D&D 5E Who tried to end the OGL?

[Mull Ponders]

According to Ben Riggs: "Sources inside Wizards of the Coast tell me that CEO Chris Cocks himself was behind the drive to end the OGL."
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[Hussar]

Oh this is going to go well.

 

[MNblockhead]

C'mon Ben! Wait a few weeks. You are going to take the wind out of the sails of the Red Box cover warrier WizKid mini outrage.

 

[Whizbang Dustyboots]

 

[Whizbang Dustyboots]

C'mon Ben! Wait a few weeks. You are going to take the wind out of the sails of the Red Box cover warrier WizKid mini outrage.

Not sure the outraged crowds overlap much in these two cases.

 

[Shardstone]

It was me. I did it! And I would have gotten away with it, if...

 

[SableWyvern]

Am I missing something? Why are we shocked that the CEO was involved in a major decision?

 

[Whizbang Dustyboots]

Am I missing something? Why are we shocked that the CEO was involved in a major decision?

I think the charitable read had been that it was someone at Hasbro outside of WotC that had pushed it on the folks at WotC, not understanding gaming.

Cocks has worked hard to brand himself the "cool gamer" CEO and him being behind the OGL fiasco, if true, suggests that either he doesn't really understand the gaming space or his gaming cred doesn't really make a meaningful difference.

 

[Paul Farquhar]

It was Thanos!

 

[SableWyvern]

I think the charitable read had been that it was someone at Hasbro outside of WotC that had pushed it on the folks at WotC, not understanding gaming.

Cocks has worked hard to brand himself the "cool gamer" CEO and him being behind the OGL fiasco, if true, suggests that either he doesn't really understand the gaming space or his gaming cred doesn't really make a meaningful difference.

Yeah, OK, I suppose that makes some sense.

From where I sit, it had to be someone with enough understanding of the OGL to have a problem with it. Even if it did come from Hasbro, there is still the fact Cocks "doesn't really understand the gaming space" enough to explain why it's a dumb idea. Unless he's just a pure figurehead, I don't see how he escapes responsibility, wherever the original push comes from.