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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Jester David" data-source="post: 7692001" data-attributes="member: 37579">ENworld is not a job. It's a hobby. Don't kid yourself, ENWorld is a fan site. It may be the largest D&D fan site and provide news on the hobby, but it's not CNN. They don't have a journalistic imperative. They're not keeping corporations honest and governments in check. Really, since most of the "scoops" come from fans on the forums reporting things and sharing rumors, it's arguably a gossip site. It has more in common with TMZ than BBC News. This is the equivalent of leaking something before a press conferance just to get it out their first. This industry is too small to rock the boat. Being blacklisted or burning bridges would hurt and just create an adversarial relationship. Which, given WotC is a sometimes advertiser, would be bad. Clicks don't pay bills. Sustained clicks raise the site's rank and get better ad money. But a spike doesn't. A spike nets nothing. BMW isn't a department being run by fifteen people. D&D is small and isn't faceless. We know the names of each and every staff member. This isn't sticking it to WotC, the faceless subsidiary of WotC, this is sticking it to D&D department which is run by overworked people who love D&D as much as we do.</blockquote>