WolfStar76
Explorer
You're welcome, [MENTION=20741]Steel_Wind[/MENTION]. I'd appreciate it if you wanted to spread some of what you've learned here to other threads you've started, like the one on the Paizo forum.
While chilling in assorted forums (fora?) is part of my task list as a LFR Point of Contact admin - I'm afraid that jumping into that thread on the Paizo list will give an appearance of pot-stirring. At the least, if you'd be so kind as to link to my original post in this thread, that'd mean a lot.
My apologies for not being clear - I've edited my original post to clarify.
While I do have some volunteer stuff I do for WotC in their forums (Where I'm a Senior Volunteer Community Leader mostly revolving around RPGA/WPN OP and DDI) - for the purposes of this thread, I'm speaking as an LFR admin.
Maybe it's just too early in the morning, but I honestly don't understand your question?
Well, your wording what that the plug had been pulled (false), and nothing had been released (VERY false). I hope you can see why such a mis-conception would cause me concern as worded, I hope?
Well, let's step back a bit, and look at the way WotC sees it's D&D Organized Play programs to get a better picture of things.
For years and years, the RPGA was D&D Organized Play. Living Greyhawk, Legend of the Green Regent, Living Death, Xen'Drik Expeditions - and a handful of other programs I can't rattle off the top of my head were all programs under that umbrella.
As of early last year (from a public point of view - I'm sure the work started internally at least a half-year before that), support for a new Organized Play program started. Born, I suspect, of the merger of the RPGA and DCI databases into what's now called the Wizards Play Network.
New programs - like D&D Encounters, Game Day events, and future programs that come direct from WotC are all part of a rather blandly named "D&D Organized Play" program. This program is headed up by Chris Tulach, who used to run and organize the RPGA (and was a member/player before that - so his heart is truly in Organized Play, he's a great guy). And at least one other person has joined his team now as well - which is great news, as Chris used to be a one-man army doing EVERYTHING for the RPGA.
The RPGA by contrast, has been turned into WotC's community-driven organized play arm.
What does that mean in terms of support?
Well, a few things. One, as LFR Admins, we can lean on WotC for support here and there. If a new rulebook comes out that invalidates some portion of the LFR Campaign Documentation (The CCG) its up to us on how to "fix it" - but we can still ask WotC and the OP staff for help, suggestions, etc on how best to approach it. And does "This" option work better than "That" option. (A purely hypothetic example, mind you).
We also get support from WotC in other ways. At conventions and the like, the LFR banners and things are created and supported by WotC.
Perhaps the biggest (yet simultaneously nearly intangible) benefits we get from WotC is the use of Intellectual Property.
Living Forgotten Realms wouldn't be Forgotten Realms if we couldn't talk about Waterdeep, Abeir-Toril, Mieleki, and other names, locations and "traits" of Forgotten Realms. Without permission from WotC, while these are all fair-use for a home/local campaign, you can't distribute adventures with those references in them.
As an official WotC RPGA Campaign, we get permission to use the traits that make this Living Forgotten Realms, instead of Living Generic Campaign.
(note - while the above is all correct within my understanding of things, I am not a lawyer, I may not have the exact correct opinion of the law listed, but I think/hope I captured the spirit of the law, above).
Hopefully that sheds some light on things for everyone.
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