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Thanks, Wizards
When I was reading through Google Reader this morning, I saw that Wizards had posted a new question and answer regarding the SRD and the OGL for 4e.
“Will the sequels to PHB, MM, and DMG also be included under the OGL and SRD?” A simple question, which should have a simple and straight forward response.
Yet after clicking on the link, and then hunting around the new page for the real link, I discover that the answer to the question is being offered only in video form.
Do you not want us to get details about 4e, Wizards? Do you realize that most of us don’t want podcasts and videos as the only way to get news and product updates? Just TELL US!
Update:Â It turns out that the future releases will indeed be part of the OGL.
Heh, that’s why I read blogs, so I get my information condensed.
What was the answer, incidentally?
I have no idea, I’m waiting for someone to summarize the answer and make it available. I can’t stand podcasts, and I never watch videos unless I already know I want to see the whole thing.
Anything I can’t scan… I won’t waste my time with. Plus, I find the whole set-up unbearably annoying.
Can someone without this disability let us in what happened? You can find the link to the video here:
http://www.wizards.com/default.asp?x=dnd/4mst/ask
According to ENWorld the future books will indeed be part of the OGL.
Also, Rouse apparently has terrible fashion sense.
IMO, the real failure of 4e has been in the marketing leading up to it, as evidenced by your experience here.
It’s a sad state of affairs when you’re trying to launch an ambitious digital initiative and you’re made almost worthless by a fan site.
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I agree with you wholeheartedly.
This is a PR mess of the first order…. or it’s engineered to prune out the Naysayers and focus the product solely on the pro 4e fanboi Zombies out there…..
Wait a minute…. it could be argued that I’m one of those…
Ughrhhhhhh…..4eeeeeeeeeeeeeeee….. Braiiiinnnnsss!
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I was coming in here to post the ENWorld link, but I see that’s been taken care of.
It’s a bit puzzling, but I don’t think it’s quite so onerous. There are always going to be people chomping at the bit for a scoop, so even the tiniest nuggest hidden in the longest podcast posted in some annoying format like quicktime will quickly reach the fan sites in a more easily digestible format. A poor decision on WotC’s part, perhaps, but it doesn’t make things particularly inconvenient for us in the end.
Back to the news at hand, though, I think that’s great news! Aside from the bad first impression, one of the things that really stopped me from buying third party supplements was that they couldn’t incorporate the cool new stuff that wasn’t designated as OGC.
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Why hasn’t Wizards noticed though that people do NOT like the way they’re handling it? If they have noticed, they certainly don’t seem to be responding to it.