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<blockquote data-quote="WizarDru" data-source="post: 3494318" data-attributes="member: 151">What I wonder is how many contributors WotC will actually need for content.&nbsp; Unless they're foolish, they'll have hoarded quite a bit of it.&nbsp; It wouldn't surprise me that many freelancers haven't been consulted or notified.&nbsp; This took a lot of folks (including some big names who have been published in those pages in recent months) entirely by surprise.&nbsp; What that means for future work, I don't know if we can say, yet.&nbsp; An Eberron-specific module is no longer really viable outside of WotC, since Paizo no longer has the right to publish non-OGL material when the magazines end.I would be very surprised if WotC didn't start accepting submissions from proven authors and freelancers eventually.&nbsp; But for them to do that, they probably need to figure out what their subscription costs are going to be, so they know what they can reasonably charge and vice-versa.&nbsp; You would think they'd already have figured that out, but who knows?Well, I can't say as I see that as a problem.&nbsp; Considering that <a href="http://muskrat-john.livejournal.com/" target="_blank">Dork Tower</a> , <a href="http://nodwick.humor.gamespy.com/gamespyarchive/index.php" target="_blank">Nodwick</a> , <a href="http://www.giantitp.com/comics/oots0446.html" target="_blank">Order of the Stick</a> and <a href="http://www.zogonia.com/" target="_blank">Zogonia</a> are all available on the web AND appear in print form elsewhere (Paizo collections, stand-alone comics, etc.)&nbsp; I can easily see why WotC wouldn't bother.&nbsp; There's not much point in paying for exclusive Full Frontal Nerdity strips when they're available for free.&nbsp; Someone could just rip them for free in a minute if they were available for pay, defeating the purpose.&nbsp; I mean, how many times has Dork Tower moved about, from Pyramid to Gamespy to Dragon and now to Livejournal, really?</blockquote>

[QUOTE="WizarDru, post: 3494318, member: 151"] What I wonder is how many contributors WotC will actually need for content. Unless they're foolish, they'll have hoarded quite a bit of it. It wouldn't surprise me that many freelancers haven't been consulted or notified. This took a lot of folks (including some big names who have been published in those pages in recent months) entirely by surprise. What that means for future work, I don't know if we can say, yet. An Eberron-specific module is no longer really viable outside of WotC, since Paizo no longer has the right to publish non-OGL material when the magazines end. I would be very surprised if WotC didn't start accepting submissions from proven authors and freelancers eventually. But for them to do that, they probably need to figure out what their subscription costs are going to be, so they know what they can reasonably charge and vice-versa. You would think they'd already have figured that out, but who knows? Well, I can't say as I see that as a problem. Considering that [URL=http://muskrat-john.livejournal.com/]Dork Tower[/URL] , [URL=http://nodwick.humor.gamespy.com/gamespyarchive/index.php]Nodwick[/URL] , [URL=http://www.giantitp.com/comics/oots0446.html]Order of the Stick[/URL] and [URL=http://www.zogonia.com/]Zogonia[/URL] are all available on the web AND appear in print form elsewhere (Paizo collections, stand-alone comics, etc.) I can easily see why WotC wouldn't bother. There's not much point in paying for exclusive Full Frontal Nerdity strips when they're available for free. Someone could just rip them for free in a minute if they were available for pay, defeating the purpose. I mean, how many times has Dork Tower moved about, from Pyramid to Gamespy to Dragon and now to Livejournal, really? [/QUOTE]

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