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<blockquote data-quote="TheSword" data-source="post: 8891991" data-attributes="member: 6879661"><p>The anti-corporation rhetoric is really wearing thin. As someone who works for a large company that genuinely tries to look after people and treat its team well the idea that all companies above a certain size are ruled by the Sith grinds my gears.</p><p></p><p>90% of companies no matter how big, are trying to turn a profit by fulfilling a need. While being value for money and ideally controlling costs.</p><p></p><p>There is nothing more or less wicked about WotC than Kobald Press. You just happen to have a closer relationship to them because they’re smaller. KP aren’t a charity, they’re still trying to make a profit by fulfilling a need. It was only six months ago that Paizo were the evil overlords. Now they you’re asking them to be the standard bearers of an OGL revolution.</p><p></p><p>WOTC is full of gamers, the idea that they aren’t people because you don’t know them is ridiculous. Some of them have just made a strategic decision about their business and that decision disadvantages some people in the commmunity.</p><p></p><p>I understand people working in the segments that are disadvantaged being upset, even angry about it. When this decision affects the dollars in their pocket nobody wants higher costs and less certainty. I’m sure it’s not personal though and those people are just trying to do the best for their company, their shareholders and need they’re trying to fill in the community. As someone for whom the possibility of being sold off and/or being made redundant is always possible I struggle to understand the level of fury about something that is just par for the course in business. </p><p></p><p>In the OGL debate people seem to want certainty - for ever - for free. I’m sorry to say that just isn’t how the world works.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="TheSword, post: 8891991, member: 6879661"] The anti-corporation rhetoric is really wearing thin. As someone who works for a large company that genuinely tries to look after people and treat its team well the idea that all companies above a certain size are ruled by the Sith grinds my gears. 90% of companies no matter how big, are trying to turn a profit by fulfilling a need. While being value for money and ideally controlling costs. There is nothing more or less wicked about WotC than Kobald Press. You just happen to have a closer relationship to them because they’re smaller. KP aren’t a charity, they’re still trying to make a profit by fulfilling a need. It was only six months ago that Paizo were the evil overlords. Now they you’re asking them to be the standard bearers of an OGL revolution. WOTC is full of gamers, the idea that they aren’t people because you don’t know them is ridiculous. Some of them have just made a strategic decision about their business and that decision disadvantages some people in the commmunity. I understand people working in the segments that are disadvantaged being upset, even angry about it. When this decision affects the dollars in their pocket nobody wants higher costs and less certainty. I’m sure it’s not personal though and those people are just trying to do the best for their company, their shareholders and need they’re trying to fill in the community. As someone for whom the possibility of being sold off and/or being made redundant is always possible I struggle to understand the level of fury about something that is just par for the course in business. In the OGL debate people seem to want certainty - for ever - for free. I’m sorry to say that just isn’t how the world works. [/QUOTE]
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