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Message: <blockquote data-quote="I'm A Banana" data-source="post: 5379126" data-attributes="member: 2067">It may be born out of spite. It may also be born out of disappointment, or frustration, or anger, or regret. It may be to "punish" WotC (even if the vengeance is purely a construct of their imagination), and it might just be because the person who makes that choice could also be happier with a company that doesn't make decisions like this. Helping a competitor that you enjoy might help them become more successful, helping you and others to enjoy their products.Those are all perfectly valid reasons. Not that anyone even needs a valid reason. The invalid reasons of, I dunno, "WotC's fun police have implanted spy chips in my brain to detect every session in which I do not utter the word 'war' and have poisoned my drinking water to make me see the Far Realm!" is enough reason to want to cancel your account and go spend your money on meds.No one owes WotC anything. If the CB debacle makes someone get kind of irked whenever they have to sit down and play a game of 4e for whatever reason (maybe the character sheets are borked, or maybe they can't get their current character to work right), they're well within their rights to get their fantasy gaming mojo elsewhere. And in the grand scheme of things, that's not even a very incredible reason to do such a thing. A little work in any public sector will prove that people are irrational. And they're allowed to be. Heck, given advertising hoodoo, they're encouraged to be. They don't need a "leg to stand on."  It's their money. They can give it to whatever snake-oil salesman they want to. They can do it out of spite if they want to. WotC isn't entitled a customer base. Irrationality and reactionary attitudes are things that anyone who works with the public faces, and it's part of the risk they manage.And it's not even that irrational.Say, you're a resident of New Orleans and maybe you operated a shrimp boat and maybe you bought your gasoline for your shrimp boat from the BP station a few blocks away from the dock.Maybe after the spills and such you say "I have some serious ethical concerns about BP!" like it means something and then you go a few blocks out of your way to buy your gas at the Mobil station instead. Or, heck, maybe you're some dude in Idaho who does that. BP still makes servicable gasoline (in fact, it's better than other choices for you due to location!), but you're going to patronize a competitor instead because you don't agree with some subset of the company's policies and actions. Happens with blood diamonds and sweat-shop clothing and restaurants all the time.Happens in a less ethical way with "rude service" at retail stores and fast food joints (and anywhere else that employs surly underpaid teenagers) daily. Happening now with the CB.That's one of the beauties of capitalism! No one has to "get over" anything! Because no company deserves anybody's money by virtue of simply existing. They have to do things to keep and earn a customer's irrational loyalty. That can be lost for any reason.And "releasing a borked electronic supplement" isn't even as irrational as half of the things you'd hear as a retail employee this Christmas.Besides, to what end? If someone goes away and plays Pathfinder for a few months and enjoys it more than they would enjoy 4e, and thus is a happier person with less angry nerdrage, what's the negative outcome, here? Why should they get over it?Anyway, this whole thing is just one long way of saying the obvious. "Hey, everyone, spend money on things that will improve your life!" If that's not WotC right now, then screw 'em. If that is WotC right now, then hey, good for them. Either way, it's your choice, for whatever irrational reason you feel compelled to make it.</blockquote>

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