Don't wait for clarity. Just cancel if there is any part of anything that you are uncomfortable with. No harm, no foul. It's your right, so just cancel. While D&D Beyond is a separate entity from Wizards of the Coast, without Dungeons & Dragons (owned by WotC), D&D Beyond wouldn't exist. Therefore, I assume, something flows back into the company that owns it all.
The money spent to purchase content on DDB gets split between them and WotC. The money we spend on subscriptions goes to DDB. That’s what really keeps the lights on and the Devs paid for them.
In general you should avoid playing D&D if you wish to avoid supporting WotC (though you might have issues finding superior alternatives, the RPG business in general is rather male and white).
In general you should avoid playing D&D if you wish to avoid supporting WotC (though you might have issues finding superior alternatives, the RPG business in general is rather male and white).
And there's no problem with that. It just so happens that white males are interested in D&D. That would be like me saying the nail polish buisness is generally women: because they are generally more interested in that kinda stuff. Now, obviously if theres discrimination involved then it's bad, but one might consider it discrimination itself to say that a company run by white males is automatically racist.
While is it clear that D&D Beyond is store and service explicitly for promotion and sale of official Dungeons and Dragons product in an online venue, and by extension, since it is licensed content, some portion of those proceeds must go back to Wizards of the Coast and Hasbro - I have a question.
What portion, if any, of the recurring subscription fees paid to D&D Beyond, goes to paying any licensing fees, and thus remits funds back to Wizards of the Coast, directly, or to any holding companies thereof, or to its parent organization, Hasbro?
In light of WotC's lack of response to new and ongoing allegations of discrimination, biased hiring and employment practices, and tokenism, I do not feel that I can, in good conscience support such a company. While I can refrain from the purchase of any content explicitly designed by WotC, if any portion of the monthly subscription fee does make its way to WotC, I feel that I must cancel my subscription.
Thank you.
What 'new and ongoing allegations?'
There is nothing new. Basically to bring you up to date
1) Zak Smith did some play testing for WOTC and had a contributor credit.
2) Zak Smith is quite an ******* and was in abusive relationships. Those women accused him of various misdeeds, none of which ever came to legal or criminal action.
3) Some LGBT folk on a forum complained to Mike Meyers that he was being anti-LGBT and harassing them, and to remove him from PHB credits.
4) Mike asked for proof and asked Zak about it, during which the names of the LGBT folk were named.
5) WOTC did remove Zak from credits but the LGBT folk were mad that Mike dropped those names.
Since then they have created an anti WOTC campaign now accusing Mike of "enabling abusers" and call for him to be fired on every WOTC D&D twitter thread.
Since BLM being a national issue they also extended the narrative that WOTC is now racist citing the example of a D&D Black streamer who joined the team as a consultant didn't like working there. However that streamer clearly has a lot of emotional and self worth issues and basically said everyone was super nice but he couldn't come up with change and one manager took one of his suggestions and didn't credit it back to him. You can make your own summary: https://www.enworld.org/threads/orion-black-no-longer-a-d-d-designer-updated.673067/
Looking at the people creating all the twitter threads, most are unemployed with lots of time to create multiple twitter accounts and just parrot what others say without knowing any facts.
While is it clear that D&D Beyond is store and service explicitly for promotion and sale of official Dungeons and Dragons product in an online venue, and by extension, since it is licensed content, some portion of those proceeds must go back to Wizards of the Coast and Hasbro - I have a question.
What portion, if any, of the recurring subscription fees paid to D&D Beyond, goes to paying any licensing fees, and thus remits funds back to Wizards of the Coast, directly, or to any holding companies thereof, or to its parent organization, Hasbro?
In light of WotC's lack of response to new and ongoing allegations of discrimination, biased hiring and employment practices, and tokenism, I do not feel that I can, in good conscience support such a company. While I can refrain from the purchase of any content explicitly designed by WotC, if any portion of the monthly subscription fee does make its way to WotC, I feel that I must cancel my subscription.
Thank you.
What 'new and ongoing allegations?'
There is nothing new. Basically to bring you up to date
1) Zak Smith did some play testing for WOTC and had a contributor credit.
2) Zak Smith is quite an ******* and was in abusive relationships. Those women accused him of various misdeeds, none of which ever came to legal or criminal action.
3) Some LGBT folk on a forum complained to Mike Meyers that he was being anti-LGBT and harassing them, and to remove him from PHB credits.
4) Mike asked for proof and asked Zak about it, during which the names of the LGBT folk were named.
5) WOTC did remove Zak from credits but the LGBT folk were mad that Mike dropped those names.
Since then they have created an anti WOTC campaign now accusing Mike of "enabling abusers" and call for him to be fired on every WOTC D&D twitter thread.
Since BLM being a national issue they also extended the narrative that WOTC is now racist citing the example of a D&D Black streamer who joined the team as a consultant didn't like working there. However that streamer clearly has a lot of emotional and self worth issues and basically said everyone was super nice but he couldn't come up with change and one manager took one of his suggestions and didn't credit it back to him. You can make your own summary: https://www.enworld.org/threads/orion-black-no-longer-a-d-d-designer-updated.673067/
Looking at the people creating all the twitter threads, most are unemployed with lots of time to create multiple twitter accounts and just parrot what others say without knowing any facts.
