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

[dave2008]

The only thing I have to say in reply to this:

This is not true. The vast majority of people, regardless of their opinion, don't say anything at all. That's why they're the silent majority. Whether they're happy or unhappy, appreciative or annoyed, whatever--we don't know because they don't talk.

Unless and until we get actual data, we can say nothing meaningful at all about them. That's why I always criticize the poor survey and poll design WotC puts out. (It used to be absolute garbage poll and survey design, they've stepped up to merely low-quality in the years since "D&D Next.")

While we don't know it is true in this specific case, there is, IIRC, quite a bit phycological research that suggest that it is generally true for modern humans.

 

[EzekielRaiden]

While we don't know it is true in this specific case, there is, IIRC, quite a bit phycological research that suggest that it is generally true for modern humans.

It is not exclusively people who have a negative opinion who speak up. It is people who have strong opinions. In both directions.

The vast majority of people don't have strong opinions. That doesn't mean they necessarily think good of things. Their opinions just aren't strong enough to speak out. Consider, for example, the many, many, many people out there who stick with a job they hate, or a broken and unhealthy relationship, or various other things, not because they want to, but because it's contrasted against uncertainty and possible loss.

"Governments long established should not be changed for light and transient causes; and accordingly all experience hath shewn, that mankind are more disposed to suffer, while evils are sufferable, than to right themselves by abolishing the forms to which they are accustomed."

And, to be clear, this doesn't mean their opinions are bad either. They're just not strong enough to speak out either way. It is patently obvious that 5e was designed by only one slice of the existing community when it was called "D&D Next." That slice is now VASTLY overwhelmed by the new blood in the hobby. It is foolishness itself to presume that that new body is perfectly represented by the original sample set. New data should be collected--and not just the terrible surveys WotC has been running. Actually representative and effective survey design.