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Message: <blockquote data-quote="DEFCON 1" data-source="post: 9631980" data-attributes="member: 7006">Heh heh... I'll be honest here... I remember way back in like 2015 or so, prior to the free 'Elemental Evil' bonus "splat" supplement that WotC released in conjunction with Princes Of The Apocalypse... some rando on the internet went dumpster diving through various websites and on like Amazon(?) or someplace and they found a preliminary holding card for some hardcover splatbook that WotC was in theory going to announce and release at some point.  Everyone of course went nutso over this, as people had been clamoring for splatbooks the very next year following 5E14's release, even though WotC continually said they were taking things slow and that no splatbooks were forthcoming.When this holding card got found and then announced to places like this... that WotC WAS intending on releasing a splatbook because this "save the date" card or whatever was buried within Amazon's(?) system... WotC had to come out and tell people that no, that card was not correct and that no splatbook was forthcoming.And people LOST THEIR EVER - LOVING - SHHHHHHIIIIIIIIIIIII...People accused WotC of LYING to them and cancelling this book... despite the fact that no product had EVER been announced by WotC.  And in fact if that rando hadn't gone digging into what I remember as being "locked" or "unavailable" sections of the website... basically hacking the site that this save the date card was posted in... no one would have ever known about this supposed potential book of WotC's.  But did that stop some of the most entitled whining we've ever freaking heard?  Nope!  Didn't matter that WotC never announced they were releasing this book!  Someone got essentially third-or-fourth-hand information and then they all started screaming "BUT WOTC PROMISED!!!!"  And thus WotC was now the Devil and deserved all the hellfire and brimstone coming to them for getting all their hopes up and then their feelings hurt.And it was right there and then that I realized that we as a community do not deserve a god-damned thing.That's right.  I do not believe we should ever expect WotC to treat us with any sort of helping hand or responsibility, because we do not deserve it.  If they make some statement to us and then they change that statement later... that's absolutely 100% fine, because we shouldn't even be catered to by having information given to us early in the first place.We can't handle that responsibility.  I think we should get nothing and like it.  And if WotC ever wants to change their statements over time, well then they can go right ahead and we should just sit there and take it.  And let the chips fall where they may.</blockquote>

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