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Message: <blockquote data-quote="I'm A Banana" data-source="post: 6205411" data-attributes="member: 2067">If we're going to talk about what the point was intended to be, we may as well <a href="http://www.wizards.com/dnd/article.asp?x=dnd/md/md20020228e" target="_blank">quote the mastermind himself</a>: So this is kind of how he sold it to the internal stakeholders: get as many people in the RPG hobby as possible playing D&D, and then expand the RPG hobby, and D&D wins. By that logic, WotC shot itself in the foot by moving away from the OGL. If Dancey's idea of network externalities being a tremendous force on the sales of D&D are correct, then it was even self-evident: D&D will make less money if it's not open, because less people will bother to buy the core books, because the game won't be as appealing to them, because WotC isn't publishing what they need, because it's just not reasonable for WotC to publish everything everyone needs.....and then there's <a href="http://paizo.com/threads/rzs2ieov&page=4?Opinions-Mike-Mearls-Has-Open-Gaming-Been-a#156" target="_blank">this bit</a>:And there's this bit, the bit I think   [MENTION=22779]Hussar[/MENTION] 's talking about:And possibly, what I think    [MENTION=221]Wicht[/MENTION] was referencing,  <a href="http://paizo.com/threads/rzs2if5a?Opinions-Ryan-Dancey-4E-and-OGLSRD-10082006" target="_blank">this from '06</a>, though it seems to be from a message board post that may no longer exist:Crushing it may be overstating the case a bit (Pathfinder's clearly a big success, but it's not as clear if 4e's been a constant struggle or just kind of a struggle), but his prediction certainly seems to follow the arc of 4e's life-cycle.And then that mischievous scamp Erik Mona chimed in:So, Ryan Dancey may have had a stake in making the 3e version of D&D THE version of D&D in the minds of anyone, regardless of what company held the reigns. Since the OGL has been a feature of the top-selling fantasy RPG since the OGL's debut (aside from the first few months of 4e), there may be some wisdom there. ....kind of makes me want to go work for the guy over at Goblinworks....</blockquote>

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