Request: Sub-Forum for WOTC/Hasbro Post

[Morrus]

Maybe start banning people that trash nearly every thread? Send a message....

We are, of course, not going to ban people for criticising WotC.

There may be a case for asking people to stay on topic/not threadcrap. I've no conceptual issue with that, my only concern there would be about workload (and also we are very tolerant generally of conversation drift). I'll have a chat with Umbran and Danny. No promises.

 

[Osgood]

I certainly agree that the mood around here has turned pretty negative--I know I'm a lot less inclined to engage these days--but I honestly don't know that there's any realistic way to change things.

Gaming, like just about every other aspect of modern life, has become extremely polarized and a lot of people are just angry all the time. Before long, I suspect enworld will be like family holiday gatherings: somewhere I used to go, in the before times...

 

[Snarf Zagyg]

I mean, unless you want us to just go ahead and be draconian a-holes with no concern for fairness.

If you need one, I have a few judges that I can recommend.

 

[Umbran]

Gaming, like just about every other aspect of modern life, has become extremely polarized and a lot of people are just angry all the time.

Human beings are generally bad at compartmentalizing. Stresses and emotions we experience in everyday life do not suddenly go away when we visit a website.

 

[Warpiglet-7]

I am less interested in corporate news than some folks…I know there is a place for many interests. I can pass by what is not interesting.

But the interjection of WOTC sux! At every turn is overdone. Even more annoying is when this becomes an indictment of whole political/economic systems. You go for from talking about a game of escapism to the plight of workers in one economic system vs another. (Sigh)

I don’t know what the solution is. My philosophy about the blocking function is that it is there for a reason. I feel less guilty about using it than I once did.

 

[cranberry]

The solution is for WoTC to stop engaging in the behaviors/making the decisions that it has been doing.

But since that's not going to happen...

 

[RoughCoronet0]

The solution is for WoTC to stop engaging in the behaviors/making the decisions that it has been doing.

But since that's not going to happen...

Or for people to be respectful, which is becoming a harder thing to come by nowadays.

 

[billd91]

How is WotC as a business relevant to the rules at all?

People sometimes ascribe the motive behind certain rules, particularly changes, with making the game more suitable for a particular WotC business model. For example, WotC wants to increase the monetization of D&D and get into VTT and AI spaces, so rules are modified to make them more VTT- or AI-friendly. Whether the assertion is true or not is hard to tell, but it'll come up. I guarantee it.

 

[Zaukrie]

We are, of course, not going to ban people for criticising WotC.

There may be a case for asking people to stay on topic/not threadcrap. I've no conceptual issue with that, my only concern there would be about workload (and also we are very tolerant generally of conversation drift). I'll have a chat with Umbran and Danny. No promises.

Thank you. I get this is potentially not realistic. I clearly come here more than a sane person should....

 

[Zaukrie]

We are, of course, not going to ban people for criticising WotC.

There may be a case for asking people to stay on topic/not threadcrap. I've no conceptual issue with that, my only concern there would be about workload (and also we are very tolerant generally of conversation drift). I'll have a chat with Umbran and Danny. No promises.

Also, to be clear, I would never ask you to ban people for criticizing any business.... It's the off topic and incessantness.... But I get that I'm likely asking for the impossible. I also get that emotions are charged, and that people are reading way too much into each other's posts right now.