Its beyond clear that the official statement is full of lies half truths and misdirection. whoever wrote and approved it thinks this community is full of gullible and easily placated simpletons. Do better WOTC and own your failings and make impactful corrections by putting the right people in charge.
"Clearly from the reaction we rolled a 1" what a trash way of trying to connect to the people you just tried to screw over indefinitely. Honestly the guys at WoTC trying to back pedal and act like they were always gonna take feedback on this before rolling it out and that everything we saw was drafts is hilarious they litterally sent it out with NDA's attached and gave people a week to sign. News flash guys you don't send legally binding contracts and NDA's with just a draft. Even their own employees are against them, and the post on why they didn't roll it out today is adorable it reads less like an apology and more like an ok you got us **** you now stop canceling your subscriptions we just need you idiots to forget about this. Like how dumb do they think this community is? They're litterally just trying to put it off for as long as possible. They're not fighting mega corporations here like they're claiming to they are the mega corporation trying to find another way to make more money off this community. Now they either actually fix the OGL like they're claiming they are or lose the dnd community because let's be honest a bunch of pissed off nerds that just need to stop paying for 50 dollar books and play a different ttrpg is the easiest fight to win ever. We lose a game we love sure but it pisses the higher ups at WoTC off and we get to laugh at their desperate attempts to keep us around, and to any WoTC people reading this I hope you go bankrupt for this I love dnd, but if you guys actually go through with this I will really enjoy watching you lose the billion dollar community that dnd is.
TLDR: The management at WoTC doesn't care about you only your money you're a wallet to them cancel your dnd beyond subscription it's the only language these people speak and don't give these people a cent until a good OGL is confirmed and dnd is free to be used like it should be.
It's corporate speech from start to finish. Garnished with lies and half-truths and a huge heap of condescension. The fact they someone thought this was going to placate anyone is hilarious.
Seriously, is someone in the company shorting Hasbro stock? This HAS to be on purpose given how cartoonishly evil and inept it is.
It is not often that I join in with cancellations and such. But the content creators are who have kept my love for DnD burning bright for all these years.
For them and us as community to be betrayed like this is just (dnd)beyond words. Even if they do a complete revoke or an actually good change, the trust in WotC is severely damaged.
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Left D&D, thanks Hasbro for sending me to Pathfinder.
It is not often that I join in with cancellations and such. But the content creators are who have kept my love for DnD burning bright for all these years.
For them and us as community to be betrayed like this is just (dnd)beyond words. Even if they do a complete revoke or an actually good change, the trust in WotC is severely damaged.
You're 100% right. We have to protect the 3rd party creators who make this game what it is. There are thousands of amazing 3rd party materials out there created by people who actually care about us and this game. We just watched Wizards swoop in like the BBEG and try and rob them of their money and IPs by threatening them with NDAs, Lawsuits, Contracts, and Deadlines. This isn't some small controversy to be glossed over with a we're sorry. This would have been a unredeemable change to D&D that would have hurt all of us.
Rollback Post to RevisionRollBack
"You canceled your subscription on 01/14/2023."
(1) Our job is to be good stewards of the game: Wrong. We are the stewards of the game. You print books.
(2) the OGL exists for the benefit of the fans: Wrong. The OGL exists to benefit Wizards. 3rd party Creators have made your game what it is today.
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Its beyond clear that the official statement is full of lies half truths and misdirection. whoever wrote and approved it thinks this community is full of gullible and easily placated simpletons. Do better WOTC and own your failings and make impactful corrections by putting the right people in charge.
For real. The official statement is extremely misleading and condescending. Do they think we are that stupid?
I'm just waiting for the next apology where they call that update a "draft" and tell us we're all winning again.
"You canceled your subscription on 01/14/2023."
(1) Our job is to be good stewards of the game: Wrong. We are the stewards of the game. You print books.
(2) the OGL exists for the benefit of the fans: Wrong. The OGL exists to benefit Wizards. 3rd party Creators have made your game what it is today.
It's honestly a little impressive; it's densely packed with deceit for such a short statement.
"Clearly from the reaction we rolled a 1" what a trash way of trying to connect to the people you just tried to screw over indefinitely. Honestly the guys at WoTC trying to back pedal and act like they were always gonna take feedback on this before rolling it out and that everything we saw was drafts is hilarious they litterally sent it out with NDA's attached and gave people a week to sign. News flash guys you don't send legally binding contracts and NDA's with just a draft. Even their own employees are against them, and the post on why they didn't roll it out today is adorable it reads less like an apology and more like an ok you got us **** you now stop canceling your subscriptions we just need you idiots to forget about this. Like how dumb do they think this community is? They're litterally just trying to put it off for as long as possible. They're not fighting mega corporations here like they're claiming to they are the mega corporation trying to find another way to make more money off this community. Now they either actually fix the OGL like they're claiming they are or lose the dnd community because let's be honest a bunch of pissed off nerds that just need to stop paying for 50 dollar books and play a different ttrpg is the easiest fight to win ever. We lose a game we love sure but it pisses the higher ups at WoTC off and we get to laugh at their desperate attempts to keep us around, and to any WoTC people reading this I hope you go bankrupt for this I love dnd, but if you guys actually go through with this I will really enjoy watching you lose the billion dollar community that dnd is.
TLDR: The management at WoTC doesn't care about you only your money you're a wallet to them cancel your dnd beyond subscription it's the only language these people speak and don't give these people a cent until a good OGL is confirmed and dnd is free to be used like it should be.
It's corporate speech from start to finish. Garnished with lies and half-truths and a huge heap of condescension. The fact they someone thought this was going to placate anyone is hilarious.
Seriously, is someone in the company shorting Hasbro stock? This HAS to be on purpose given how cartoonishly evil and inept it is.
It is not often that I join in with cancellations and such.
But the content creators are who have kept my love for DnD burning bright for all these years.
For them and us as community to be betrayed like this is just (dnd)beyond words.
Even if they do a complete revoke or an actually good change, the trust in WotC is severely damaged.
Left D&D, thanks Hasbro for sending me to Pathfinder.
You're 100% right. We have to protect the 3rd party creators who make this game what it is. There are thousands of amazing 3rd party materials out there created by people who actually care about us and this game. We just watched Wizards swoop in like the BBEG and try and rob them of their money and IPs by threatening them with NDAs, Lawsuits, Contracts, and Deadlines. This isn't some small controversy to be glossed over with a we're sorry. This would have been a unredeemable change to D&D that would have hurt all of us.
"You canceled your subscription on 01/14/2023."
(1) Our job is to be good stewards of the game: Wrong. We are the stewards of the game. You print books.
(2) the OGL exists for the benefit of the fans: Wrong. The OGL exists to benefit Wizards. 3rd party Creators have made your game what it is today.