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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Guest&nbsp; 85555" data-source="post: 8932353">We can attach adjectives to opinions we disagree, but I don’t think that is likely to be fruitful.Corporations have a character. They have goals, they have motivations driven by things like who is in charge and share holder interest. They also have a corporate culture. I think this very clearly showed where WOTC’s priorities are going to be focused (more on maximizing profit for its shareholders and less about D&D itself). There may be people in the company who are passionate about D&D; it is pretty clear to me they are not the ones calling the shots, just being made a public face in the wake of a PR disaster.This idea that companies are such a collective we can’t make judgments about them or describe their character, to be seems like a strange concept. Also it keeps getting raised when people voice criticism of WOTC so it feels like a rhetorical bludgeon. We all understand a corporation doesn’t have a literal face, that it is a fluid entity, but that doesn’t mean some companies are not worse or less trustworthy than others. And it also doesn’t mean people shouldn’t walk away from what happened with an understanding that having a corporation like HASBRO in charge of D&D may not be good for the hobby. That said, this is going to involve ones personal judgment of what they are seeing. Other people will look at WOTC’s statements and actions and reach different conclusions than me.</blockquote>

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