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<blockquote data-quote="Blue" data-source="post: 8896584" data-attributes="member: 20564">It looks like there's some confusion.&nbsp; Lets see if I can clarify.Either the &quot;general audience&quot; conflates RPGs and D&amp;D or they don't.&nbsp; If something is OGL is not particularly clear to the rabid mob.&nbsp; Please stop ignoring the &quot;RPG but not WotC nor OGL&quot; category.So if you say &quot;this random bit of RPG can cause a social panic and WotC can get blamed for it regardless that it is not theirs&quot;, that's true REGARDLESS if it's OGL or not.&nbsp; If they are going to blame WotC no matter what, OGl or not makes no difference.&nbsp; And if they are going to listen to truth, &quot;it's not ours and we have no control over it&quot; is true either way.&nbsp; Both ways, same result.&nbsp; So OGL doesn't matter.The only time the OGL matters in the scenario you put out, the ONLY TIME, is if they actually get control.&nbsp; Because then if there is a panic because of an RPG product, and that product happens to be OGL, then as self-appointed stewards they ARE responsible, and they get lambasted even more in the press.To sum up:With the current OGL, what you are saying matters not one whit if the offending RPG product is OGL or not.&nbsp; Either they blame WotC or they don't.&nbsp; EITHER WAY.With the proposed OGL changes, it gets worse for WotC, since they are the self-appointed steward who did not correct this before it became a problem, so things are WORSE for them.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Blue, post: 8896584, member: 20564"] It looks like there's some confusion. Lets see if I can clarify. Either the "general audience" conflates RPGs and D&D or they don't. If something is OGL is not particularly clear to the rabid mob. Please stop ignoring the "RPG but not WotC nor OGL" category. So if you say "this random bit of RPG can cause a social panic and WotC can get blamed for it regardless that it is not theirs", that's true REGARDLESS if it's OGL or not. If they are going to blame WotC no matter what, OGl or not makes no difference. And if they are going to listen to truth, "it's not ours and we have no control over it" is true either way. Both ways, same result. So OGL doesn't matter. The [I]only[/I] time the OGL matters in the scenario you put out, the ONLY TIME, is if they actually get control. Because then if there is a panic because of an RPG product, and that product happens to be OGL, then as self-appointed stewards they ARE responsible, and they get lambasted even more in the press. To sum up: With the current OGL, what you are saying matters not one whit if the offending RPG product is OGL or not. Either they blame WotC or they don't. EITHER WAY. With the proposed OGL changes, it gets worse for WotC, since they are the self-appointed steward who did not correct this before it became a problem, so things are WORSE for them. [/QUOTE]

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