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<blockquote data-quote="Voadam" data-source="post: 4146337" data-attributes="member: 2209">Its real easy to deny.Here is his original statementThis describes me fairly well. I buy a number of RPG books fairly regularly. I currently only play D&amp;D and buy things for my D&amp;D game.I buy things based on my interest in them and on getting good deals. I used to get a bunch of GURPS, Ars Magica, White Wolf, Palladium, Shadowrun, Earthdawn, Roleaids, Rolemaster, and other stuff that interested me and adapt them to D&amp;D. WotC was not in a monopoly position before the OGL, I had plenty of non-D&amp;D options that could suit my desire for stuff to get for my D&amp;D games. TSR/WotC was already competing against these products for my dollars when I wanted to reward myself by getting an rpg book.With the OGL I have lots of choices of things produced by other companies that are directly compatible with the rules of the game I play. This has led to a change in my purchasing habits as I find myself buying more d20 and less nond20 rpg material. With the OGL WotC has partially transferred my purchasing habits from nonD&amp;D RPG books to d20 stuff.For WotC to have gotten more money from me, for the OGL to have cost WotC some of my money, is to assume that in the absence of the OGL I would have spent the money I spent on OGL products on WotC products.The OGL has pushed more of my RPG buying to products that are directly D&amp;D compatible, not cut into money I had set aside for D&amp;D-related purchases.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Voadam, post: 4146337, member: 2209"] Its real easy to deny. Here is his original statement This describes me fairly well. I buy a number of RPG books fairly regularly. I currently only play D&D and buy things for my D&D game. I buy things based on my interest in them and on getting good deals. I used to get a bunch of GURPS, Ars Magica, White Wolf, Palladium, Shadowrun, Earthdawn, Roleaids, Rolemaster, and other stuff that interested me and adapt them to D&D. WotC was not in a monopoly position before the OGL, I had plenty of non-D&D options that could suit my desire for stuff to get for my D&D games. TSR/WotC was already competing against these products for my dollars when I wanted to reward myself by getting an rpg book. With the OGL I have lots of choices of things produced by other companies that are directly compatible with the rules of the game I play. This has led to a change in my purchasing habits as I find myself buying more d20 and less nond20 rpg material. With the OGL WotC has partially transferred my purchasing habits from nonD&D RPG books to d20 stuff. For WotC to have gotten more money from me, for the OGL to have cost WotC some of my money, is to assume that in the absence of the OGL I would have spent the money I spent on OGL products on WotC products. The OGL has pushed more of my RPG buying to products that are directly D&D compatible, not cut into money I had set aside for D&D-related purchases. [/QUOTE]

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