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<blockquote data-quote="sunshadow21" data-source="post: 7679286" data-attributes="member: 6667193"><p>Except that to someone not familiar with the industry and seeing a news report about how WotC has contracted out work to such and such a company, it's not just a load of ballocks and disingenuous, it is a very real and genuine concern, and that is where the difficulty lies. An awful lot of forum posters seem to automatically assume that any question by anybody along these lines must obviously be edition bashing and feel compelled to aggressively attack the questioner without even a second thought. And the same holds true for anything about WotC. A lot of forum posters assume that anything negative said about WotC must obviously be edition bashing because they can't possibly have screwed up or, gasp, earned the negativity through their own actions. And that is the part that bothers me personally. </p><p></p><p>In this case, they aren't entirely right. Outsourcing is a term that can apply to what this entire industry does; the fact that there is a better, more specific term does not remove this very basic fact. The fact is that whether people like to admit or not, the fact that WotC is now applying the tried and true strategies to entire, easily recognizable companies is an important change; it may not seem like one to someone already familiar with and comfortable with the process, but it takes it of the realm of "merely hiring a few artists and writers as needed," which is something that is different enough from the average person that most don't even try to make direct comparisons, to something that a lot of people in other industries are becoming more and more familiar with, and not in a good way. The explanation of why it's not negative in this particular industry may seem trite and unnecessary to you, but as the rest of the corporate world starts to emulate many of the practices common in this industry, it will become more necessary to have enough patience give that explanation without actively insulting the party. </p><p></p><p>You are right that it went away reasonably quickly this time, but this won't be the last time it comes up, and dealing with many of the future instances is going to require a lot more patience and understanding than what many of the posters here have exhibited with this instance.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="sunshadow21, post: 7679286, member: 6667193"] Except that to someone not familiar with the industry and seeing a news report about how WotC has contracted out work to such and such a company, it's not just a load of ballocks and disingenuous, it is a very real and genuine concern, and that is where the difficulty lies. An awful lot of forum posters seem to automatically assume that any question by anybody along these lines must obviously be edition bashing and feel compelled to aggressively attack the questioner without even a second thought. And the same holds true for anything about WotC. A lot of forum posters assume that anything negative said about WotC must obviously be edition bashing because they can't possibly have screwed up or, gasp, earned the negativity through their own actions. And that is the part that bothers me personally. In this case, they aren't entirely right. Outsourcing is a term that can apply to what this entire industry does; the fact that there is a better, more specific term does not remove this very basic fact. The fact is that whether people like to admit or not, the fact that WotC is now applying the tried and true strategies to entire, easily recognizable companies is an important change; it may not seem like one to someone already familiar with and comfortable with the process, but it takes it of the realm of "merely hiring a few artists and writers as needed," which is something that is different enough from the average person that most don't even try to make direct comparisons, to something that a lot of people in other industries are becoming more and more familiar with, and not in a good way. The explanation of why it's not negative in this particular industry may seem trite and unnecessary to you, but as the rest of the corporate world starts to emulate many of the practices common in this industry, it will become more necessary to have enough patience give that explanation without actively insulting the party. You are right that it went away reasonably quickly this time, but this won't be the last time it comes up, and dealing with many of the future instances is going to require a lot more patience and understanding than what many of the posters here have exhibited with this instance. [/QUOTE]
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