My WoTC Interview

[Scott_Rouse]

The Rouse is, last I heard, a Senior Brand Manager, so Mr. Chase probably reports to him.

yes

 

[Blastin]

Also, I had never thought about "pickup" games using DDI. That could be nice if a local gaming group falls apart, or if you live out in the boonies.

Yeah...I hadn't considered this either, but it seems an obvious goal for the DDI, now that it has been mentioned. Rate players and DM's on a scoreboard like system, have people schedule open games on line, or just open up for a pick up game. Would be kinda like an RPGA game at a con, ya never know what you might get. Some of the best and the worst games I ever played were RPGA....
Will be interesting to see if this is embraced or not. I imagine running an entire AP in one session might go quicker time-wise than some of the WoW instances

 

[JoeGKushner]

Yeah...I hadn't considered this either, but it seems an obvious goal for the DDI, now that it has been mentioned. Rate players and DM's on a scoreboard like system, have people schedule open games on line, or just open up for a pick up game. Would be kinda like an RPGA game at a con, ya never know what you might get. Some of the best and the worst games I ever played were RPGA....
Will be interesting to see if this is embraced or not. I imagine running an entire AP in one session might go quicker time-wise than some of the WoW instances

And it was compared to an open pick up game at Gen Con.

 

[Olaf the Stout]

I hadn't even considered "pick-up" games of D&D using the D&DI. That might be interesting to try if you were free for a couple of hours and looking for something to do. I think that the the DM would have a big impact on your overall experience though. A good DM could make it great. A bad DM would be like having teeth pulled. Which one you get may be a bit of a lottery.

Olaf the Stout

 

[JoeGKushner]

I hadn't even considered "pick-up" games of D&D using the D&DI. That might be interesting to try if you were free for a couple of hours and looking for something to do. I think that the the DM would have a big impact on your overall experience though. A good DM could make it great. A bad DM would be like having teeth pulled. Which one you get may be a bit of a lottery.

Olaf the Stout

It's one of the reasons they talked about some type of peer rating system.

As well as "DM college".

 

[Riley]

Scott Rouse
SR. Brand Manager - Dungeons & Dragons
Wizards of the Coast

I thought that meant The Rouse was Señor Brand Manager.

 

[Charwoman Gene]

I thought that meant The Rouse was Señor Brand Manager.

El Rouse

 

[AZRogue]

yes

I'll pay you one million dollars to clarify my succubus hopes in this thread:

http://www.enworld.org/showthread.php?p=4164446#post4164446

One. Million. Dollars. I wouldn't post it on the internet if it wasn't true.

 

[Varianor Abroad]

It's one of the reasons they talked about some type of peer rating system.

As well as "DM college".

The former sounds interesting, if there are checks and balances including the ability for both to post comments. Unlike eBay, where there's a pretty straightforward transaction going on, a D&D session is involved.

The latter? Cool. What's that going to entail? Who's going to be teaching? And is this all rather speculative or in the early idea stage?

 

[Wulf Ratbane]

I didn't realize Ken Troop was at WoTC now.

I wonder if that explains why so many of the 4e monster powers I have been seeing, I have been experiencing in play in D&D Online for 2 years already.

DDO is the best 4e preview going.