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<blockquote data-quote="overgeeked" data-source="post: 8916785" data-attributes="member: 86653"><p>Exactly. We can engage in all the internet discussions we’d like, fill out their survey all we want, but in the end, the decision is going to be made by some suit in an office who doesn’t care about the hobby or the industry outside of D&D, only the quarterly report and making as much money as possible.</p><p></p><p>The only control over the situation we have is how we respond to it. But the decision itself is not ours to make.</p><p></p><p>There are other games to play. Thousands of them. Dozens more being released every day. There are other big-name games with non-OGL licenses that people can write content for. No, none of them are as big as D&D. There is no perfect solution. Don’t let the perfect be the enemy of the good. </p><p></p><p>If the only thing you’ll accept is WotC completely rolling over and things going back to the way they were a month ago, you’re in for a shock. That reality is dead. The new reality is what we have, what we need to come to terms with, and what we have to work with going forward.</p><p></p><p>WotC nuked the D&D ecosystem. They can’t un-nuke it even if they wanted to. And they don’t want to. That was literally the point. “But the orphaned works!” Yeah. They’re gone. It’s sad and it sucks. But they’re still gone. </p><p></p><p>Time to move another step or two along the stages of grief.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="overgeeked, post: 8916785, member: 86653"] Exactly. We can engage in all the internet discussions we’d like, fill out their survey all we want, but in the end, the decision is going to be made by some suit in an office who doesn’t care about the hobby or the industry outside of D&D, only the quarterly report and making as much money as possible. The only control over the situation we have is how we respond to it. But the decision itself is not ours to make. There are other games to play. Thousands of them. Dozens more being released every day. There are other big-name games with non-OGL licenses that people can write content for. No, none of them are as big as D&D. There is no perfect solution. Don’t let the perfect be the enemy of the good. If the only thing you’ll accept is WotC completely rolling over and things going back to the way they were a month ago, you’re in for a shock. That reality is dead. The new reality is what we have, what we need to come to terms with, and what we have to work with going forward. WotC nuked the D&D ecosystem. They can’t un-nuke it even if they wanted to. And they don’t want to. That was literally the point. “But the orphaned works!” Yeah. They’re gone. It’s sad and it sucks. But they’re still gone. Time to move another step or two along the stages of grief. [/QUOTE]
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