...and nothing of value was lost.

The End

 I'm wondering what counts as accessing Sigil for the 6 months thing? 
I downloaded it and would have used it, but I don't use windows, so couldn't launch it. 

So now you guys can finally allocate resources to fxing the search engine, right ? Right?

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 I'm wondering what counts as accessing Sigil for the 6 months thing? 
I downloaded it and would have used it, but I don't use windows, so couldn't launch it. 

 Check your licenses: https://www.dndbeyond.com/account/licenses

But it's not likely applied yet, as they said "Before November 7"

Maps isn't being removed. 

Please continue developing Maps, it's very useful but a lot of features are missing comparing to competitors.

If you can't keep up a really cool program because it didn't make you enough extra money, what about NOT monetizing it? considered that before?

ALSO, I don't wan't a backdrop that I will look at approximately 3% of the time as apology for losing this system because of your own ridiculous ideas about monetization. that's like saying "I broke your really powerful and expensive Xbox, but I got you this jug of milk as an apology! it was on sale!" 

Hasbro couldn't find a way to squeeze profits out of sigil or keep it afloat with money from Magic so they canned a perfectly fine product. Got it. The entire Hasbro exec team are a bunch of greedy losers. 

This was always going to be a money losing prospect. From the MBA perspective it was brilliant. But what corporate doesn't realize is that many (a majority?) of gamers are broke. It's the reason some people like to just buy a book and play the same system for years. The deployability and ROI on D&D as a consumer is insane. 

If they want to continue to bleed us dry, and I'm happy to be bled dry for the right reasons, they'll focus on maps and offer options in there that enhance that experience. I don't have time to hand craft my own maps so having a large package of ready made maps, maybe community driven like we see on R20 has a lot of value to me. 

I know AI is the boogeyman these days but why not have a form of questions we can answer then the system can "AI" in descriptions in each room of a blank dungeon? 

Just spitballing to point out, there are good ways to get our money and bad ones. Sigil was never going to get what their MBAs thought.

I was so hyped for Project Sigil, I went and got my pc built in time for the beta release.

i just hope it means MAPS platform will receive the attention it deserves. according to the road map by the end of 2025 u suppost to add 3d dice, reveals, campaign console and rules assistant - 2 more months left.

What a shame.  I use Talespire enough to know that 3D VTTs rule, and this one had a lot of potential.  I ran The Lost Caverns of Tsojcanth in Sigil's beta and my party loved it, even if it was a little clunky.

If anyone is still into this kind of thing, go use Talespire, it's not quite as clean and tidy as Sigil might have been if it would have been completed, but it's feature-rich and works well.  The only thing is it's more expensive than Sigil would have been and less tailored to 5e play.  Oh well.

I can't help but wonder how much of this decision is tied directly to Hasbro's 3Q earnings from DnD.

I appreciate the effort and creativity that went into the Sigil project - it looked beautiful and it was engaging, even if ultimately short-lived.

Should just partner with foundry vtt  or tale spire 

Open Source, you fools.   This game has always survived on the creator content published and perpetuated by its users.  If you ever want a successful VTT then software development for it should follow the same model that made the game itself a multigenerational success... give the tools to construct the program to the players and let us build the things we want and need. 

I honestly don't think this ever had legs. The difficulty of rules implementation in a 3D environment already was a pretty high hurdle. I think the cost of adding assets would likely have been too high for the potential customer base. I kind of doubt long term adoption of this VTT would have happened for much of the community. For most DMs making a good map in that sort of software would not be a realistic addition to their prep.

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Open Source, you fools.   This game has always survived on the creator content published and perpetuated by its users.  If you ever want a successful VTT then software development for it should follow the same model that made the game itself a multigenerational success... give the tools to construct the program to the players and let us build the things we want and need. 

Yeah, releasing this into the wild would be pretty damn awesome. Would be a HUGE boon of goodwill for WoTC.

Don't see it happening but wish it would.

This was suppose to be a reply to a comment, threading on here sucks.

RE: Demo x Dungeons and Dragons: Battlemarked

Unfortunately there doesn’t seem to be any mention of an offering for MacOS users. Another classic example of WotC leaving out a segment of their customers.

While I understand the reasons for killing this project it just doesn’t add up. I sat and watched 27 high skilled digital designers, developers, project managers, researchers, product managers and more apply to various open roles and…. Never hear a single word back for many many months only to see a generic reply that tHowe candidates won’t be considered for the roles they applied to. 

it seems to be that it wasn’t a matter of WotC not being able to give it the support and growth it needed, but rather the failure is in WotC inability to identify and commit to hiring top talent when they see it. The talent is there. Waiting, you are ignoring them. Maybe you’re just too darn picky and do lot believe these folks can bring in unique, creative, and diverse perspectives … but maybe, just maybe, that’s exactly what WotC needs: folks with different perspectives.

It might just do you some good to perhaps not just listen to folks deeply entrenched with the status quo. Acknowledge that you are a non digital company hiring folks with deep experience in that world while trying to become a digital company but failing to hire that level of digital talent.

On behalf of the 27 individuals I monitored, coached, and waited with to hear a response for their applications, I wish WotC could see things from the outside looking in for a change.