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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Vyvyan Basterd" data-source="post: 5070626" data-attributes="member: 4892">Rude and uncalled for, but with your sig I'm sure no one is surprised.Paizo did not suffer from the loss of the magazines. They understood the business deal they made with WotC from the beginning. They are not the helpless little company that WotC stamped all over as you surmise. I'd go so far to say that, based on commentary from Erik Mona and the direction Paizo took after the "incident," Paizo benefited from losing the magazines. Erik spoke about the issues of being in the business of finding advertisers over that of just designing games. The magazine industry is dying. Online is the way to go for that media. They could have started their own magazine if that was a lucrative venture. IMO, I believe WotC intentionally acted as the "bad guys" in the decision to end the magazines to help protect their friends at Paizo. If the flak from the cancellation of the magazines had fallen on their shoulders they might not have recovered. WotC could withstand the hit as the larger company.</blockquote>