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Message: <blockquote data-quote="caudor" data-source="post: 1805302" data-attributes="member: 8367">I appreciate what Sean is saying and I do believe he did not intend to insult anyone.  I look forward to his products.  However, mastery of the rules in game products is not the only criteria I use to evaluate a publisher or product.  I also look at how much passion a company brings to the game/community, as well as other factors.I know that many publishers/freelancers did not have the fortune of having a desk right next to Jonathan Tweet, or the obvious mastery of the rules right out the gate that Sean has developed.  But over time...with feedback and practice, I've seen many OK publishers evolve into good publishers simply because of support and feedback from the community.  That's how the d20 community got to where it is today.So overall, I think the growth (success) of the d20 community is a good thing.  Yeah, some publishers will continue to produce low-end stuff, some will fall in the middle, and some will release outstanding material.  Really bad ones will probably not maintain profits long enough to improve or stay in business.  Nevertheless, I have lots of products to pick from, and as a whole I think the quality of material market-wide is improving.It sounds like Sean will start at the high end, and set a great example for other publishers to follow.  We can't have too many outstanding products, you know.  I think his goal is a noble one.</blockquote>