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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Dire Bare" data-source="post: 9627095" data-attributes="member: 18182">I would agree that WotC/Hasbro is . . . ah . . . a less than a well-managed company. They've had several large screw-ups, and a host of smaller ones over the past few years.But with most of these mistakes, they have corrected for them. Yeah, they seem to keep making more, but they also work to fix what they fail. The mistakes also don't seem to be malicious or paint WotC as a bad actor . . . IMO at least.I do think there is a pattern to the mistakes, from my point of view . . . but it isn't malicious or anti-consumer, but rather a pattern of moderate executive incompetence. IMO, of course.Would my enjoyment of D&D and confidence in purchasing WotC's products increase if they demonstrated better management? Heck yeah! I would really like to see that . . .However, WotC's mistakes over the past few years, the pattern I see in them, hasn't yet risen to the level that makes me uncomfortable enough to stop purchasing new D&D products. Especially, because I have really enjoyed most of the D&D products that WotC has produced over the years!This most recent goof, both itself and as the latest screw-up, does not really bother me in the slightest. And it's more than a little irritating when others imply (or outright state) that somehow my opinion makes me an ignorant consumer, or an uncaring one (not a complaint aimed at [USER=177]@Umbran[/USER], but others in this thread).Again, I'm cool with others not feeling the way I do about this. If you've had enough of WotC's long line of errors, or if this error is just too much for you, or if you see darker motives behind these mistakes . . . great! I have trouble accepting some of the more extreme claims, but I'm not going to say they are wrong to feel that way.But for me, I'm still comfortable being a WotC customer and fan of official D&D. Will that change someday? Maybe. And I am a consumer that strives to pay attention to the companies making and selling the stuff that I need and want, and I have decided to no longer patronize some of those companies for various reasons.</blockquote>

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