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<blockquote data-quote="redrick" data-source="post: 7676782" data-attributes="member: 6777696"><p>Best Picture awards go to the producers. In the mind of the industry, it is understood that producers, and not directors, editors or principal actors, take the ultimate final ownership of a successful or unsuccessful film. (It is, of course, worth noting that the term "producer" can mean any number of different things and that some producers work more hours than anybody else on a show, while other producers have very little direct involvement in the day-to-day affairs of any given film. Other producers are just big-name actors getting a bigger paycheck on a low-budget film.)</p><p></p><p>I don't think anybody is arguing that the Kobold Press and Sasquatch don't deserve a great deal of credit for the books they've done for D&D! In fact, I've seen tons of discussion around the companies doing the creative work on these projects. A ton of the early response to the upcoming AP seemed to revolve around excitement about and faith in Green Ronin.</p><p></p><p>I have seen folks arguing that, because Green Ronin or Sasquatch or Kobold Press are doing the writing and heavy lifting for these adventures, Wizards isn't putting out their own material. As if, by commissioning (not licensing) companies to create adventures for them, Wizards <em>isn't</em> supporting D&D 5e. That seems to be the idea that Wizards and Jeremy Crawford are trying to dispel.</p><p></p><p>Of course, I will admit, from a strictly semantic sense, hiring Green Ronin to handle the writing details on a book <em>does</em> seem to meet the definition of "outsourcing", in the sense that Wizards is making an agreement with another business entity, rather than several independent freelancers. That being said, the distinction seems completely and totally irrelevant to anybody but the accountants and personnel departments at the respective companies.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="redrick, post: 7676782, member: 6777696"] Best Picture awards go to the producers. In the mind of the industry, it is understood that producers, and not directors, editors or principal actors, take the ultimate final ownership of a successful or unsuccessful film. (It is, of course, worth noting that the term "producer" can mean any number of different things and that some producers work more hours than anybody else on a show, while other producers have very little direct involvement in the day-to-day affairs of any given film. Other producers are just big-name actors getting a bigger paycheck on a low-budget film.) I don't think anybody is arguing that the Kobold Press and Sasquatch don't deserve a great deal of credit for the books they've done for D&D! In fact, I've seen tons of discussion around the companies doing the creative work on these projects. A ton of the early response to the upcoming AP seemed to revolve around excitement about and faith in Green Ronin. I have seen folks arguing that, because Green Ronin or Sasquatch or Kobold Press are doing the writing and heavy lifting for these adventures, Wizards isn't putting out their own material. As if, by commissioning (not licensing) companies to create adventures for them, Wizards [I]isn't[/I] supporting D&D 5e. That seems to be the idea that Wizards and Jeremy Crawford are trying to dispel. Of course, I will admit, from a strictly semantic sense, hiring Green Ronin to handle the writing details on a book [I]does[/I] seem to meet the definition of "outsourcing", in the sense that Wizards is making an agreement with another business entity, rather than several independent freelancers. That being said, the distinction seems completely and totally irrelevant to anybody but the accountants and personnel departments at the respective companies. [/QUOTE]
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