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<blockquote data-quote="CapnZapp" data-source="post: 7148241" data-attributes="member: 12731">What they're actually saying is &quot;having stuff on our own web site is a pain in the ass, with versioning and all. Instead we puff our DMs Guild where we can replace versions and automatically every &quot;buyer&quot; gets the new copy. Plus, we can say certain stuff on DMs Guild is a legit +1 source for AL play.&quot;What they're not saying but probably thinking is &quot;...and since DMs Guild is a storefront we automatically get customer tracking data such as what stuff Mystic-downloaders also purchased and how much cash they spent, giving us purchasing habits and clues to what Mystic-lovers really are prepared to open their wallets for&quot;.Which ties back to what they did say: &quot;...so don't give away your stuff for free - we want to gauge purchasing power.&quot;What they conveniently left out was that the the dream of getting rich off of rpgs is preposterous. The only ones making any money out of this will be WotC. And the idea of freely sharing fan content - no registration, no paywalls - dies a litte more.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="CapnZapp, post: 7148241, member: 12731"] What they're [I]actually[/I] saying is "having stuff on our own web site is a pain in the ass, with versioning and all. Instead we puff our DMs Guild where we can replace versions and automatically every "buyer" gets the new copy. Plus, we can say certain stuff on DMs Guild is a legit +1 source for AL play." What they're not saying but probably thinking is "...and since DMs Guild is a storefront we automatically get customer tracking data such as what stuff Mystic-downloaders also purchased and how much cash they spent, giving us purchasing habits and clues to what Mystic-lovers really are prepared to open their wallets for". Which ties back to what they did say: "...so don't give away your stuff for free - we want to gauge purchasing power." What they conveniently left out was that the the dream of getting rich off of rpgs is preposterous. The only ones making any money out of this will be WotC. And the idea of freely sharing fan content - no registration, no paywalls - dies a litte more. [/QUOTE]

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