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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Wolv0rine" data-source="post: 4136284" data-attributes="member: 9045">There are obviously three basic sides to this argument; those who don’t give a rat’s arse about the OGL and it’s implications, those who support the OGL for the varied additional content above and beyond what WotC publishes, and those who actually work in the OGL-created environment.I fall into that third category.  As an artist and part-time writer, I make what pathetically meager income I have from my work in the 3PP industry.  I’d love to broaden my work experience with more publishers (maybe even WotC at some point), but Ralts keeps me buried under a lot of friggin’ work.  Maybe once this GSL issue is resolved I’ll see if Orcus needs an artist for something sometime, I’m liking the cut of his chaff in this thread. <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f642.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":)" title="Smile    :)"  data-smilie="1"data-shortname=":)" />  But this is beside the point.The point is that, while technically it is Wizards’ call whether or not to have an OGL/GSL at all, given that we HAVE an OGL already means that if they decide to not provide one for 4E they really are shooting themselves in the foot and all but guaranteeing a severe fracturing of the D&D game market, because those 3PP will then have no choice (unless they can afford to, or have contacts that allow them to, get special licenses to do books.  And having worked with people who have gotten special permissions from WotC to do this or that in the past, even with a good working relationship with them it’s a slow and annoying process) but to revert back to the 3.5 OGL and adjust it to fit into what they would have otherwise done to support 4E – or ignore 4E entirely and branch off in a Pathfinder-esque manner.And while I’m speaking ATM from my own personal concerns, not as an avid and life-long player, but as a freelancer in the industry, I for one can say that the possibility of an absent or gimped GSL scares the 5h!t out of me.  I got into the RPG industry with the advent of 3E and the OGL, which was a dream of mine since I was 18 (some 18 years ago).  The idea that the doors could close on that to any extent is highly disturbing in a way I cannot even form words for.Personally, I think it’d be Damned nice if Rouse would pop up in here and give us SOMETHING..  even if it was liberally coated in NDA-speak, to give us something to work off of except fear and speculation.  Given that we’re the #1 location for internet fan communication (and whatever anyone may think about “vocal minority”, that’s a HUGE thing), I think it’d be the ONLY smart move on his part to step in and say SOMETHING useful to us.Mods: I know, I cursed at least twice.  Given the emphatic strength of what I was trying to say, I didn’t think any faux-cursing or “granny-words” would suffice to carry the impact.  I may not be a well-known poster, but I’ve been a poster since EN World first went live, I know the rules, and don’t do it often.</blockquote>

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