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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Retreater" data-source="post: 8932755" data-attributes="member: 42040">I think I'm (perhaps irrationally) upset that I perceive the company is being run by people who truly don't care about the hobby or its longevity and that they are sending messages that are outright lies. [Honestly, I was feeling better about the whole thing after the Creative Commons arrangement. I was cool with forging ahead with non-WotC 5e - until Kyle Brink started the goodwill tour. I feel like he's lying to the entire community.]Prior to all this, I still didn't consider 5e my favorite game, but it was still ok to run - especially for new or casual players. Now I want my players to see that there are companies who actually care that they play their system, companies that aren't trying to monetize us to become $1B lifestyle brands. Of course I'm only a DM, but I'd like to encourage them to stand up for small businesses - in the same way I'd recommend them to shop at a FLGS instead of Amazon. Because this is important to the hobby, and they are the future of it. The entire OGL fiasco was frightening because it showed what could happen if one company became a monolith in the hobby. I want them to learn that they should stand up and make their voices heard. In twenty years, we'll need them if this happens again. And it will serve them well to learn this lesson - because even though it's just a hobby game this time - we should always be ready to stand up against tyrants.</blockquote>

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