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<blockquote data-quote="Shemeska" data-source="post: 4588476" data-attributes="member: 11697">Honestly I feel bad for the position that Scott is in right now. He's got a GSL that failed spectacularly in getting major 3pp support, and lots of frayed nerves from people wanting a revision either so they can produce material under a less draconic agreement than the current version, or they want a favorite 3pp to change their mind about supporting 4e or not in any real capacity.Then on the other side of things, WotC has already had two rounds of layoffs this year, and the first round took Scott's GSL partner as a casualty. The economy is going south very quickly, potentially taking sales down with it, and the DDI is massively behind schedule (and I'd bet money it ranks on Wired's Vaporware of 2008 list this year). In his position, would you really want to make waves and start really pushing for a GSL revision and butt heads with the lawyers from Hasbro? It's his job on the line if he causes much fuss over a GSL that his parent company is absolutely fine with in current, restrictive form, and which really provides little benefit if revised to be more acceptable to 3pp.He's really in a no win situation. I feel bad for the guy.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Shemeska, post: 4588476, member: 11697"] Honestly I feel bad for the position that Scott is in right now. He's got a GSL that failed spectacularly in getting major 3pp support, and lots of frayed nerves from people wanting a revision either so they can produce material under a less draconic agreement than the current version, or they want a favorite 3pp to change their mind about supporting 4e or not in any real capacity. Then on the other side of things, WotC has already had two rounds of layoffs this year, and the first round took Scott's GSL partner as a casualty. The economy is going south very quickly, potentially taking sales down with it, and the DDI is massively behind schedule (and I'd bet money it ranks on Wired's Vaporware of 2008 list this year). In his position, would you really want to make waves and start really pushing for a GSL revision and butt heads with the lawyers from Hasbro? It's his job on the line if he causes much fuss over a GSL that his parent company is absolutely fine with in current, restrictive form, and which really provides little benefit if revised to be more acceptable to 3pp. He's really in a no win situation. I feel bad for the guy. [/QUOTE]

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