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canigetacupofugh · 1 year

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How the OGL will affect YOU the Player

Gamer Solidarity is important, but here are the ways it might affect you the player. If the new OGL happens as it was written in the leak, here's how it might affect you, the person who only plays - It WILL cost you more money - WotC/Hasbro wants to move to a monthly subscription. One D&D would see you paying a monthly fee even if you're not online. So if you're using something like Roll20 or Tabletop Simulator, you'd be paying licensing fees for D&D on top of whatever they charge to use their platform. (they also want to do micro-transactions, which could also make it pay-to-win, but I'll cover that in another point).

It will be harder to find a group - Gamer Solidarity means a lot to a lot of people. Those of us who are mostly unaffected are still likely to side with the creators of the content we love. People are going to be refusing to play the new version, and moving to totally different systems or playing the old versions straight from the books. It's also going to be harder to find somebody willing to GM, which leads me into the next point -

There will be less GMs - Even if you somehow don't care that it's goinng to cost more for GMs, the new OGL will make it harder for them to run the game (which, BTW, 5th is already a lot more work for GMs than a lot of other systems) it's going to make the pool of people willing to run D&D smaller. Just don't play the new system you might say? Well, WotC has made it so it costs licensing fees to run it with Roll20 or Tabletop Simulator- and they're charging GMs more. Not to mention how if a GM uses 3rd party content, that content may not be available anymore thanks to the new OGL. Also, if you manage to find a GM running the newest version, the micro-transactions WotC wants to add in will make balancing encounters much more difficult.

Your favorite 3rd party creators will probably leave D&D - There's a lot of content that's been published under the old OGL and instead of grandfathering that in, WotC wants to just revoke the license. These means legal action could possibly be taken against them, even if they're publishing for versions of D&D that are out of print. The new OGL also means that WotC is allowed to just TAKE their content - so for fear of having their IP stolen, a lot of creators just aren't going to make things for D&D anymore. For ANY version.

Public Play will be an even bigger nightmare - This isn't really the OGL here, but this monthly subscription and micro-transaction BS only rewards those with cash and you WILL find yourself at the table with some asshole who bought a bunch of crap and is making the session all about them. I was there, I saw it happen with 4th.

None of this will affect me! - Well, good for you I guess? If you already have a steady game group who is all financially well off enough (or has a member willing to sponsor those that aren't) and you're all excited to try out the next edition D&D - cool, but if there are enough of you, you're supporting the people who do NOT care about you or the game. All they want is your money - and wouldn't it FEEL better to put that money somewhere better? (if your answer is to play in person, with an old edition, from books you already have, you're actually already kinda supporting the movement against the new OGL - be vocal about it)

Final Points - WotC didn't make D&D, they bought it. We aren't talking about a creator trying to regain control of their IP here, we're talking about a greedy company that wants to squash the competition. 3.0 saw a huge D&D resurgence into popularity, thanks a lot to the OGL. They tried messing with it before, this is why 4th edition gets shit on so much - I was there. (4th is actually a wonderfully accessible system and corporate greed messed it up). Fifth is so popular because the OGL came back, because content creators could make stuff for the new system again. WotC wants to STEAL these creators content. It's baked into the new OGL - they want the 3rd Party Creators to pay WotC royalties but if they take your self-published content and print it in one of their official books? They owe you jack-all. This will change the face of how IP legally works if it's allowed to just happen. It sets a DANGEROUS precedent for large companies to be able to retroactively steal IP.

Call to Action - Be against it, be loud, share with others WHY this is bad. Vote with your wallet, because that's all that WotC cares about- they have shown us now more than ever before, they do NOT care about you or the community. CANCEL YOUR DnD BEYOND if you have one - they have actually said this internally that the only numbers they're looking at as proof of if this will work are the DnD Beyond memberships. Cancel it. Might I suggest Roll20, Foundery, Tabletop Simulator, or Obsidian Portal for storing your character sheets for now?

