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<blockquote data-quote="jaer" data-source="post: 4037512" data-attributes="member: 57861">Anyone consider that the ending of Dragon and Dungeon was kind of necessary in order for WotC to distance itself from Paizo for the GSL?I would imagine with the new GSL coming out and WotC charging for the chance to get the GSL early and being able to publish in a limited market, it would be difficult for them to continue to have a pleasant working environment with Paizo.How difficult would that be, professionally, to say &quot;Hey, we know you guys are publishing these magazines in conjuction with us, but if you want the 4e scoop, you need to pay 5k like everyone else.&quot;&nbsp; And how does Paizo keep working with WotC after that?And what would happen to the magazines if Paizo chose not to get in on the early 4e publishing?&nbsp; How 'embarrassing' would that be for WotC for the publishers of their magazines to not embrace the GSL?&nbsp; Would that mean that there couldn't be any 4e content until next year in the magazines?&nbsp; If Dragon publishing all the 4e tid-bits and releases, wouldn't then Paizo be priviledged as a publish in that they got to see them before any other 3rd party publisher?Of course someone who knows more about NDAs and GSL and the Paizo/WotC relationship could probably shoot holes throughout this, but it was just something I thought of.&nbsp; I know a lot of people think WotC dropped the ball when they dropped the magazines, but they have stated over and over that they had reasons for doing so.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="jaer, post: 4037512, member: 57861"] Anyone consider that the ending of Dragon and Dungeon was kind of necessary in order for WotC to distance itself from Paizo for the GSL? I would imagine with the new GSL coming out and WotC charging for the chance to get the GSL early and being able to publish in a limited market, it would be difficult for them to continue to have a pleasant working environment with Paizo. How difficult would that be, professionally, to say "Hey, we know you guys are publishing these magazines in conjuction with us, but if you want the 4e scoop, you need to pay 5k like everyone else." And how does Paizo keep working with WotC after that? And what would happen to the magazines if Paizo chose not to get in on the early 4e publishing? How 'embarrassing' would that be for WotC for the publishers of their magazines to not embrace the GSL? Would that mean that there couldn't be any 4e content until next year in the magazines? If Dragon publishing all the 4e tid-bits and releases, wouldn't then Paizo be priviledged as a publish in that they got to see them before any other 3rd party publisher? Of course someone who knows more about NDAs and GSL and the Paizo/WotC relationship could probably shoot holes throughout this, but it was just something I thought of. I know a lot of people think WotC dropped the ball when they dropped the magazines, but they have stated over and over that they had reasons for doing so. [/QUOTE]

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