Re: Radiant Dragona in Draconomicon

On Nov 2, 2003, at 10:41 AM, Danton May wrote:

> Well, did you hear about them "squashing" the Core Rules CD?

No.


>  I have.  At
> first they didn't mind, publicly anwyay, because it was a TSR product
> and
> TSR had the right to put it out before WoTC took them over.  WoTC said
> they
> planned on changing the rules anyway.  But they still were a little
> peeved
> behind the scenes because they thought people were going to copy and
> paste
> the second edition rulebooks and put them online, so people could get
> free
> electronic copies of books like the player's handbook and the dungeon
> master's guide.  I guess they were scared that would keep new players
> from
> starting playing in 3rd edition, and instead they would start in 2nd
> edition
> which they could get it for free.

Can you back this assertion up with facts?

Besides, you can get 3e and 3.5e for free, so this seems irrelevant.


>  I used to have a few links to a couple of
> sites where some nasty letters WoTC sent to people had been posted up,
> but
> the fear of lawsuits kept most people from putting any 2nd ed.
> material from
> the Core Rules online.  Those sites are gone, too.

Did they get nasty letters from WotC because they were posting
copyrighted materials?


> It's the same argument as the one the music makers and bands like
> Metallica
> (sell outs, they suck since Cliff Burton died, now they see only money)
> used.  They think the internet is this huge threat to them, and they
> don't
> like products that put too much of their material in electronic format,
> because electronic formats can be traded easier.  They're paranoid.

There you and I agree, to a degree.


> Anyway, no smiley face, I mean it.

You never did seem to affirm or deny that WotC has been taking steps to
make sure no one can buy a copy of the FR Atlas.


>  I liked the entire D&D package much
> better when TSR ran it.

That's great. I, on the other hand, do not. That's not to say I like
WotC 100% over TSR, but overall I am happy with the direction of the
game.


> And as a previous discussion established, this is
> an opinion, and it is a relavent opinion because it is related to the
> topic
> of this list.

Actually, it is not relevant. I am allowing it, and even responding to
it, because the list is slow and my tolerance for off-topic postings
increases when the list is slow.


>  If you don't like my opinion, that is too bad, I still feel this way.

Noted.



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