Toadmaster
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I wonder what WotC is waiting for?
April 1st
We were just joking, wasn't that a great set up we had you guys going for 3 months har har.
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I wonder what WotC is waiting for?
No, see, I might be. But it's the danger, and knowing the mods won't protect me from it, that makes the Pub so exciting!This isn't the TBP, I trust no one here is going to be permanently damaged by watching something that might turn out to be wrong.
No, see, I might be. But it's the danger, and knowing the mods won't protect me from it, that makes the Pub so exciting!
Because they want to be able to point at growth in their quarterly and annual reports. Hasbro doesn’t have some strange source of income, it’s people like us making purchases. If we decide not to buy what they’re selling, there is no money. So if all they get from the feedback surveys and later social media checks and D&D Beyond subscription counts is “people are pissed, they’re not buying our shit, they’re leaving our subscription service and they’re getting those streamers who do advertising for us to move to other games instead”, then they’re either going to have to rethink things or likely be out of a job.Given Hasbro/WotC (re)interpretation of the open game license, why does anyone actually expect them to release the feedback information in any form that does not support their position?
Look people have rubbished on this guy because he seems to have misunderstood what a disgruntled source told him about the surveys and also because Hasbro have denied a bunch of other stuff (and we believe them for some reason?) but a lot of what he says he's been told here is interesting and makes sense.,
Anyway take it with a grain of salt and make of it what you will. This isn't the TBP, I trust no one here is going to be permanently damaged by watching something that might turn out to be wrong.
Gen X encapsulated.The Pub where the mods operating principle is "meh, it's your funeral".
Also, those of us who don't do that? We take notes and study historical information, books upon books of it...and then we ask for clarifications in the form of more books...Yes, they want to grow the brand, but they're damaging it and they don't understand the backlash other than that it is bigger than they anticipated and via the leaks we know they think we're blowing it out of proportion. So they are trying to ride out the storm. Just like some tried to do with other scandals in the last 5 years. Sometimes it works.
They don't understand we take notes and memorize thick blocks of text. We will remember.
As do I.
"Given that you said that on April 1st, we still don't believe you".April 1st
We were just joking, wasn't that a great set up we had you guys going for 3 months har har.
No, see, I might be. But it's the danger, and knowing the mods won't protect me from it, that makes the Pub so exciting!
"Let the dice fall where they may!"The Pub where the mods operating principle is "meh, it's your funeral".
Thank you!I used CHAT GPT to take the youtube transcript of the D&D Short video and reformat it with proper periods and paragraph breaks for those who don't want to sit through a 18 minute video or have trouble hearing as I do.
I thought MCDM was one of the groups who announced their own system and is supporting the ORC?I hope not. WotC showed their true colors and the real motivations behind their future offerings.
I'm sure Critical Role and MCDM will sellout and continue being 5e shills which WotC hopes will get most of the sheep to fall in line.line.
You know, because I'm an adult. I can make up my own mind about complex matters.No, see, I might be. But it's the danger, and knowing the mods won't protect me from it, that makes the Pub so exciting!
The green pills with the stars, I think.what's MCDM again?
Matt Coleville and his Master Class DM stuff.what's MCDM again?
Matt Coleville, and yes, a new system was announced IIRC...what's MCDM again?
But they want to have another source of income: payments from 3rd party producers! and VTTs! and all the things! Don't forget those very lucrative NFTs!Hasbro doesn’t have some strange source of income, it’s people like us making purchases.
Nice image, my wife laughed when see saw it.Professor DM's video above really calls out the continued bullshit of WotC in a very clear and unambiguous way. Really liked watching it.
Nothing has changed, they are still full of themselves and aren't interested in anyone else.
All those in the end depend on people making luxury purchases. It's not like they're a food company who own so many different brands that its impossible to remember them all, and even if you could you wouldn't be able to a lot of the time. Nor are they selling gasoline or electricity, or a military contractor who deals only with the government. They're a producer of luxury items. They need customers, and the customers can dump them from their lives without much problem, if any.But they want to have another source of income: payments from 3rd party producers! and VTTs! and all the things! Don't forget those very lucrative NFTs!
