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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Alzrius" data-source="post: 9443786" data-attributes="member: 8461">I mean, setting aside whether or not it's been precisely twenty-four months, there have been several instances of WotC shooting themselves in the foot in recent memory. Consider:<ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">The recent mixed messages about what Youtubers could show of the new PHB (which resulted in one reviewer getting a copyright strike on their channel).</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Sending the Pinkertons to someone's house to intimidate them into giving back Magic cards that had been legally acquired.</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">The controversial decision to eliminate half-races (e.g. the half-elf and half-orc) because they were <a href="https://reason.com/2023/04/05/dungeons-dragons-half-elf-half-orc-racist-woke-pc/" target="_blank">"inherently racist"</a>.</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><a href="https://www.geeknative.com/157539/hasbro-removes-artists-signature-from-dd-movie-poster/" target="_blank">Removing Jeff Easley's signature</a> from the promo image he drew for D&D:HAT (though that one might have been Paramount's fault; we're still not sure).</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Removing the a la carte purchase options from D&D beyond.</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">The <a href="https://screenrant.com/dungeons-dragons-wizards-coast-orion-black-controversy-apology/" target="_blank">Orion Black</a> controversy.</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><a href="https://www.polygon.com/24029754/wizards-coast-magic-the-gathering-ai-art-marketing-image" target="_blank">More than one</a> controversy regarding <a href="https://www.ign.com/articles/wizards-of-the-coast-admits-mistakes-around-dungeons-dragons-ai-art-while-releasing-new-faq" target="_blank">AI-generated art</a>.</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Trying to weasel out of their contract for new Dragonlance books with Margaret Weis and Tracy Hickman, to the point where the pair <a href="https://www.polygon.com/2021/1/11/22224856/dragonlance-authors-weis-hickman-lawsuit-dismissed-dragonlance-dungeons-dragons-wotc" target="_blank">filed suit</a> against WotC (which was eventually resolved, but still made WotC look bad).</li> </ul>That's just off the top of my head.</blockquote>

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