D&D 5E Who tried to end the OGL?

[Oofta]

I'm not the biggest fan of Ben Riggs, but he's not exactly some nobody given to promoting baseless rumors.

Unnamed sources, no clue if it's been verified. It's a rumor.

Even if it's not, so what? We know someone in the organization made a mistake which they backed off of because of the backlash and are now putting things into the CC even if it's taking a while. I don't see the point on continuing to gnaw on the same old bone from the dead horse.

I mean, what are we going to do even if we believe it's true? Find Cox's Cocks' address and egg his house?

EDIT: wrong Cox...Cocks... whatever.

 

[delericho]

So is it time to pull out the torches and pitchforks?

You put them away?

 

[SteveC]

This is my shocked face.
I know this is not a very popular assessment, but whether he wanted the change or not, if you're the CEO, things that your company does are your fault.

 

[mamba]

I mean, what are we going to do even if we believe it's true? Find Cox's address and egg his house?

I hope not, because that is the wrong Chris (happens to me too…)

 

[Loren the GM]

Any chance of a screenshot? I don't use Facebook, and you have to log in to see what's written there.

 

[Oofta]

I hope not, because that is the wrong Chris (happens to me too…)

D'oh!

 

[ichabod]

So we have a rumor? Well, obviously that rumor leads us to a quest, right? So we need to get our gear together and explore the basements under WotC. Who's with me?

 

[Alzrius]

Unnamed sources, no clue if it's been verified. It's a rumor.

By that logic, most of his book is little more than rumor, because he cites a lot of insider material without specifying precisely who gave it to him.

Even if it's not, so what? We know someone in the organization made a mistake which they backed off of because of the backlash and are now putting things into the CC even if it's taking a while. I don't see the point on continuing to gnaw on the same old bone from the dead horse.

And a lot of people disagree with your characterization, finding insight into mindset of the extant CEO (who has gone out of his way to portray himself as a gamer) to be valuable, e.g. that he was apparently the originator of the idea to scrap the OGL, rather than simply signing off on it.

 

[Alzrius]

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Thanks for posting that! Though I'll note that Riggs is wrong about who broke the story; Mark Seifter and Stephen Glicker of Roll for Combat broke the story almost twenty-four hours before Linda Codega.

 

[Clint_L]

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"Without last year's revolt against the attempt to end the OGL, the 2024 rules would almost certainly be Hasbro IP, and taboo to outsiders except for a fee."

So...DnDBeyond?