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<blockquote data-quote="Steve_MND" data-source="post: 6722234" data-attributes="member: 6801314">My concern is more over the larger issue that WoTC/Hasbro is decentralizing stuff because they don't want to have to deal with it personally, and by doing that the way they are doing so, they are making it harder for people to follow stuff because stuff is being floated around to so many little places here and there as opposed to all being in a single location.And yes, we're discussing this here, because we aren't given any other real option.&nbsp; But this isn't anything 'official,' nor are the AL discussions that might be happening on another two dozen other fan-run message boards out there that I'm sure have seen people wandering to.And heck, even the Official WotC Boards weren't 'official' in the way I feel they should have been (because of the way the AL was set up), but at least it had the (perhaps misapplied) ring of 'professionalism' due to it being the site run by the actual company.&nbsp; A company spreading it's customer service rep out to a couple dozen poorly-referenced and scattered third-party site shows a certain corporate attitude.&nbsp; Mind you, I shouldn't be surprised at this point (WotC has always been, shall we say, less than exceptional when it comes to its internet presence), but it's just showing a continuation of a line of behavior by the company that I personally do not think is in the best interests of anyone involved -- the company, the players, the game or the League.And, perhaps ironically, that pulls this supposed off-topic derailment back on topic, because, like the original Angry rant also discussed, it is referring to a larger issue of how the company doesn't seem to know how to properly present themselves and interact with their customers -- cutting costs, stripping options, farming stuff out to third-party sources to let them handle it instead, etc.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Steve_MND, post: 6722234, member: 6801314"] My concern is more over the larger issue that WoTC/Hasbro is decentralizing stuff because they don't want to have to deal with it personally, and by doing that the way they are doing so, they are making it harder for people to follow stuff because stuff is being floated around to so many little places here and there as opposed to all being in a single location. And yes, we're discussing this here, because we aren't given any other real option. But this isn't anything 'official,' nor are the AL discussions that might be happening on another two dozen other fan-run message boards out there that I'm sure have seen people wandering to. And heck, even the Official WotC Boards weren't 'official' in the way I feel they should have been (because of the way the AL was set up), but at least it had the (perhaps misapplied) ring of 'professionalism' due to it being the site run by the actual company. A company spreading it's customer service rep out to a couple dozen poorly-referenced and scattered third-party site shows a certain corporate attitude. Mind you, I shouldn't be surprised at this point (WotC has always been, shall we say, less than exceptional when it comes to its internet presence), but it's just showing a continuation of a line of behavior by the company that I personally do not think is in the best interests of anyone involved -- the company, the players, the game or the League. And, perhaps ironically, that pulls this supposed off-topic derailment back on topic, because, like the original Angry rant also discussed, it is referring to a larger issue of how the company doesn't seem to know how to properly present themselves and interact with their customers -- cutting costs, stripping options, farming stuff out to third-party sources to let them handle it instead, etc. [/QUOTE]

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