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<blockquote data-quote="Levistus's_Leviathan" data-source="post: 8301472" data-attributes="member: 7023887">Hmm. That's an interesting theory as to the purpose of this. Maybe a sort of &quot;face of D&amp;D&quot; DM that they can use as some kind of symbol. I'm not sure about that. I would just guess that they want to make a profit off of whatever adventure becomes of this contest (probably becoming a DMs Guild adventure like the Lost Laboratory of Kwalish and the like), marketing the adventure as &quot;The Best DM chosen by this contest, and streamed live on X-date&quot;. Then, how things go from there would be much more unclear (maybe involving the winner as a consultant/freelancer in future 5e adventure books). However, if they are looking for a &quot;Corporate-Endorsed Matt Mercer&quot; figure, that could cause some issues depending on how they go about it. It's not like they're going to say &quot;Okay, drop whatever else you're doing, you're a D&amp;D-livestream star now! Go make a livestream at least as popular as Acquisitions Incorporated, and you need to be our face for the hobby from here-on-out!&quot; That just seems like a lot of pressure to put on a person, especially through a public contest like this. I don't think they're dumb enough to do that.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Levistus's_Leviathan, post: 8301472, member: 7023887"] Hmm. That's an interesting theory as to the purpose of this. Maybe a sort of "face of D&D" DM that they can use as some kind of symbol. I'm not sure about that. I would just guess that they want to make a profit off of whatever adventure becomes of this contest (probably becoming a DMs Guild adventure like the Lost Laboratory of Kwalish and the like), marketing the adventure as "The Best DM chosen by this contest, and streamed live on X-date". Then, how things go from there would be much more unclear (maybe involving the winner as a consultant/freelancer in future 5e adventure books). However, if they are looking for a "Corporate-Endorsed Matt Mercer" figure, that could cause some issues depending on how they go about it. It's not like they're going to say "Okay, drop whatever else you're doing, you're a D&D-livestream star now! Go make a livestream at least as popular as Acquisitions Incorporated, and you need to be our face for the hobby from here-on-out!" That just seems like a lot of pressure to put on a person, especially through a public contest like this. I don't think they're dumb enough to do that. [/QUOTE]

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