Hope this helped somebody. I might write more about this topic.

#ogl 1.1 #wizards of the coast #one dnd #wotc #gamer solidarity #dnd drama #support small creators #ttrpg

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eluminium · 21 days

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If you showed this photo to a hermit fan a week ago they'd explode

(taken from the Gamers Outreach Twitter)

#hermitcraft #hermitcraft charity event #joe hills #jimmy solidarity #impulsesv #inthelittlewood #skizzleman #tangotek #zedaph #falsesymmetry #iskall85 #pearlescentmoon #grian #geminitay #goodtimeswithscar #gamers outreach #irl hermits #robo scar counts #dose of hermitcraft

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tangosyourtek · 23 days

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Jimmy shooting Tango in the neck

#hermitcraft #tangotek #solidaritygaming #team rancher #team ranchers #rancher duo #hermitcraft charity #charity event #hermitblr #hermitcraft charity stream #nerf gun #rancher on rancher violence #ranchers duo #tango tek #jimmy solidarity #trafficblr #gamers outreach #mcyt

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daily-grian · 23 days

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Gamers Outreach charity stream!!!!

Make sure to check out the main charity page and charity auction!

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alittlebitofwonk · 22 days

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I think my favorite parts of the hermitcraft stream Jimmy did today were:

Grian’s vague threats of cartoon violence coming through Gem’s mic

Everytime Gem hit Jim in Minecraft he turned around and got her with the nerf gun, only for the cycle to repeat

Tour Guide Ethoslab™️

Falsesymmetry wandering around the back with a nerf gun in hand, presumably looking for targets

Jimmy having unlimited access to the Impulse Horn

#Grian #jimmy solidarity #geminitay #ethoslab #falsesymmetry #hermitcraft #mcyt #gamers outreach

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solariized · 23 days

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jimmy: we’ve got like 12,000 people watching the stream

grian: woah… that’s more than 10

jimmy: wot

grian: that’s more than 10 people 🤗

#he’s so helpfully #grian #jimmy solidarity #hermitcraft #gamers outreach

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joehills · 23 days

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Okay, this took like twelve hours longer than we hoped, and it still isn't entirely accurate in terms of who's going to be at each thing, but it's really close and we need to rest for tomorrow.

#hermitcraft #hermticraft gamers outreach #hermitcraft 10 #Joe hills #zedaph #tangotek #goodtimeswithscar #skizzleman #impulsesv #zombiecleo #falsesymmetry #pearlescentmoon #geminitay #inthelittlewood #jimmy solidarity

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ckarlova · 19 days

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This whole event was amazing! There’s so many more funny pictures I want to draw! If you have any favorite send them my way 🙏

#hermitcraft #women want me fish fear me #hc grian #falsesymmetry #falsesymmetry fanart #jimmy solidarity #imp and skizz #skizzleman #gamers outreach #charity #gtwscar #hermitblr

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confettisharkparfait · 22 days

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the big dogs are dancing !

#who's excited for Day 2 of the charity live stream events !!#hermits charity live 2024 #hermitcraft #hermitblr #hermitcraft charity livestream #gamers outreach #trafficblr #big dogs #jimmy solidarity #solidaritygaming #martyn itlw #inthelittlewood

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theminecraftloser · 22 days

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#hermitcraft #grian #gamers outreach #mcyt #solidaritygaming #jimmy solidarity #cause he hit grian with the pie #trafficblr

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eowynarchives · 22 days

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i think it goes without saying (though im gonna say it anyways) that the hermitcraft community is a beacon of starlight in a sea of darkness. they continuously provide hope and happiness for millions of people across the globe- and personally they inspire me to keep trying my best every day. i think it’s no exaggeration to say that so many people, myself included, wouldn’t be here today without the light and love they bring to the world.

congratulations to the hermits and gamers outreach for raising over $800k during the charity stream weekend! we love you <3