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<blockquote data-quote="Bayushi_seikuro" data-source="post: 8892130" data-attributes="member: 7024851"><p>First, as a long time member of Corporate America, I would like to first posit that NO member of management of ANY corporation has goodwill towards their consumer or users, at least not any business of any size. Personally, my experience is that people who work in corporations that rely on interaction with other humans ... the best way to visualize it is take the Clerks movie tagline - "Just because they serve you... doesn't mean they like you." Magnify that multiple times over and over, with each run of the ladder seeing consumers less as people and more as data points.</p><p></p><p>Second, I've been gaming since I was a wee lad back in '82, various systems and companies. This all seems cyclical and in-line with D&D's history going back to Gygax - there's a very well-written history of D&D and original TSR on this site. </p><p></p><p>I feel like we're hitting this new frontier of unintended consequences. I'm sure Hasbro wants more money because Corporations do that, and they're doing it with Magic as well (mass producing sets). I'm sure there's a strong contingent of WotC employees who still feel what they're doing is making a market for a community. </p><p></p><p>I say this with all due love and respect, but we also need to stop pretending that we are part of a unified community. We are a community in the sense that we all, individually and collectively, love gaming in its various forms. There are voices speaking out who haven't touched a Wizards product in decades, there are voices of people who buy everything that comes out. In the grand scheme of things, it was NOT all that long ago that debates were taking places here and otherwhere over Wizards becoming 'too woke' due to Ancestries - and you heard the same things being said about never giving Wizards another penny, and what sacrilege it is.</p><p></p><p>It's entirely possible this is just another growing pain leading to more development in TTRPG. If this is the end of OGL and people decide to stop supporting Wizards - that happens. Eventually every company overplays its hand due to corporate think. But you know what? It doesn't stop you from playing the game your way. And it certainly doesn't stop you from supporting small publishers. And it doesn't stop those same publishers from creating their own system that THEY own, that cannot be taken from them. Instead of pitchforks and torches, sit down and create your own systems, your own worlds. There are plenty more dice permutations out there that do not requite 5e math or even a d20 for resolution.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Bayushi_seikuro, post: 8892130, member: 7024851"] First, as a long time member of Corporate America, I would like to first posit that NO member of management of ANY corporation has goodwill towards their consumer or users, at least not any business of any size. Personally, my experience is that people who work in corporations that rely on interaction with other humans ... the best way to visualize it is take the Clerks movie tagline - "Just because they serve you... doesn't mean they like you." Magnify that multiple times over and over, with each run of the ladder seeing consumers less as people and more as data points. Second, I've been gaming since I was a wee lad back in '82, various systems and companies. This all seems cyclical and in-line with D&D's history going back to Gygax - there's a very well-written history of D&D and original TSR on this site. I feel like we're hitting this new frontier of unintended consequences. I'm sure Hasbro wants more money because Corporations do that, and they're doing it with Magic as well (mass producing sets). I'm sure there's a strong contingent of WotC employees who still feel what they're doing is making a market for a community. I say this with all due love and respect, but we also need to stop pretending that we are part of a unified community. We are a community in the sense that we all, individually and collectively, love gaming in its various forms. There are voices speaking out who haven't touched a Wizards product in decades, there are voices of people who buy everything that comes out. In the grand scheme of things, it was NOT all that long ago that debates were taking places here and otherwhere over Wizards becoming 'too woke' due to Ancestries - and you heard the same things being said about never giving Wizards another penny, and what sacrilege it is. It's entirely possible this is just another growing pain leading to more development in TTRPG. If this is the end of OGL and people decide to stop supporting Wizards - that happens. Eventually every company overplays its hand due to corporate think. But you know what? It doesn't stop you from playing the game your way. And it certainly doesn't stop you from supporting small publishers. And it doesn't stop those same publishers from creating their own system that THEY own, that cannot be taken from them. Instead of pitchforks and torches, sit down and create your own systems, your own worlds. There are plenty more dice permutations out there that do not requite 5e math or even a d20 for resolution. [/QUOTE]
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