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Years after completely ditching the system, WotC makes their move!
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<blockquote data-quote="Dannyalcatraz" data-source="post: 5407353" data-attributes="member: 19675"><p>Hmmm...</p><p></p><p>First of all, I'm far from being a WotC apologist. I was among the first to analogize 4Ed to New Coke, after all, and maintain that, while a fine game in it's on right, it is "not D&D to me." But while I have seen WotC do moves I think are foolish in the past few years, I cannot say I've seen them act "boorish."</p><p></p><p>As for the OGL vs GSL protections & running games online, I cannot give a fully informed analysis, since I never bothered with the GSL. Still, I don't think method of communication between persons playing the game would be grounds for a lawsuit- playing via telepresence machinery of any kind would probably be viewed by the courts to be within the scope of the intended use of the product.</p><p></p><p>I'm not a worrier. Even though I know that anyone in this country can file a lawsuit, I also know that the profit margins in the RPG biz are slender enough that the likelihood of doing so with bad facts could ruin a company. I simply don't see WotC going after a site that polices itself as well as ENWorld does: lawsuits against similarly well moderated sites tend to lose when brought to trial...if they make it that far.</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>Responding to a C&D letter is cheap, so no concerns there. Acting in response to it's requests may be expensive...or may just take the form of seeing a few mor mods run the ship a bit tighter, depending upon what was needed.</p><p></p><p>As for WotC shutting down ENWorld- yeah, that would tick me off. But again, given what i have seen here, I think the probability is slim enough that I'm not going to lose any sleep worrying about it.</p><p></p><p>It's like you're asking me if I'm worried my fat, flat-toothed 13 year old Border Collie was going to go Cujo on me because I've seen the way she wolfs down her dinner: it's possible, but not very probable, so I'm not wasting my time and energy with an emotional response.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Dannyalcatraz, post: 5407353, member: 19675"] Hmmm... First of all, I'm far from being a WotC apologist. I was among the first to analogize 4Ed to New Coke, after all, and maintain that, while a fine game in it's on right, it is "not D&D to me." But while I have seen WotC do moves I think are foolish in the past few years, I cannot say I've seen them act "boorish." As for the OGL vs GSL protections & running games online, I cannot give a fully informed analysis, since I never bothered with the GSL. Still, I don't think method of communication between persons playing the game would be grounds for a lawsuit- playing via telepresence machinery of any kind would probably be viewed by the courts to be within the scope of the intended use of the product. I'm not a worrier. Even though I know that anyone in this country can file a lawsuit, I also know that the profit margins in the RPG biz are slender enough that the likelihood of doing so with bad facts could ruin a company. I simply don't see WotC going after a site that polices itself as well as ENWorld does: lawsuits against similarly well moderated sites tend to lose when brought to trial...if they make it that far. Responding to a C&D letter is cheap, so no concerns there. Acting in response to it's requests may be expensive...or may just take the form of seeing a few mor mods run the ship a bit tighter, depending upon what was needed. As for WotC shutting down ENWorld- yeah, that would tick me off. But again, given what i have seen here, I think the probability is slim enough that I'm not going to lose any sleep worrying about it. It's like you're asking me if I'm worried my fat, flat-toothed 13 year old Border Collie was going to go Cujo on me because I've seen the way she wolfs down her dinner: it's possible, but not very probable, so I'm not wasting my time and energy with an emotional response. [/QUOTE]
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