Not just that they need customers who don't really need them, it's an inherently social activity. They need customers to be ambassadors for them.All those in the end depend on people making luxury purchases. It's not like they're a food company who own so many different brands that its impossible to remember them all, and even if you could you wouldn't be able to a lot of the time. Nor are they selling gasoline or electricity, or a military contractor who deals only with the government. They're a producer of luxury items. They need customers, and the customers can dump them from their lives without much problem, if any.
He wasn't comparing them; it just means that one can easily can find rando people on the Internet who will voice their support for anything no matter how stupid and it doesn't mean a thing.Not sure I’d compare supporters of WotC to those of the Manson family but I also don’t think they are shill accounts. Go to EN World and read the threads and posts about how we should compromise with WotC
Yeah I was going to run a con game of 5e at GothCon this year, with several other GMs to handle all the groups we anticipated signing up. That went out the window as soon as the leak happened. RPGs just aren't computer games.Not just that they need customers who don't really need them, it's an inherently social activity. They need customers to be ambassadors for them.
For a while (years ago now) I was running an open D&D 5e game at a meetup as a favour to help meet the demand from new players wanting to try the game. I certainly won't be doing that again. There's a good chance I might do that for the new Kobold Press game instead to boost their competitors.
Professor DM is pretty good and one of only a couple D&D YouTubers I subscribe to (the other being Questing Beast).Good video... but I'm not gonna lie, I only clicked on it because of the 'V' thumbnail.
All I know is that I know they probably can't say anything publicly, but if I was them I'd be saying some pretty... uh not friendly... things to my contact at WotC.Critical Role probably have a non-disparagement clause in their existing contract.
They would have been insane to sign some kind of contract giving WotC royalties. (WotC should be paying them).
I've seen things that people are insane to sign, and they just don't know. That's one thing behind all of these OSR isn't necessary anyway videos...Critical Role probably have a non-disparagement clause in their existing contract.
They would have been insane to sign some kind of contract giving WotC royalties. (WotC should be paying them).
When my nephews first asked to play D&D, I gave them DCC and they didn't know any better.I don't watch live role playing stuff much, in fact all I've seen was because my wife was watching. Anyway establishing that I'm only vaguely familiar with channels like Critical Role, I'm curious, does anybody think their numbers would be diminished in the least if they switched to another system? Their YT channel has nearly 2 million subscribers, and from what I've seen system plays a pretty minor part so I just don't see that many regular viewers going, Oh, now you are using "not D&D" I'm out.
I gather most people are watching the performance, not taking rules advice. I doubt a lot of the casual gamers who watch would even notice a switch to one of the similar games. I'd think they could pretty easily get away with "like D&D" in the description to keep the algorithm interested.
I think D&D is more brand recognition than anything else when it comes to Critical Role. D&D 5E is also reasonably straight forward enough to be background canvas for them, letting them perform for the audience.I don't watch live role playing stuff much, in fact all I've seen was because my wife was watching. Anyway establishing that I'm only vaguely familiar with channels like Critical Role, I'm curious, does anybody think their numbers would be diminished in the least if they switched to another system? Their YT channel has nearly 2 million subscribers, and from what I've seen system plays a pretty minor part so I just don't see that many regular viewers going, Oh, now you are using "not D&D" I'm out.
I gather most people are watching the performance, not taking rules advice. I doubt a lot of the casual gamers who watch would even notice a switch to one of the similar games. I'd think they could pretty easily get away with "like D&D" in the description to keep the algorithm interested.
The big ones? Absolutely not? Some of the smaller ones? Maybe a bit if they were the only ones to do it, but not if all, or just some, of the major ones switched too. Again, Hasbro has fundamentally misjudged the situation I think.I don't watch live role playing stuff much, in fact all I've seen was because my wife was watching. Anyway establishing that I'm only vaguely familiar with channels like Critical Role, I'm curious, does anybody think their numbers would be diminished in the least if they switched to another system? Their YT channel has nearly 2 million subscribers, and from what I've seen system plays a pretty minor part so I just don't see that many regular viewers going, Oh, now you are using "not D&D" I'm out.
I gather most people are watching the performance, not taking rules advice. I doubt a lot of the casual gamers who watch would even notice a switch to one of the similar games. I'd think they could pretty easily get away with "like D&D" in the description to keep the algorithm interested.