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DigitalSith wrote:

Wow! I mean WOW! This is fantastic! I have totally supported WotC, and they have not let me down! :D This really made my night, I just cant say thanks enough to the folks that helped make this possible, especially JQ, Tried and Ktatroe, as soon as I can I will make a donation for whatever amount I can afford.

I am truly looking forward to the new minis now, and cant wait to see what you guys come up with!:D

:D :D :D PS: Put that in your pipe and smoke it, FPT!:D :D :D

Those of us who are doing the stats can't either. I didn't even do WoDQ and I can't wait to when it finally hits. Watching people talk about your hardwork is awesome.

This is going to be great going forward. I am very glad to see so many people excited.

Talaeden_Denthiir wrote:

Since Sanctioning DCI numbers went from 7 digits to 10 and were consolodated into RPGA 3's (mine was anyway), how will this affect current/new DCI standing and the like moving forward?

Can we use our new #'s?

I assume that you will be able to use your new number, but I'll pass this along to the OP Lead to confirm.

AesophDarkfable wrote:

This is amazing news. I can't wait to see how the naysayers try to spin this awesome news from WOTC

The Naysayers: Most likely they will not enjoy the WotC disclaimer that they reserve the right to take it back over whenever they like....

Markets change, financials change..... DDM continues and succeeds because of the Guild efforts and all of a sudden WotC says "Thanks for looking after this and making it work. We will take it back now and make money from your hard - volunteer - work"........

Boldar_Blood wrote:

The Naysayers: Most likely they will not enjoy the WotC disclaimer that they reserve the right to take it back over whenever they like....

Markets change, financials change..... DDM continues and succeeds because of the Guild efforts and all of a sudden WotC says "Thanks for looking after this and making it work. We will take it back now and make money from your hard - volunteer - work"........

And the downside of that is...

we get cards in boosters again.

OH NOEZ!!!1!

Boldar_Blood wrote:

The Naysayers: Most likely they will not enjoy the WotC disclaimer that they reserve the right to take it back over whenever they like....

Markets change, financials change..... DDM continues and succeeds because of the Guild efforts and all of a sudden WotC says "Thanks for looking after this and making it work. We will take it back now and make money from your hard - volunteer - work"........

As I said on another board responding to a similar observation

Yes, that is true. The Guild guys know this and they are willing to accept the risk. The two reasons I could ever really foresee us taking the license away from the Guild are because a) they totally screw it up (and let me just say I don't see that happening) b) their efforts grow the game to such a point that we want to take it back and as Kevin said on our initial phone call "we hope we grow this game to the point that you want it back".

This is a labor of love for them and the license is way of supporting their efforts. I see it as a real win win for everyone involved. We are elated to have such an impassioned community effort to keep the game going.

True_Blue wrote:

I think its way too early for anyone to be talking about the game going back into WotC's hands. Instead, everyone should be focusing on making the game the best that it can and how to garner even more support for the game. If somehow the game progressed that far, then the people in charge could sit down and figure out what to do about the transition back to WotC. Until the game is built that far up, its needless to think about it, worry about it, or even discuss it.

Also, everyone who is participating in this endeavor within the Guild structure is knowingly doing it for free. This means that essentially these peopel are volunteering their time. People do not volunteer their time and then ask the parent organization to pay them later. Its known the people are doing for free, thats what volunteering and donating means. It is doing so without expecting the parent company to do anything in return.

If WotC wanted to somehow recognize these individuals in some form with material in some form, then that is up to them. But I highly doubt any of the people who would be getting these items expects it. Instead, they are doing these actions out of the love of the game, the niceness of the personalities, and yes, some form of intrinsic value and pleasure. Cries from people who are not these individuals in order to compensate said indivuduals is actually counter-intuitive to the whole process and actually would cause more noise than good. So the talk of this should probably be let off.

Instead of worrying about WotC and their actions, people should be focusing on the Guild actions and how they can help facilitate the game growing. This would put people's efforts to the best use of work.

I did not expect the Guild to be officially sanctioned like this, but the fact that is has, makes the Guild that much more powerful and stable. The DDM Oracle and restats are going excel even beyond what we see now.

Thanks TB. I've never agreed more with you... other than that time that you said how cool I am.

theman353 wrote:

so what website will the downloads be from?

