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<blockquote data-quote="Eric V" data-source="post: 7676765" data-attributes="member: 6779717"><p>To be fair, [MENTION=20004]Zil[/MENTION] isn't saying those products aren't 'D&D'. Yes, a Marvel movie is still a Marvel movie and an outsourced D&D product is still D&D.</p><p></p><p>I may be a college prof, but not of economics, so maybe there's some very specific definition of the word 'outsourcing' that doesn't jive exactly with what WotC is doing here, but because it involves another <em>company</em>, as opposed to a specific <em>individual</em>, it certainly <em>seems </em>like outsourcing. Like I said, maybe it is or isn't under some technical basis; I wouldn't know.</p><p></p><p>I'm not sure why it should matter if it's outsourced or freelanced, as long as the result is good.</p><p></p><p>Yet, there remain a few issues here. One, it seems the word 'outsourcing' carries negative connotations for some people that I am really not sure are inherent in the word (though, again, I am no professor of economics, nor linguistics). The other is people who <em>do</em> seem to know objected to being (I guess what they felt was) dictated to about whether things were or weren't outsourced. I suppose they found that somewhat condescending, perhaps. While I don't necessarily feel that way myself, I guess I could see how that would sound like doublespeak to someone with better knowledge on the topic than myself. </p><p></p><p>Finally, with complete respect for the moderators and Morrus in particular, I'm not sure the message given (that WotC will stop posting if the content of what they post gets challenged critically) was the best response. It at least insinuates that only a particular spectrum of reactions to WotC posts are ok if we ever want to find out new information. That's a far cry from thought police, but I wonder how someone who really did believe what was said was corporate doublespeak was supposed to respond?</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Eric V, post: 7676765, member: 6779717"] To be fair, [MENTION=20004]Zil[/MENTION] isn't saying those products aren't 'D&D'. Yes, a Marvel movie is still a Marvel movie and an outsourced D&D product is still D&D. I may be a college prof, but not of economics, so maybe there's some very specific definition of the word 'outsourcing' that doesn't jive exactly with what WotC is doing here, but because it involves another [I]company[/I], as opposed to a specific [I]individual[/I], it certainly [I]seems [/I]like outsourcing. Like I said, maybe it is or isn't under some technical basis; I wouldn't know. I'm not sure why it should matter if it's outsourced or freelanced, as long as the result is good. Yet, there remain a few issues here. One, it seems the word 'outsourcing' carries negative connotations for some people that I am really not sure are inherent in the word (though, again, I am no professor of economics, nor linguistics). The other is people who [I]do[/I] seem to know objected to being (I guess what they felt was) dictated to about whether things were or weren't outsourced. I suppose they found that somewhat condescending, perhaps. While I don't necessarily feel that way myself, I guess I could see how that would sound like doublespeak to someone with better knowledge on the topic than myself. Finally, with complete respect for the moderators and Morrus in particular, I'm not sure the message given (that WotC will stop posting if the content of what they post gets challenged critically) was the best response. It at least insinuates that only a particular spectrum of reactions to WotC posts are ok if we ever want to find out new information. That's a far cry from thought police, but I wonder how someone who really did believe what was said was corporate doublespeak was supposed to respond? [/QUOTE]
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