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<blockquote data-quote="Majoru Oakheart" data-source="post: 6543134" data-attributes="member: 5143">I think they would have stuck with Pathfinder even if there was an OGL.&nbsp; I've posted it before, but the conversation I overheard at D&amp;D Experience when Jason Bulmahn was on the phone with someone back at Paizo talking about his experience playing 4e was REALLY negative.&nbsp; He seemed actively depressed over the whole situation.&nbsp; This was the first time he had played 4e and he spent most of it saying &quot;Yeah...it's just...bad.&nbsp; Almost everyone else I've talked to this weekend feels the same way.&nbsp; I don't know what to say.&nbsp; I don't know what we are going to do.&quot;I know, because my heart sank.&nbsp; I know Jason and I was super excited about 4e at the time.&nbsp; I had the beta rules and I was running the game at the con.&nbsp; To see one of the people I looked up to slagging it that hard really brought down my weekend.Which is why it didn't surprise me when a couple of days later they announced Pathfinder.&nbsp; I think that regardless of the OGL status that Jason wouldn't have wanted to write 4e stuff.&nbsp; It really seems that the decision was made because Paizo felt 4e was horrible and that enough other people agreed with them that they should provide that alternative game for those people who wanted to keep playing 3.5e.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Majoru Oakheart, post: 6543134, member: 5143"] I think they would have stuck with Pathfinder even if there was an OGL. I've posted it before, but the conversation I overheard at D&D Experience when Jason Bulmahn was on the phone with someone back at Paizo talking about his experience playing 4e was REALLY negative. He seemed actively depressed over the whole situation. This was the first time he had played 4e and he spent most of it saying "Yeah...it's just...bad. Almost everyone else I've talked to this weekend feels the same way. I don't know what to say. I don't know what we are going to do." I know, because my heart sank. I know Jason and I was super excited about 4e at the time. I had the beta rules and I was running the game at the con. To see one of the people I looked up to slagging it that hard really brought down my weekend. Which is why it didn't surprise me when a couple of days later they announced Pathfinder. I think that regardless of the OGL status that Jason wouldn't have wanted to write 4e stuff. It really seems that the decision was made because Paizo felt 4e was horrible and that enough other people agreed with them that they should provide that alternative game for those people who wanted to keep playing 3.5e. [/QUOTE]

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