WotC WotC invites Bob the World Builder and other creators to an in person Summit.
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Azzy
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You certainly went for broke.
Whizbang Dustyboots
Gnometown Hero
Wait, what? Last I heard, Goodman was going ORC.
Or are they going ORC for DCC and OGL for their 5E adventures?
bedir than
Hero
It's basically irrelevant to this summit.
They produce supplements, not advice. Their product is books and pdfs, not videos and blogging.
Whizbang Dustyboots
Gnometown Hero
I was just trying to learn in what way Goodman has said they were using the OGL, as I hadn't seen that anywhere.
Baron Opal II
Hero
I thought it was Goodman, I must be mistaken. I'm pretty sure there was a company that stated that they were going to accept the next scheme, and were very quiet otherwise.
Are only bloggers and YouTubers invited? Or have only such people commented that they were invited?
My understanding is that the grass is the analogy for reality. "Tough grass," is, "get out and reconnect with the real world, instead of just screens."
Ha! Right.
doctorbadwolf
Heretic of The Seventh Circle
A lot of cynicism pretending toward analysis and insight, paired with a weird mentality where they seem to think people aren’t aware that a PR summit is…PR.
Truly.
Linda Codega ranting about “influencers” and “clout-chasing” as if they really think they’re informing anyone, or about how “this isn’t magnanimity” as if literally anyone anywhere thinks it is, also isn’t what I’d call a “backlash”.
I’d be willing to bet less than 5% of the community is worried about it.
Scribe
Legend
Echohawk
Shirokinukatsukami fan
Restaurant reviewer? Politician? Air traffic controller? Please don't leave us hanging. I won't be able to concentrate properly on this thread until I know
doctorbadwolf
Heretic of The Seventh Circle
Yeah tbh I’ve unfollowed them after thier tweet storm over this.
Not because thier take is bad, but because they are being incredibly obnoxious about it, and acting like people don’t know wotc is a corporation or something.
Also it’s a weird criticism. They invited people who have been very critical, even cynical, toward them.
Sure, it’s a “calculated move”. It’s also a good move.
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"They do not want real critique from people who aren't looking for their approval."
What seems to not be acknowledged is that "real critique" (and a lot more not-so-real critique) will be coming along in due time. They don't need to invite and pay for people to come to a dog and pony show to get that.
And the appearance of them paying for it raises ethical questions for a traditional journalist.
Whizbang Dustyboots
Gnometown Hero
Linda really needs to be part of a supportive journalism community, rather than a content mill where many of her colleagues are clearly just doing this as a side-hustle and don't care about journalism particularly.
And more importantly, Linda needs to be having these thoughts about journalism out of the public eye.
At best, they look naive and like a freshman on the school newspaper. At worst, they're compromising their future employability by behaving unprofessionally in a medium where bots routinely harvest all tweets and archive them forever.
And more importantly, Linda needs to be having these thoughts about journalism out of the public eye.
At best, they look naive and like a freshman on the school newspaper. At worst, they're compromising their future employability by behaving unprofessionally in a medium where bots routinely harvest all tweets and archive them forever.
Whizbang Dustyboots
Gnometown Hero
The easiest way to resolve this would be to just take place in the streaming version of the event from one's own home.
Baron Opal II
Hero
Medical.Restaurant reviewer? Politician? Air traffic controller? Please don't leave us hanging. I won't be able to concentrate properly on this thread until I know
The last party I was invited to was during a conference in Las Vegas. A drug company had rented out an entire exclusive night club, fed us a buffet with a prime rib cutting station, open bar, music, dancing, &c. In a certain ... "zone" (hard to say "room") of the club there was a benefits manager in a $2000 suit carefully and cheerfully explaining how to bill insurance companies for their new biologic therapy to the tune of $12,000 a treatment. Since you know how to bill, navigate the bureaucracy, so your facility will be properly reimbursed, there is no reason to not have our product on formulary, right?
There was easily >100 people at the club. This was after they couldn't gift us durables beyond pens and geegaws. A few years after this the definition of "meal gifts" was tightened down significantly.
So, while there is certainly the possibility of influence here, it strikes me more as "cute" than anything else. And, I'm not at all saying WotC isn't trying this to influence people. I'm sure they are. But... When they're meeting in San Diego, free food, busses to take the spouses shopping while you attend the conference, free tickets to Disneyland for your family, and the presentation is on a tablet that is yours to keep, then I'll be thinking more of corruption. But, my scale may be a bit skewed, and who knows what swag they'll be presented with?
Of course it has. You need to decide if you trust these particular people. That's the point.
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