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<blockquote data-quote="mudbunny" data-source="post: 5366736" data-attributes="member: 56746">In this case, I am just as in the dark as everyone else. I suspect (and this is just based on my readings of things and conversations I have had with some people at WotC), that WotC had been trying to convince those that are in charge of deciding what gets said when to loosen the restrictions some and to allow more open communication and that what we are seeing from Paolo is a result of that being at least partially successful.As for Paolo contacting 3PPs, (again, pure speculation) it is clear that there is a portion of the population that subscribes to DDI not for the tools, but for how the tool output can be used in other tools like iPlay4E and MasterPlan. One possibility is that Paolo is trying to find out about the output formats that are commonly used and what info is grabbed from those files. Another possibility involves NDAs and a look at the output from Essentials characters so that when .dnd4e exportability is implemented, those tools that rely on importing .dnd4e will be ready to go with the appropriate updates. (again, all of this is speculation.)But, I would be very, very surprised if Paolo was doing this *without* permission from people higher up.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="mudbunny, post: 5366736, member: 56746"] In this case, I am just as in the dark as everyone else. I suspect (and this is just based on my readings of things and conversations I have had with some people at WotC), that WotC had been trying to convince those that are in charge of deciding what gets said when to loosen the restrictions some and to allow more open communication and that what we are seeing from Paolo is a result of that being at least partially successful. As for Paolo contacting 3PPs, (again, pure speculation) it is clear that there is a portion of the population that subscribes to DDI not for the tools, but for how the tool output can be used in other tools like iPlay4E and MasterPlan. One possibility is that Paolo is trying to find out about the output formats that are commonly used and what info is grabbed from those files. Another possibility involves NDAs and a look at the output from Essentials characters so that when .dnd4e exportability is implemented, those tools that rely on importing .dnd4e will be ready to go with the appropriate updates. (again, all of this is speculation.) But, I would be very, very surprised if Paolo was doing this *without* permission from people higher up. [/QUOTE]

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