news scoop: insider account of how the statement was drafted, and the fear-based culture in Wizards offices
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Dungeonosophy
Legend
In Green Ronin, Goodman Games, and Kobold Press?
Scribe
Legend
Any org of sufficient size and value.
Dungeonosophy
Legend
Just a chump/punk. Sounds like Corporate-speak.
I’m not just a poster, I’m a patron and participant in the ENW culture and ENP. Tho I’m not currently, I was a basic financial patron of ENW for a long while.
Exactly. That’s what I’m saying to ENWorld D&D News! I’m sayin’ it in the most friendly tone (I like Morrus and all them)…but yeah, I am saying that.
Get on top of these leak pipelines, by personally reaching out to the ones whose stories have proven true.
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clearstream
(He, Him)
I just want to chime in that some among your audience care if you wear pants... or at least, that you don't over-share vis-a-vis your pants wearing situation.
jerryrice4949
Hero
Maybe. But most of their staff are probably freelancers. How many full time staff does Green Ronin have? I would guess between 2 and 5.
Lemme just check the public firing notices
Gammadoodler
Hero
Ohhhhh...So that's why it's called "the package room".
Anyone who takes that seriously enough to feel discomfort can perhaps spend their boundless imagination on a kilt, rather than.... other things.
I agree that if there have been a substantial number of people fired recently, that should be possible to dig up either via LinkedIn or anecdotally from people in the industry (of whom there are many on ENWorld). However, the source does not claim all these firings were recent -- they might be spread out over the last year or two.
I also note the word "reportedly" in the section that is quoting the source -- i.e., it is the source who is saying "reportedly," not DND_Shorts. Now, this has been run through a bot so we don't want to read too much into the precise wording; but "reportedly" suggests that the source is giving us secondhand information about the firings. And it is often very hard to get the straight dope on exactly why a coworker was fired.
I don't question that DND_Shorts is accurately reporting what they've been told, and I'm quite ready to believe that the overall atmosphere at WotC is as described. However, we are getting one very narrow glimpse of what's really going on. I'll be interested to see if Linda Codega picks up this one, and if so, what they dig up.
I also note the word "reportedly" in the section that is quoting the source -- i.e., it is the source who is saying "reportedly," not DND_Shorts. Now, this has been run through a bot so we don't want to read too much into the precise wording; but "reportedly" suggests that the source is giving us secondhand information about the firings. And it is often very hard to get the straight dope on exactly why a coworker was fired.
I don't question that DND_Shorts is accurately reporting what they've been told, and I'm quite ready to believe that the overall atmosphere at WotC is as described. However, we are getting one very narrow glimpse of what's really going on. I'll be interested to see if Linda Codega picks up this one, and if so, what they dig up.
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Dungeonosophy
Legend
And if she doesn't, that will say something, too.
MGibster
Legend
And that's why its called the package room!
Edit: I feel cheap because someone else made the joke before me.
clearstream
(He, Him)
I was kidding, although now that you mention it, were I moderated in one of these forums, I would prefer to be moderated by a person in a kilt.
MonsterEnvy
Legend
Dungeonosophy
Legend
You mean the twitter thread? Regardless, it slipped through the ENW investigative reporting.
It is likely (tho not 100% certain) that a senior Wizards staffer is courageously putting their job and livelihood on the line in order to leak these insights into the behind-the-scenes workings of the biggest D&D news-story in ten years.
And ENW News is cautiously yawning?
And y’all are busting my chops when i suggest that ENW News get up and go talk to the main leak-reporters? whether they be on twitter or Youtube or whevever. And collaborate with them, or at least make a personal ‘in’ with them, to better sense the scope.
For 24 years I’ve gone to Eric Noah’s World for D&D news!
It may well be that legitimate leaks may continue to be revealing for months to come.
Dungeonosophy
Legend
How do you know?
I don't understand your stance here. You think that ENWorld should hire staff specifically to chase down leaks from WotC? How does that fit with their mission statement?
Scribe
Legend
I didnt even know there was a mission statement.
MonsterEnvy
Legend
Cause he said he was not, unless you assume he was lying.
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