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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Disgruntled Hobbit" data-source="post: 8302515" data-attributes="member: 7030041">That'd be horribleIf they're using someone's idea they should pay for itEven as inspirationGetting a credit for inspiration is just a pat on the head while being paid in exposure**** thatAnd if they said that, lots of people entering the contest would think that was a possibilityIt won't beMost of the ideas will never really be looked at and just skimmed. There'll be too many to read fullyIdeas are a dime a dozenThey have access to everything on the DMsGuild already. They have a team of a dozen writers. They don't need to borrow ideas from fansIt's very different. Because it's the best artwork they can produce in three daysIt's their best sketchThe contest seems to expect 1000 words. That's nothing. You wrote two-thirds of that replying to meWhy would they do that?The fans are stupid. They hear what they want to hear. If they say something like that people would assume it was a guarantee not a longshotWhen the Dungeon Master's Guild launched it suggested that the best content MIGHT make it into an official bookNothing made it into an official bookAnd three or four creators there made it as freelancersBecause the DnD team is full of people who have good ideas and like their own ideas over other people's. They don't need to look for inspirationIf you only have the one good idea then you probably shouldn't enterAnd if you're likely to publish that idea elsewhere for money, you also don't need the contestAnd if you're not, it doesn't matter who owns the idea. You can use it just fine in your home gameAlso, you can't copyright an idea. If you want to revisit the idea after the fact, you can just rewrite it and reframe the idea, and use it elsewhere just fine</blockquote>

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