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Message: <blockquote data-quote="MGibster" data-source="post: 8900231" data-attributes="member: 4534">I admit it, changing the OGL came out of left field.  No, scratch that, the idea of the OGL going away wasn't even in the same park, city, state, or solar system so far as I was concerned.  Sure.  But there's something I've really taken to heart over the last few years.  When someone tells me they're going to do something that's going to hurt others, I believe them and I take them seriously.  That's not just what they said though, they also wanted to turn us into recurrent spenders and were using the same language to describe their business model that the video game industry has been using over the last few years.  An industry that has a recent history of treating their customers like garbage.  Fine, if someone doesn't know anything about the decisions and behaviors of video game companies in the last 15 years, okay, it makes sense that WotC's discussion with their shareholders didn't sound ominous at all.  But WotC gave us their strategic goal and we collectively shrugged our shoulders and said, "Meh, it might not be bad."  I'm not going to gloat and say, "I told you so," largely because it's not like I saw this coming.  But maybe when someone says they're going to adopt a strategy that has been shown to be anti-consumer, maybe take it a little more seriously next time.</blockquote>