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<blockquote data-quote="Jester David" data-source="post: 7752346" data-attributes="member: 37579"><p>You're comparing the publisher showing off an early copy of their book with teasing for a yet unreleased book. That is very, very, <em>very</em> different. As I said earlier, if you go through the social media of WotC staff, you'll see pictures similar to Bulhman's of "look what just arrived in the office". </p><p>WotC does <em><a href="https://twitter.com/NathanBStewart/status/971489112183078912" target="_blank">the exact same thing</a></em>. </p><p></p><p>And it's not like Paizo doesn't tease or hint. If you follow people like Jason Bulhman or James Jacobs on the Paizo forums or listen to their GenCon and PaizoCon panels, they'll also occasionally drop teasing hints of future projects. It's not even that WotC included seeds and Easter eggs for future storylines in their core rulebooks: there are lots of seeds to Adventures Paths in the <em>Inner Sea World Guide</em>, and lots of hooks they plan to run with at later dates. They just haven't always decided the time is right to tell those stores, or the people who want to do those APs aren't free to work on them (if they're even still with the company). </p><p>Heck, they're teasing the effects of the next two APs already and how they lead to goblins becoming player character races! </p><p>It not even like there's no speculation of what Paizo is going to do next. Fans are always speculating on the next APs or new hardcovers. You can bet the fans are wondering if there's a fall and spring hardcover or not. </p><p></p><p>The difference is the Paizo staff largely engages with fans via their message boards and at convention panels, rather than Twitter or Twitch, which is a little less visible and easier to ignore. </p><p></p><p></p><p>It's not gatekeeping to suggest if someone doesn't like something they shouldn't partake. </p><p>I don't like pineapples on my pizza so I don't order them. It's not gatekeeping for someone to suggest I not order Hawaiian pizza if I'm just going to complain. </p><p></p><p>Okay, you don't like the fan speculation and hype of products. That's okay. You don't have to: it doesn't affect the final product. It is literally irrelevant if you don't like it. And given the vast majority of D&D fans (let alone D&D players) do not follow the WotC team's social media, most of them very much do ignore that hype & teasing, simply learning of the products from other news sites or when they go to a local game store. But it's there for the people who do like it. </p><p></p><p>Again, what I take umbrage to is point to one thing Paizo is doing and pointing to something <em>completely unrelated</em> and using it as an example of how Paizo handles releases completely differently, when they're not *that* different.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Jester David, post: 7752346, member: 37579"] You're comparing the publisher showing off an early copy of their book with teasing for a yet unreleased book. That is very, very, [I]very[/I] different. As I said earlier, if you go through the social media of WotC staff, you'll see pictures similar to Bulhman's of "look what just arrived in the office". WotC does [I][URL="https://twitter.com/NathanBStewart/status/971489112183078912"]the exact same thing[/URL][/I]. And it's not like Paizo doesn't tease or hint. If you follow people like Jason Bulhman or James Jacobs on the Paizo forums or listen to their GenCon and PaizoCon panels, they'll also occasionally drop teasing hints of future projects. It's not even that WotC included seeds and Easter eggs for future storylines in their core rulebooks: there are lots of seeds to Adventures Paths in the [I]Inner Sea World Guide[/I], and lots of hooks they plan to run with at later dates. They just haven't always decided the time is right to tell those stores, or the people who want to do those APs aren't free to work on them (if they're even still with the company). Heck, they're teasing the effects of the next two APs already and how they lead to goblins becoming player character races! It not even like there's no speculation of what Paizo is going to do next. Fans are always speculating on the next APs or new hardcovers. You can bet the fans are wondering if there's a fall and spring hardcover or not. The difference is the Paizo staff largely engages with fans via their message boards and at convention panels, rather than Twitter or Twitch, which is a little less visible and easier to ignore. It's not gatekeeping to suggest if someone doesn't like something they shouldn't partake. I don't like pineapples on my pizza so I don't order them. It's not gatekeeping for someone to suggest I not order Hawaiian pizza if I'm just going to complain. Okay, you don't like the fan speculation and hype of products. That's okay. You don't have to: it doesn't affect the final product. It is literally irrelevant if you don't like it. And given the vast majority of D&D fans (let alone D&D players) do not follow the WotC team's social media, most of them very much do ignore that hype & teasing, simply learning of the products from other news sites or when they go to a local game store. But it's there for the people who do like it. Again, what I take umbrage to is point to one thing Paizo is doing and pointing to something [I]completely unrelated[/I] and using it as an example of how Paizo handles releases completely differently, when they're not *that* different. [/QUOTE]
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