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<blockquote data-quote="DEFCON 1" data-source="post: 5702695" data-attributes="member: 7006">Then it's no longer worth being purchased.There's two separate points here that my post was meant to illustrate.&nbsp; The original post was about WotC's duties and responsibilities as the publisher of Dungeons &amp; Dragons.&nbsp; And my contention is that their duties and responsibilities are to one thing, and one thing only-- producing a product that people will pay money for (with all the details that involves, like making the product fun to play etc.)&nbsp; They do that, and they bring money into the company... which then allows them to pay their workers so that they can produce more stuff for people to buy.But within threads like this, invariably people bring up completely separate things... like making sure the people involved are being true to the &quot;spirit&quot; of the D&amp;D game by doing X, Y or Z (whatever list of things they feel makes the game 'D&amp;D' to them).&nbsp; Or the company being really strong and emphatic communicators so that the hardcore playerbase gets to feel like they can speak out on their opinions and those opinions will not only be heard, but that the course of the company will actually change based upon their whims.It has always been very difficult for us here on ENWorld to accept that what we feel about the game is not only NOT what the game is about, nor is what is best (because quite frankly every single opinion any of us has, has an exact 180 degree different opinion by someone else here, so that there's NO consensus on anything that WotC could actually take from us).&nbsp; But we still keep trying to either prop WotC up or tear them down... as though they are doing God's (or the Devil's) work.&nbsp; When in actuality, all they are doing is producing product.&nbsp; Product which is no more or no less important than anything else you might buy... Fruity Pebbles or a Ford Mustang.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="DEFCON 1, post: 5702695, member: 7006"] Then it's no longer worth being purchased. There's two separate points here that my post was meant to illustrate. The original post was about WotC's duties and responsibilities as the publisher of Dungeons & Dragons. And my contention is that their duties and responsibilities are to one thing, and one thing only-- producing a product that people will pay money for (with all the details that involves, like making the product fun to play etc.) They do that, and they bring money into the company... which then allows them to pay their workers so that they can produce more stuff for people to buy. But within threads like this, invariably people bring up completely separate things... like making sure the people involved are being true to the "spirit" of the D&D game by doing X, Y or Z (whatever list of things they feel makes the game 'D&D' to them). Or the company being really strong and emphatic communicators so that the hardcore playerbase gets to feel like they can speak out on their opinions and those opinions will not only be heard, but that the course of the company will actually change based upon their whims. It has always been very difficult for us here on ENWorld to accept that what we feel about the game is not only NOT what the game is about, nor is what is best (because quite frankly every single opinion any of us has, has an exact 180 degree different opinion by someone else here, so that there's NO consensus on anything that WotC could actually take from us). But we still keep trying to either prop WotC up or tear them down... as though they are doing God's (or the Devil's) work. When in actuality, all they are doing is [I]producing product[/I]. Product which is no more or no less important than anything else you might buy... Fruity Pebbles or a Ford Mustang. [/QUOTE]

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