The gamer in me offers a sincere & heart felt "Thank You" to Linae and Scott for pushing through a decision to take another look at the GSL. 3PP's made some of the very best 3E products. Creating the GSL which shackled much of that same creativity for 4E was a mistake from my point of view.
The cynic in me has a couple of thoughts ...
-interesting timing on this announcement, just before Gen Con. Certainly a good way to diffuse criticism and generate buzz without having done much of anything at all.
-the motivation behind this decision is an interesting subject for debate. Are those motivations as altruistic as stated below...
-and my last cynical observation is that we haven't actually seen anything yet. We do know that some of the decisions WotC have made to date about the GSL has driven away both customers and 3PP partners. So I hope WotC will understand if many of us remain skeptical on how (or if) this announcement will actually help the 3 PP's or the community.
The cynic in me has a couple of thoughts ...
-interesting timing on this announcement, just before Gen Con. Certainly a good way to diffuse criticism and generate buzz without having done much of anything at all.
-the motivation behind this decision is an interesting subject for debate. Are those motivations as altruistic as stated below...
... or have there been business reasons which gave leverage to your arguments that they didn't have when the initial decisions on the GSL were made?Yet Linea felt it important enough to stress "community" and the health of the "hobby gaming lifestyle". Sounds like it was straight from the Ladies' mouth.
-and my last cynical observation is that we haven't actually seen anything yet. We do know that some of the decisions WotC have made to date about the GSL has driven away both customers and 3PP partners. So I hope WotC will understand if many of us remain skeptical on how (or if) this announcement will actually help the 3 PP's or the community.
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