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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Owen K.C. Stephens" data-source="post: 3474923" data-attributes="member: 3190">Hey folks,While I stand by everything I said in my blog, that should in no way be taken to mean I don't respect this community, or even this thread. Do I think some people have gone overboard? sure do. And I specfiically mention in my post that it's their right to do so, for all the good it'll do them.If you want to pay WotC to make a magazine for you, and you'll shell out the millions such a start-up costs, they'll do it I'm sure. But make no mistake, no market that mass produces tens of thousands of the same product (as opposed to those that sell custom versions to end users) is going to depend on fan reaction over the reality they have witnessed in years of business.I want to specifically thank those of you who have made sure I know you don't universally hate me, and that no unfair "pilling on" will be alowed on me any more than anyone else. I love this community, for all my issues with any given person or opinion. If I didn't, I wouldn't ever take time to post here.Mark my words -- the DI will succeed or fail based on its own merits, not on leftover bad feelings from now. Feel free to mourn the loss of something we loved. I do. But honestly, I suspect WotC is letting the announcement out now because Paizo needs to show what they have at GAMA this weekend. wotc doesn't. So even if they aren't ready yet, WotC is doing the right thing by the company they have worked well with in the past. It's MONTHS before it'll matter exactly what is in the DI.In my opinion, the only useful discussion now is what do we WANT in the DI? How would we like it handled. Because, it's going to happen. No matter what, even if the DI doesn't get a single subscriber, there will be no print magazine for a few years at least. I suspect it's gone forever.And I also suspect for every single person with no interest in online content, there are at least two with no interest in a physical magazine.</blockquote>

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