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<blockquote data-quote="alaric" data-source="post: 1112588" data-attributes="member: 296">If you feel really strongly about this then I urge you to talk in the language that companies listen in....money.&nbsp; Don't send off an email saying you don't like this, and then go buy the latest WotC book.&nbsp; If you want to make an impact on a company then don't buy their products, tell your friends not to buy their products, inform them why you aren't buying their products anymore.&nbsp; While people may have gotten boycott crazy, it's still the surest way to get a company to change it's point of view on a topic.I had thought that with BoVD we we're moving away from the PG rated TSR books.&nbsp; Some campaigns deal with adult content (sex, slavery, racism, murder, torture, rape, etc) and blacklisting those products that deal with them isn't an acceptable solution IMO.&nbsp; While you can say that WotC's intention is a very loose selective enforcement (i sure hope that was the intent, although who can tell what guys in suits and an overinflated sense of selfworth will do in any given meeting), that doesn't change the fact that people may not develop these kinds of material for fear of being targeted.&nbsp; Personally I think community standards should be decided by the community, not WotC.&nbsp; If a book is overly gorey, or too sexual themed, or filled with racism, or whatever, then people won't buy it, and by extension if a book is selling well then it apparenly wasn't too whatever for the community.&nbsp; WotC has no business playing morality police with the D20 license, and furthermore has gone about this all wrong.&nbsp; Would we have even heard of Book of Erotic Fantasy if WotC hadn't of made a big deal out of it?&nbsp; Would anyone have&nbsp;&nbsp; had the urge (or for that matter, does anyone really plan now) to buy a book like this?&nbsp; They could have avoided the problem by letting it die quietly, but they want to take the moral high ground on something, and do so in draconian style, by retroactively altering contracts and attempt to destroy all copies of books that don't meet there image of decency.&nbsp; [Some was bound to do it so I might as well say it now.&nbsp; Book burning Nazies! ah...much better].&nbsp; Ok less ranting, and more changing bad policy decisions.alaric</blockquote>

[QUOTE="alaric, post: 1112588, member: 296"] If you feel really strongly about this then I urge you to talk in the language that companies listen in....money. Don't send off an email saying you don't like this, and then go buy the latest WotC book. If you want to make an impact on a company then don't buy their products, tell your friends not to buy their products, inform them why you aren't buying their products anymore. While people may have gotten boycott crazy, it's still the surest way to get a company to change it's point of view on a topic. I had thought that with BoVD we we're moving away from the PG rated TSR books. Some campaigns deal with adult content (sex, slavery, racism, murder, torture, rape, etc) and blacklisting those products that deal with them isn't an acceptable solution IMO. While you can say that WotC's intention is a very loose selective enforcement (i sure hope that was the intent, although who can tell what guys in suits and an overinflated sense of selfworth will do in any given meeting), that doesn't change the fact that people may not develop these kinds of material for fear of being targeted. Personally I think community standards should be decided by the community, not WotC. If a book is overly gorey, or too sexual themed, or filled with racism, or whatever, then people won't buy it, and by extension if a book is selling well then it apparenly wasn't too whatever for the community. WotC has no business playing morality police with the D20 license, and furthermore has gone about this all wrong. Would we have even heard of Book of Erotic Fantasy if WotC hadn't of made a big deal out of it? Would anyone have had the urge (or for that matter, does anyone really plan now) to buy a book like this? They could have avoided the problem by letting it die quietly, but they want to take the moral high ground on something, and do so in draconian style, by retroactively altering contracts and attempt to destroy all copies of books that don't meet there image of decency. [Some was bound to do it so I might as well say it now. Book burning Nazies! ah...much better]. Ok less ranting, and more changing bad policy decisions. alaric [/QUOTE]

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