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Message: <blockquote data-quote="RLBURNSIDE" data-source="post: 5369315" data-attributes="member: 94650">I really doapologize for the snark, both to the other forum members, and to mudbunny / whoever else is trying to wade through the negativity.That said, I will no apologize for my opinion. It comes first hand from working in online cloud-hosting for a major video games company. And trust me, please (or don't), you have no idea what happens to your data. You know the phrase "whatever you say can and will be used against you?". Well, with regards to Eulas, do not under any circumstance assume that a draconian Eula will not be used against you. It can, and it will. Microsoft used to have undercover agents in computer stores handing out MSDOS boot floppies to people who bought new computers then shaking people down when they accused them of piracy. This is not hyperbole, but first-hand experience on the other end of this equation. So believe me or not, I only make gaming and MMO + UGC-related web services for a living (or did, because now I do 3D, but anyway my point is still germane), and have done many SQL scripts to search user data for all sorts of things. It's not even a question of paranoia but common sense. Don't give up your campaign notes or even journals to these closed proprietary online things. There is no shortage of ways you can maintain your own control over your intellectual "efforts" (even if you don't think they belong to others...if I make 20 different versions of my character before hitting paragon to find the one I like the best...I like that to be an option that doesn't depend on the fact that I didn't pay for DP Insider this month)Also, sorry for being a bit bitter, but I requested a refund for october and never received it, so yeah, Wotc's credibility is nil with me. I do like the latest changes to Hybrid Paladin DC mark and hope these tools work great, but just please don't assume anything valuable you stick in the new CB will remain there or totally screw you or your campaign over when there's a crash, some new pricing scheme, servers down, data lost, whatever. It's a single point of failure and I've seen it a million times. Don't buy the idea that a centralized storage is for the user's benefit. It's not. At all.caveat emptor.</blockquote>

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