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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Ralts Bloodthorne" data-source="post: 2803079" data-attributes="member: 6390">I have my own thoughts on the subject, and I'd like to hear from many of you.We're constantly hearing, about every 3-6 months, that something new has spelled the end for the RPG industry. Be it lowered distribution/retailer openings, or 3rd party PDF publishers stalking Wizards employees with axes while wearing spraypainted Shatner masks, or even new video games loaded with insidious viruses that will burn all your gaming books.But what is wrong in the RPG industry that makes people feel this way? I can think of things that are wrong right now, so I'll address a few.<ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">WotC advancing the OGC pool. Lately? Bupkus. Not even updating the SRD or including newer stuff, or even making stuff OGC and NOT integrating it into the SRD.</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">The constant complaining. I'm sick to death of hearing that [insert latest thing] will kill the RPG industry. You know what, come tell me when we start finding RPG designer machinegunned to death in brothels, then I'll believe it.</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">The lack of support for thier own products. WotC is the biggest culprit in this. Quick, name all the d20 Modern Urban Arcana support products! Name the last 4 d20 Future modules that WotC put out! What's the current d20 Modern default setting?</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">This "crippled content" crap that has become so popular. Either make it OGC or design your own system. I understand the arguements back and forth, but I still feel crippled content is cheap and mean spirited.</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">The "All OGC work everywhere should be free!" attitude that is sweeping through a lot of gaming circles. THIS is what led to crippled OGC. And telling someone who has put a few months into something that you deserve it for free is just downright stupid. Try going up to a work crew building a house and telling them that you aren't going to pay them, since the lumber, nails, paint, wiring, plumbing, land were all supplied by someone else.</li> </ul>That's a short list, but for the most part, I believe that is the biggest problems in the industry right now.Now, feel free to swing a bat at me over this, but I'd like to hear what you think is going right/wrong in the industry.</blockquote>

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