They will probably be at www.ddmguild.com, but we're still six months from having to have that figured out.

rdarco wrote:

How are the prospects for the Guild to update the Icons and Epics to DDM 2.0 rules?

Pretty good, though nothing to announce yet. I'd probably want to do the Icons as scenario-based figures (which they kind of already were).

ktatroe wrote:

Pretty good, though nothing to announce yet. I'd probably want to do the Icons as scenario-based figures (which they kind of already were).

That's an awesome idea, and I would totally agree. They were never really "skirmish ready".

Man, I can't even express how happy I am over this development. You guys rock! And I agree with the sentiment that hopefully someday Wizards will want to take back the production. If anything, it's only speaking to a wonderful job done by The Guild, and is a compliment.

Either way, long live DDM, and long live the DDM Community!

JohnnyQuest wrote:

We hope to have a full website live soon. The goal is to have our official launch at D&D Experience 2009.

Everyone involved in founding The Guild deserves a huge round of applause, thank yous, and praise for this news. Everyone else associated with this community and DDM in general should also take some credit for this moving forward as well. I am thrilled with this news and look forward to the first steps of The Guild.

THANK YOU!

esfoad wrote:

Everyone else associated with this community and DDM in general should also take some credit for this moving forward as well.

Absolutely. This is a victory for all of us!

Mage-Ou wrote:

I wonder how this license will affect the eBay prices of old figs?

I was under impression we could see some bargains at Ebay... by skirmishers selling full collections. Not planning start a war here but I would be happier if skirmish was killed for once... well, most skirmishers I know don't care about anything but mini stats. Yeah, "they play RPG too" but I seriously doubt their concerns about minis quality is the same as "D&D only" crowd.

...but this is just me. Observing from a non skirmisher perspective I strongly believe this guild stuff will work just fine.

Avin wrote:

Not planning start a war here but I would be happier if skirmish was killed for once... well, most skirmishers I know don't care about anything but mini stats. Yeah, "they play RPG too" but I seriously doubt their concerns about minis quality is the same as "D&D only" crowd.

I think that you should choose your words more carefully, friend. There's no need to make this an us/them situation. I can only speak for myself (hey, fancy that!), but I'm very concerned about minis quality -- to the point that I just won't put certain minis on the table, no matter how good they are. I happen to be one of the top ranked DDM players worldwide. Take that for what you will.

bigfruits wrote:

I think what you are doing is great and i plan on helping out with donations

Same here. Has that method already been setup or will it be available on the Guild website in the future?

tiberias7 wrote:

I agree- to make a blanket statement that skirmish players only care about stats is pretty silly.

Not all players.

The players I know.

I'm not telling a lie here.

Avin wrote:

But is it against forum rules to politely say that I support Wotc's decision of cancelling skirmish? I'm not baiting people here. I am expressing my feelings, not trolling.

No, it's not against forum rules, but it isn't on-topic in this thread. And, overall, I think politely is the key word in your sentence. I don't think you would have qualified your statement ('Not trying to start a war') if you were fully confident that you were being polite.

So, if you'd like to respond to WotC's decision to cancel skirmish, feel free to dig up that thread and respond to it. If you'd like to respond to the announcement regarding the licensing agreement being awarded to the Guild, feel free to post in this thread. If you'd like to continue this discussion, feel free to PM me. Thanks.

And with that, I ask everyone to return to the topic at hand. Thanks.

Kaivtroll wrote:

I've been reading on hordelings that the DDM guild that is mostly talked about in this thread is geared more to DDM 2.0 and I'd like to set up a DDM 1.0 guild, would I be able to get a license?

http://forums.gleemax.com/showthread.php?t=1114324

Go here and you will see who is incharg of the 1.0 and 2.0

QuiteDominator

Runestone_Cowboy wrote:

is the guild going to be taking over the responsibility of the restats? or will that still be done by wotc staff?

WOTC assigned the freelancers the restats ages ago, and by no chance the guild founders are also 3 of the freelancers. From what I understand the Restats are mostly ,if not totally done, and will be released by WOTC on roughly a monthly basis.
The guild has also said they will stat out the future new minis and reached a license agreement with WOTC to do so.