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<blockquote data-quote="The Eternal GM" data-source="post: 4142040" data-attributes="member: 52760">In all honesty, I would prefer 4th Edition to be closed, just like I would have preferred 3rd &amp; 3.5 Edition to have been closed.&nbsp; I know why everyone at WotC thought the OGL was a good idea, and I know why a lot of publishers and players like it, etc.But, end of the day, I like my D&amp;D to be D&amp;D, and nothing else.&nbsp; The sheer amount of utter crap that got released over the past 8 years under the wing of the OGL leads me to think that I'd rather have done without.&nbsp; And I'm not likely to be convinced otherwise.Pre-OGL, a lot of publishers would have had a hard time getting shelf space perhaps.&nbsp; But I've found it beyond me to learn another D&amp;D-alike rules system...&nbsp; Yet have no problem learning a system that is unique to itself.&nbsp; Reading a non-WotC OGL book was like playing spot the difference half the time...&nbsp; &quot;Oh, here's a tiny change, there's another...&nbsp; This hidden one is very important, etc.&quot;Of the good games that did come out on the OGL (and there are a few great ones, don't get me wrong) I do feel that many could have or would have been done in some form of partnership with WotC, or could have happily lived on another system.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="The Eternal GM, post: 4142040, member: 52760"] In all honesty, I would prefer 4th Edition to be closed, just like I would have preferred 3rd & 3.5 Edition to have been closed. I know why everyone at WotC thought the OGL was a good idea, and I know why a lot of publishers and players like it, etc. But, end of the day, I like my D&D to be D&D, and nothing else. The sheer amount of utter crap that got released over the past 8 years under the wing of the OGL leads me to think that I'd rather have done without. And I'm not likely to be convinced otherwise. Pre-OGL, a lot of publishers would have had a hard time getting shelf space perhaps. But I've found it beyond me to learn another D&D-alike rules system... Yet have no problem learning a system that is unique to itself. Reading a non-WotC OGL book was like playing spot the difference half the time... "Oh, here's a tiny change, there's another... This hidden one is very important, etc." Of the good games that did come out on the OGL (and there are a few great ones, don't get me wrong) I do feel that many could have or would have been done in some form of partnership with WotC, or could have happily lived on another system. [/QUOTE]

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