They have finally learned to have a decent tone, however, they completely failed to address the major posts and taken the right lesson from this. The ONLY appropriate response is to say, "there will be no OGL 1.1 at all - period." Their wording makes it very clear that their intention is still to change the OGL and NEW content being published either for One D&D or just after the license release date will still be under the new license. This means 3PPs for their future projects coming up will still be at WotC's mercy.
So no, this is just them using better worded corporate speak and PR whilst doubling down. Kyle Brink made his D&D Beyond account literally less than 20 minutes before releasing that blog post, so it's clear that the executives don't use their own products or give a shit about interacting with the community.
They have finally learned to have a decent tone, however, they completely failed to address the major posts and taken the right lesson from this. The ONLY appropriate response is to say, "there will be no OGL 1.1 at all - period." Their wording makes it very clear that their intention is still to change the OGL and NEW content being published either for One D&D or just after the license release date will still be under the new license. This means 3PPs for their future projects coming up will still be at WotC's mercy.
So no, this is just them using better worded corporate speak and PR whilst doubling down. Kyle Brink made his D&D Beyond account literally less than 20 minutes before releasing that blog post, so it's clear that the executives don't use their own products or give a shit about interacting with the community.
Brian is a scapegoat. Let's be clear on this. The dndbeyond staff are amazing folks (I've met several as they are based out of my town and I go to the local Conventions where they *usually* have a booth). They are being made pawns of WotC and therefore Hasbro. Make no mistake, I don't believe that even WotC is as bad as all this makes out. Hasbro is the enemy. Hasbro is the one that's replaced WotC leadership with sycophants. Hasbro is the one who sucks. Yeah, WotC leadership sucks ATM, but the dndbeyond staff? They are doing their best and taking all the heat from both ends, both corporate and the customer base. They aren't at fault here.
They have finally learned to have a decent tone, however, they completely failed to address the major posts and taken the right lesson from this. The ONLY appropriate response is to say, "there will be no OGL 1.1 at all - period." Their wording makes it very clear that their intention is still to change the OGL and NEW content being published either for One D&D or just after the license release date will still be under the new license. This means 3PPs for their future projects coming up will still be at WotC's mercy.
So no, this is just them using better worded corporate speak and PR whilst doubling down. Kyle Brink made his D&D Beyond account literally less than 20 minutes before releasing that blog post, so it's clear that the executives don't use their own products or give a shit about interacting with the community.
Brian is a scapegoat. Let's be clear on this. The dndbeyond staff are amazing folks (I've met several as they are based out of my town and I go to the local Conventions where they *usually* have a booth). They are being made pawns of WotC and therefore Hasbro. Make no mistake, I don't believe that even WotC is as bad as all this makes out. Hasbro is the enemy. Hasbro is the one that's replaced WotC leadership with sycophants. Hasbro is the one who sucks. Yeah, WotC leadership sucks ATM, but the dndbeyond staff? They are doing their best and taking all the heat from both ends, both corporate and the customer base. They aren't at fault here.
I mentioned this earlier, but I suspect that no one beyond the legal teams and higher ups even knew this was happening. Of course a lot of them are going to need to make a choice eventually as to if they'll continue to work for WotC or not and continuing to work will constitute endorsement. It doesn't mean now, likely not until it's 'final', but they will need to decide if they stand by WotC eventually.
They have finally learned to have a decent tone, however, they completely failed to address the major posts and taken the right lesson from this. The ONLY appropriate response is to say, "there will be no OGL 1.1 at all - period." Their wording makes it very clear that their intention is still to change the OGL and NEW content being published either for One D&D or just after the license release date will still be under the new license. This means 3PPs for their future projects coming up will still be at WotC's mercy.
So no, this is just them using better worded corporate speak and PR whilst doubling down. Kyle Brink made his D&D Beyond account literally less than 20 minutes before releasing that blog post, so it's clear that the executives don't use their own products or give a shit about interacting with the community.
Brian is a scapegoat. Let's be clear on this. The dndbeyond staff are amazing folks (I've met several as they are based out of my town and I go to the local Conventions where they *usually* have a booth). They are being made pawns of WotC and therefore Hasbro. Make no mistake, I don't believe that even WotC is as bad as all this makes out. Hasbro is the enemy. Hasbro is the one that's replaced WotC leadership with sycophants. Hasbro is the one who sucks. Yeah, WotC leadership sucks ATM, but the dndbeyond staff? They are doing their best and taking all the heat from both ends, both corporate and the customer base. They aren't at fault here.
~"Until we meet again..." -Elminster the Mage
I mentioned this earlier, but I suspect that no one beyond the legal teams and higher ups even knew this was happening. Of course a lot of them are going to need to make a choice eventually as to if they'll continue to work for WotC or not and continuing to work will constitute endorsement. It doesn't mean now, likely not until it's 'final', but they will need to decide if they stand by WotC eventually.
Calling it "a working conversation" and then locking the comments. Classic corporate BS!