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<blockquote data-quote="Orcus" data-source="post: 4834701" data-attributes="member: 1254">I'm sure there are some that feel that way. There were some who felt that way when Ryan was championing the OGL too. But Wizards isnt one voice with one intent. So you cant really cast Scott as a lone voice against one monolithic other view. The GSL is proof of this problem--the GSL was a horse by committee. There were too many masters and too many different voices. Thats why the first GSL was a jumbled mess that tried to do a bunch of things yet acomplished NONE of them. The GSL tried to serve too many masters (and I'm sure one was the &quot;get rid of 3P&quot; voice). But its a mistake to ascribe a singular intent to Wizards. That is where the &quot;Wizards wants to kill 3Ps&quot; argument fails--because they simply dont have a singular voice or vision. That is one of the problems. They cant figure out their overall view on 3Ps. If there is an overall view, it is arrogant indifference and a belief that they are the only one that matters. And THAT has proved to be a huge mistake. I think they are waking up and considering that hey wait a minute, maybe they shouldnt make the exact same mistakes TSR made by thinking they are the market and everyone follows them and does whatever they want (yes, to some extent its true, but you cant simply ignore the market). I think there are some people coming around to see they handled this badly and are getting past the &quot;we're Wizards, we dont care about you&quot; arrogance. Problem is, now the market stinks and the economy is an issue and everyone is really risk averse. No one want to put their balls on the line and change course. Its gonna be interesting.Clark</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Orcus, post: 4834701, member: 1254"] I'm sure there are some that feel that way. There were some who felt that way when Ryan was championing the OGL too. But Wizards isnt one voice with one intent. So you cant really cast Scott as a lone voice against one monolithic other view. The GSL is proof of this problem--the GSL was a horse by committee. There were too many masters and too many different voices. Thats why the first GSL was a jumbled mess that tried to do a bunch of things yet acomplished NONE of them. The GSL tried to serve too many masters (and I'm sure one was the "get rid of 3P" voice). But its a mistake to ascribe a singular intent to Wizards. That is where the "Wizards wants to kill 3Ps" argument fails--because they simply dont have a singular voice or vision. That is one of the problems. They cant figure out their overall view on 3Ps. If there is an overall view, it is arrogant indifference and a belief that they are the only one that matters. And THAT has proved to be a huge mistake. I think they are waking up and considering that hey wait a minute, maybe they shouldnt make the exact same mistakes TSR made by thinking they are the market and everyone follows them and does whatever they want (yes, to some extent its true, but you cant simply ignore the market). I think there are some people coming around to see they handled this badly and are getting past the "we're Wizards, we dont care about you" arrogance. Problem is, now the market stinks and the economy is an issue and everyone is really risk averse. No one want to put their balls on the line and change course. Its gonna be interesting. Clark [/QUOTE]

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