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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Alzrius" data-source="post: 4923340" data-attributes="member: 8461">I can't speak to WotC's intentions regarding 4E materials, but about the OGL I can tell you that WotC honestly had no idea what their intentions were.I was at Gen Con 2007, when 4E had been announced, and there was a seminar about what 4E would mean for the third-party community. I attended, and so did a LOT of big players from various companies, such as Paizo, Green Ronin, and many others, and waited to hear what WotC had to say...only to find out that WotC was waiting to hear what we had to say.See, the "seminar" was WotC asking for thoughts and opinions on whether or not - and if so how - 4E should be open. In fact, they admitted that this was because they weren't sure what to do yet and hadn't decided how to proceed. A lot of thoughts and ideas were tossed around, some good and some not so good, but the message was clear - WotC had no clear plan for how to proceed. It was nice of them to ask for input, sure, but it was still disheartening that they didn't have their act together.That, I believe, is indicative of how the entire 4E launch was handled - there was only a vague idea of what they wanted to do, and almost no idea how to accomplish it.</blockquote>