Why I WON'T boycott WotC

[Turjan]

I'm with Jürgen here. The only WotC offering I wanted to buy for sure this year was the new version of the Star Wars game. Calling for a boycott of WotC on this basis would be hilarious. I will most definitely not subscribe to anything WotC has to offer, but that's just a matter of interest on my side and not some kind of political decision.

It's just a guess, but I assume that many of those WotC customers who really stop buying WotC products on such an occasion would have stopped buying, sooner or later, anyway. They might just take the chance and have a reason for this stop delivered. But that's okay. Most companies calculate this in when they make important steps like this one.

 

[bmcdaniel]

I won't boycott WOTC because ... they put out good products that I think are worth the price. How much simpler could it be?

 

[DM_Jeff]

I won't boycott WOTC because ... they put out good products that I think are worth the price. How much simpler could it be?

I'm not boycotting at all. In fact, I'm slowly beginning to think if they put battlemaps scaled for minis as downloads on that pay site of theirs...I'll bite.

And I'm looking at Expedition to Demonweb Pits and Eyes of the Lich Queen right now...and, lookie there, they listened again. All monsters are keyed to which book AND page in that book where the original soruce monster, class, prestige class or whatnot is found. I smile.

-DM Jeff

 

[Agamon]

I just wonder what's around the corner. No one can say they saw this coming...

 

[Ghendar]

I won't boycott WOTC because ... they put out good products that I think are worth the price. How much simpler could it be?

Except when editing is (nearly) non existent and requires endless errata.

 

[Treebore]

I won't be boycotting them either. I'll just buy the same way I always do. Wait until ENWorlders and members of other meassageboards convince me its a real good product.

Which means I'll probably buy thier adventure books and tiles, and maybe thier other books every once in a while.


As for their on line project, I'll only buy into that if it rocks at supporting on line play. And the price is low.

 

[Infernal Teddy]

The thing is, I want a magazine. Something I can take with me, where ever I go. Which is why I ultimately decided NOT to subscribe to Pyramid.

 

[ColonelHardisson]

I have had no intention to boycott WotC. I'm willing to give both their new online initiative, and Paizo's increasingly-cool-looking Pathfinder, a chance.

 

[Lhorgrim]

I'm not boycotting WotC, but I may as well be. The last WotC product I bought was either Spell Compendium or PHBII, I can't remember exactly.
I buy an average of 2 books a year, and that already seems pretty insignificant. I bought some D&D minis in the past, but haven't bought a single booster since Underdark. I never bought them by the case because I wasn't getting them to collect and re-sell. I was getting minis to use during a role playing session. I don't think I was the target market for minis. Come to think of it, I don't think I've been the target market for anything WotC has done in quite a while.
Since I'm not really the consumer that WotC seems to be looking for, I'll just keep my eye out for a company that "fits" me better.
I won't be eschewing WotC's offering because I'm boycotting, it'll be because they aren't currently producing anything I'm interested in buying.
I'll check back with them when the urge to play 3.5 returns, and maybe they will have produced something that calls to me.

 

[bento]

Count me in the non-boycott group. As long as they put out good products I can use in my games I'm there. I'm especially jazzed because I like getting electronic-based material to use, so the move to providing more content online, even at a price, has me interested in what's coming next.

I just hope that WoTC doesn't use the "buy it all" model like subscribing to Dragon or Dungeon magazines. It's rare when I find an entire issue worth the price.

I subscribe to Dungeon and will be getting a credit, which I'll probably use to get the first issue of Pathfinder to see if I like it. I'm also looking forward to Paizo's book publishing efforts. Change is good as long as it's feeding the hobby with new content that we can all benefit from.