In general you should avoid playing D&D if you wish to avoid supporting WotC (though you might have issues finding superior alternatives, the RPG business in general is rather male and white).
And there's no problem with that. It just so happens that white males are interested in D&D. That would be like me saying the nail polish buisness is generally women: because they are generally more interested in that kinda stuff. Now, obviously if theres discrimination involved then it's bad, but one might consider it discrimination itself to say that a company run by white males is automatically racist.
Firstly, not only white males are interested in D&D, even if they are overrepresented in the space. Secondly, how is this not a problem - why would we want to exclude non-white, non-males? Thirdly, assuming we do want to include a diverse group of players (and, from the RPG designer's point of view, to increase the paying audience) is it reasonable to expect them to feel welcome and included if all designers in the space are white males? Nudging aside the "automatically racist" statement, there are other people with stories to tell than white men - and regardless of whether you are "racist" or not, everyone has their own lens on things. An RPG designed exclusively by white men cannot fully speak to the experiences of any perspective other than white men's.
...... Your comment is basically like asking a steak house to change their menu to suit your tastes...... yet those tastes are an unknown.....
I am curious about reviving this. The thread was resolved over a year ago. The OP got their answer. About five months ago, it got a very brief revival that didn't really go anywhere. It's not even clear whom you are addressing. The last poster before your post?
Did you register just to comment in this thread? How did you even come across it? Were you searching for something in particular?
Not criticizing. I just don't get what you hoped to get out of this.
In general you should avoid playing D&D if you wish to avoid supporting WotC (though you might have issues finding superior alternatives, the RPG business in general is rather male and white).
There are many many alternatives to DnD that in my opinion are superior systems, The D20 system by design is binary and is not the best way of using dice to "story tell" 7th sea as an example is a far "superior" system if you want to run a pirate campaign.
Don't wait for clarity. Just cancel if there is any part of anything that you are uncomfortable with. No harm, no foul. It's your right, so just cancel. While D&D Beyond is a separate entity from Wizards of the Coast, without Dungeons & Dragons (owned by WotC), D&D Beyond wouldn't exist. Therefore, I assume, something flows back into the company that owns it all.
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In general you should avoid playing D&D if you wish to avoid supporting WotC (though you might have issues finding superior alternatives, the RPG business in general is rather male and white).
And there's no problem with that. It just so happens that white males are interested in D&D. That would be like me saying the nail polish buisness is generally women: because they are generally more interested in that kinda stuff. Now, obviously if theres discrimination involved then it's bad, but one might consider it discrimination itself to say that a company run by white males is automatically racist.
There is nothing new. Basically to bring you up to date
1) Zak Smith did some play testing for WOTC and had a contributor credit.
2) Zak Smith is quite an ******* and was in abusive relationships. Those women accused him of various misdeeds, none of which ever came to legal or criminal action.
3) Some LGBT folk on a forum complained to Mike Meyers that he was being anti-LGBT and harassing them, and to remove him from PHB credits.
4) Mike asked for proof and asked Zak about it, during which the names of the LGBT folk were named.
5) WOTC did remove Zak from credits but the LGBT folk were mad that Mike dropped those names.
Since then they have created an anti WOTC campaign now accusing Mike of "enabling abusers" and call for him to be fired on every WOTC D&D twitter thread.
Since BLM being a national issue they also extended the narrative that WOTC is now racist citing the example of a D&D Black streamer who joined the team as a consultant didn't like working there. However that streamer clearly has a lot of emotional and self worth issues and basically said everyone was super nice but he couldn't come up with change and one manager took one of his suggestions and didn't credit it back to him. You can make your own summary: https://www.enworld.org/threads/orion-black-no-longer-a-d-d-designer-updated.673067/
Looking at the people creating all the twitter threads, most are unemployed with lots of time to create multiple twitter accounts and just parrot what others say without knowing any facts.
It's Twitter, what did they expect? Lol
Firstly, not only white males are interested in D&D, even if they are overrepresented in the space. Secondly, how is this not a problem - why would we want to exclude non-white, non-males? Thirdly, assuming we do want to include a diverse group of players (and, from the RPG designer's point of view, to increase the paying audience) is it reasonable to expect them to feel welcome and included if all designers in the space are white males? Nudging aside the "automatically racist" statement, there are other people with stories to tell than white men - and regardless of whether you are "racist" or not, everyone has their own lens on things. An RPG designed exclusively by white men cannot fully speak to the experiences of any perspective other than white men's.
Even a blind squirrel finds a nut once in awhile.
...... Your comment is basically like asking a steak house to change their menu to suit your tastes...... yet those tastes are an unknown.....
I am curious about reviving this. The thread was resolved over a year ago. The OP got their answer. About five months ago, it got a very brief revival that didn't really go anywhere. It's not even clear whom you are addressing. The last poster before your post?
Did you register just to comment in this thread? How did you even come across it? Were you searching for something in particular?
Not criticizing. I just don't get what you hoped to get out of this.
There are many many alternatives to DnD that in my opinion are superior systems, The D20 system by design is binary and is not the best way of using dice to "story tell" 7th sea as an example is a far "superior" system if you want to run a pirate campaign.
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