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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Strutinan" data-source="post: 1118749" data-attributes="member: 9267">jmucchiello: An understandible posistion.  What you have to realize is the situation this move of WotC/Hasbro's is creating.In essence, they ae trying to stop the possibility of competition on any non-core product they produce (somebody somewhere mentioned a possible "d20 underwater" and "d20 Atlantis" scenario).  The idea they are using is the totally-controlled "Quality Standards" clause.  Sounda slot better than "Predatory Anti-Competative" clause, even though taht is exactly what it is.I have no desire to crush the D&D product line, nor do I have a eisre to BE crushed by it's owner!  All I , and 19 folks so far, want is to continue playing the game we love with the best products possible.  Often in the past this has NOT MEANT WotC products!What we are trying to do is send an obvious message the only ways possible: a letter-writing campaign and general boycott.  WotC/Hasbro now knows (or will once the mail arrives) why their sales in this area are going down, and how to fix it.  In the mean time, we will continue to play D&D using only the core books we already own, and any new 3rd-party product that comes out.  We will NOT be purchasing additional Core Books, campaign materials, adventures, or sourcebooks produced by WotC.  Neither will we be USING such materials.Will this hurt our games?  Oh, most deffinately.  Hwoever, we believ in the long run that it will hurt LESS than having to turn to WotC for every "fresh" idea to add to the table!  Competition is ALWAYS good for the market, and the consumer!All WotC has to do to regain our purchase power is retract the assinine "Quality Standards" clause, and render the d20STL inviolate.  A simple cahnge to the following would do it:Now do you understand?</blockquote>

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