can develop third party content for without them pulling shenanigans, that I can depend won't be pulled from my VTTs in the middle of a campaign, etc. That's the trust that WotC has lost from me. Yep. And it's ... well, things aren't the best overall. Some bad family issues going on, coupled with losing the stability of my biggest hobby and watching my community tear itself apart. So thank you for your support. Well, WotC "owns" D&D. Every time a player purchases a PHB, that's money they get. But it's more than the money - it's the cultural space. It's realizing that my players are "D&D players" who will likely go on to run "D&D" games in college for other players, who will then be exposed only to D&D. While everyone is going to see the D&D movie in their D&D t-shirts. And bringing D&D Yahtzee and D&D Monopoly to casual game nights with other friends. It's trying to introduce groups to Call of Cthulhu, Mothership, Runequest, WFRP, Pathfinder, Kids on Bikes, etc. It's trying to prove that we have an identity bigger than what the massive corporation tries to sell us. [/QUOTE]

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