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<blockquote data-quote="JohnRTroy" data-source="post: 5460179" data-attributes="member: 2732">You're making the classic cum hoc ergo propter hoc statement.&nbsp; I'm not &quot;throwing stuff against the wall&quot;.&nbsp; You are implying that there is a DIRECT, rather than INDIRECT, link between 4ed and the OGL.&nbsp; This is what you are saying.Mearls works on Iron Realms, which seems to be a prototype for 4eIron Realms used the OGLTherefore, the OGL is responsible 4e.&nbsp;You are also ignoring the traditional means of how others in the gaming field got their jobs.&nbsp; You are ignoring plenty of other considerations.Mearls worked under Monte Cook, a popular 3e publisher which probably got a lot more attention and may have opened up enough doors for him.&nbsp; Monte was akin to (in the per OGL days) a major publisher.It was the talent of Mearls that was the primary draw, and I suspect had there been no OGL, Mearls would have eventually ended up at WoTC.&nbsp; I would have to say my &quot;evidence&quot; is greater than yours, as I am at least looking at the history of how people got their jobs.&nbsp; &nbsp;I don't dismiss it totally, but I dislike the whole &quot;OGL Worship&quot; I see where the license becomes more important or just as important as the game.&nbsp; And I think one negative of the OGL is that we've ended up going backwards.&nbsp; Instead of being creative the largest game publishers now sort of use a single base.&nbsp; I think if the 3e system didn't dominate we would have had stronger alternatives to the D&amp;D system, like we had in the 80s and 90s.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="JohnRTroy, post: 5460179, member: 2732"] You're making the classic [i]cum hoc ergo propter hoc[/i] statement. I'm not "throwing stuff against the wall". You are implying that there is a DIRECT, rather than INDIRECT, link between 4ed and the OGL. This is what you are saying. Mearls works on Iron Realms, which seems to be a prototype for 4e Iron Realms used the OGL Therefore, the OGL is responsible 4e. You are also ignoring the traditional means of how others in the gaming field got their jobs. You are ignoring plenty of other considerations. Mearls worked under Monte Cook, a popular 3e publisher which probably got a lot more attention and may have opened up enough doors for him. Monte was akin to (in the per OGL days) a major publisher. It was the talent of Mearls that was the primary draw, and I suspect had there been no OGL, Mearls would have eventually ended up at WoTC. I would have to say my "evidence" is greater than yours, as I am at least looking at the history of how people got their jobs. I don't dismiss it totally, but I dislike the whole "OGL Worship" I see where the license becomes more important or just as important as the game. And I think one negative of the OGL is that we've ended up going backwards. Instead of being creative the largest game publishers now sort of use a single base. I think if the 3e system didn't dominate we would have had stronger alternatives to the D&D system, like we had in the 80s and 90s. [/QUOTE]

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