#dnd shorts

[tabletop-rpgs]

DnD_Shorts keeps delivering the leaks.

Link to tweets

Text of the new Leak:

These statements are being made by executives and legal based on their assumptions of what will appease the community, not by the team who created the game or the tools.

When the statement is prepared, it is typically posted almost immediately and suggestions from other staff members regarding potential problems with the statement are not taken into consideration. In fact, providing such feedback is considered hazardous.

Numerous employees have reportedly been fired from Wizards of the Coast’s D&D division for nothing more than voicing their opinion when asked for it. People are afraid of speaking out because they fear losing their jobs.

End of leak

To some it may feel like the statement wizards made was a win, it wasn’t. It was them playing dead. They want us to forget and move on. The fight isn’t over yet.

[hyliandude]

Oof 👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼

[fluffy-snow-fox]

Animated more little shorts from my group's DnD sessions!

[dzee-szed]

This guy says he’s spoken to a bunch of WotC employees anonymously. The employees say:

The head of the D&D division is Chris Cao, a guy with a bunch of experience in running MMORPG videogames and no actual PnP experience

Cao thinks PnP is stupid and doesn’t understand why everyone wouldn’t just switch to online gaming

The CEO of WotC thinks that D&D needs to make three or four times more money that it does now to make up for the rest of Hasbro tanking

Cao thinks the way to do that is to literally end the PnP edition of D&D, get everyone into an online version of D&D, and charge people subscriptions and microtransactions like in an MMORPG

Cao doesn’t give a shit about the OGL because Cao wants an online D&D system where literally no one but WotC can create content for the system anyway

And if all that is true, then lol, lmao, roflmao even.

[octoberspirit]

Hot damn.

[eldridgetome]

I'm curious what are people's thoughts on DnD Shorts. I know his videos and information have been shared a lot and praised, as well as him getting a lot of criticism regarding misinformation and drama farming

Me personally I have sympathy for him. From what I understand, he was not expecting the OGL leak being as bad as it was (same as the rest of us), nor was he expecting to be approached by sources from inside wotc trying to leak insider information, thus he has decided to step up and help ensure wotc will not be able to trick their community despite having no background in dealing with this kind of stuff

He has certainly made a mistake with regards to spreading misinformation with regards to his claim that written feedback from surveys are NEVER read. A major mistake certainly, but he has apologized for that, has clarified that was a miscommunication with his sources who felt that feedback from surveys essentially don't matter even though they are read, and has had his sources confirmed from multiple other people to prove their legitimacy

Like I feel like he's getting a lot of hate, and have had accusations of rage/drama farming for money and virality, which I can understand, but he appears to be mostly done once the he releases his last video this weekend, and rage/drama seem valid when we are attempting to hammer the point to wotc that we will not be tricked and will look at everything from them with skepticism

Maybe there's something I'm missing but the way he's handling it seems fair given the time sensitivity of it, scale, and his own limited man power

[vulpiezeya]

Was I the only one who watched this and was disgusted? Can we get #FireChrisCao trending, or something? We cannot let this man destroy our game.

[laserbobcat]

Corporates be like. I’m putting my nose into pathfinder! It looks nice and I’ve wanted to try it for a while. The game I’d really like to play is Ryuutama, but it’s a bit too slow for most people I guess...