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<blockquote data-quote="Felon" data-source="post: 1114158" data-attributes="member: 8158">That's how it works quite often. Products come and go without making a ripple. WotC sure are providing TBoEF with a lot of free publicity. If they see it as a threat, it's a threat that they've nurtured.Was the policy change AV's idea? Not in the least. That was WotC's choice. There was no gun to their head.So what? You know those parents offended by TBoEF would probably be offended by d20 Heavy Metal and d20 Call of Cthulhu if they displayed excessive gore and/or sexuality, don't you? Console yourself with knowing that just because some mothers out there with too much time on their hands get offended does not spell doom for the corporation. The success of the Grand Theft Auto games makes that pretty clear. I don't see Rockstar Games filing for bankruptcy. For that matter, TSR's sales peaked during the (supposedly) negative publicity of the satanism scare of the eighties. TBoVD didn't make the headlines or send WotC's shareholders running to the water closet. WotC has to decide what kind of game they want D&amp;D to be. By its very nature, it is not going to work as fare for young kiddies. You do not sit down with orcs and teach them how to share. You pull out your sword and take their lives violently. It's unpleasant business. Then come up with some ground rules for mature content products. Look, here's a &quot;FOR MATURE READERS&quot; logo you need to put on your products alongside the postage stamp logo. That still leaves the D20 system open for adult-oriented products, and it keeps WotC out of the business of scrutinizing every D20 product that comes down the pipeline.In the end, WotC are culpable for their policy decisions. They are supposed to be professionals and they are supposed to act (and react) in a calm, rational, businesslike manner.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Felon, post: 1114158, member: 8158"] That's how it works quite often. Products come and go without making a ripple. WotC sure are providing TBoEF with a lot of free publicity. If they see it as a threat, it's a threat that they've nurtured. Was the policy change AV's idea? Not in the least. That was WotC's choice. There was no gun to their head. So what? You know those parents offended by TBoEF would probably be offended by d20 Heavy Metal and d20 Call of Cthulhu if they displayed excessive gore and/or sexuality, don't you? Console yourself with knowing that just because some mothers out there with too much time on their hands get offended does not spell doom for the corporation. The success of the Grand Theft Auto games makes that pretty clear. I don't see Rockstar Games filing for bankruptcy. For that matter, TSR's sales peaked during the (supposedly) negative publicity of the satanism scare of the eighties. TBoVD didn't make the headlines or send WotC's shareholders running to the water closet. WotC has to decide what kind of game they want D&D to be. By its very nature, it is not going to work as fare for young kiddies. You do not sit down with orcs and teach them how to share. You pull out your sword and take their lives violently. It's unpleasant business. Then come up with some ground rules for mature content products. Look, here's a "FOR MATURE READERS" logo you need to put on your products alongside the postage stamp logo. That still leaves the D20 system open for adult-oriented products, and it keeps WotC out of the business of scrutinizing every D20 product that comes down the pipeline. In the end, WotC are culpable for their policy decisions. They are supposed to be professionals and they are supposed to act (and react) in a calm, rational, businesslike manner. [/QUOTE]

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