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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Wulf Ratbane" data-source="post: 2769600" data-attributes="member: 94">Written by Destan. But thanks anyway! <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f609.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=";)" title="Wink    ;)"  data-smilie="2"data-shortname=";)" />And it's not Open Content, nor is there really any relevant content to cull from Seven Saxons for a wiki project, so it's not relevant to the discussion.The OGC Wiki will shut down innovations in mechanics-- some of which I am wholly responsible for (Mass Combat, GT Spellcasting, Horror, to name a few I am proud of), some of which I only helped with (the Chi/Rho method of CR/EL/XP developed here at ENworld), and some of which I just tried to improve on (Grim Tales' blend of D&D, d20Modern, and Spycraft).The primary proponents of the OGC Wiki (I'm not lumping Ralts in here, btw) believe that such innovations in game mechanics have no compensatory value.I object to that on ideological grounds.But then I am kind of an odd case. I don't rely on this <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f642.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":)" title="Smile    :)"  data-smilie="1"data-shortname=":)" /><img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f642.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":)" title="Smile    :)"  data-smilie="1"data-shortname=":)" /><img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f642.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":)" title="Smile    :)"  data-smilie="1"data-shortname=":)" /><img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f642.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":)" title="Smile    :)"  data-smilie="1"data-shortname=":)" /> to pay my bills. I couldn't possibly. (Put me in the "I'd rather make a living..." category.) I can afford to take a position on this one even though I have no real stake in the outcome. I put out about 6 or 7 PDFs last year, and I believe I have grossed about $1000. Seriously. I would estimate my profits at less than $500, once you cut out Excel programmer's fees, artists, and freelance writers. Then of course you'd have to subtract from that $500 what I have actually spent at RPGnow, which is not an insignificant amount. I spread the love.So putting my stuff in an OGC Wiki isn't "putting me out of business", but it's definitely going to cut down on my "gaming funds" and, more importantly, it's just really very definitely pissing on my shoes.</blockquote>

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