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5 years ago ::
May 19, 2008 - 4:31PM
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Date Joined:
Mar 19, 2005
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Might want to note that WotC claims intellectual property rights to anything posted here. Thus, keep your house rules and ideas away from this new forum
Also, first in.
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5 years ago ::
May 19, 2008 - 5:45PM
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Date Joined:
Oct 28, 2006
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I house rule that HP damage is actually physical damage, and not some abstraction!
Take that, WotC!
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5 years ago ::
May 19, 2008 - 6:06PM
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Date Joined:
Aug 15, 2007
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Unless something has changed drastically, the point of that rule is not that so WotC can steal your ideas.
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5 years ago ::
May 19, 2008 - 7:09PM
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Date Joined:
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Unless something has changed drastically, the point of that rule is not that so WotC can steal your ideas.
I don't believe that at all. I have seen some great stuff out of these forums, and if I were a Wiz, I would certainly try to cash in. My suggestion, post someplace else. then link here, if that gets around it.
The essential theme song-
Get a little bit a fluff da' fluff, get a little bit a fluff da' fluff! (ooh yeah) Repeat
Unless noted otherwise every thing I post is my opinion, and probably should be taken as tongue in cheek any way.
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5 years ago ::
May 19, 2008 - 7:13PM
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Date Joined:
Feb 13, 2008
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Where do I find this information stating that Wizards has legal rights to anything I post here?
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5 years ago ::
May 19, 2008 - 7:21PM
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Date Joined:
Aug 30, 2007
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I house rule that HP damage is actually physical damage, and not some abstraction!
Take that, WotC!
Same here. I also house rule that the alignment system is Good, Chaotic Good, Unaligned, Evil, and Lawful Evil....
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5 years ago ::
May 19, 2008 - 7:32PM
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Date Joined:
Feb 13, 2008
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Nevermind. Found it in the ToU. Sounds like a CoA to me though. *shrugs*
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5 years ago ::
May 19, 2008 - 9:45PM
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Date Joined:
May 13, 2007
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To post a non-hysterical/non-conspiracy interpretation:
This is a lot like how published authors refuse to read fan submitted material because it opens them up to plaigarism charges. There was already someone on the 4th edition forums who was claiming that Mike Mearls took the 4th Ed Marking mechanic from something he wrote.
The terms of use exist not so that Wizards can steal your work, they generally rely on professional designers, but so that if they develop something that resembles a post of yours on the board you can't/won't sue them for the rights.
There will always be people who are convinced that Wizards is raiding the board to steal ideas from hard-working users but it's kind of absurd. That said if you wish to do professional game design you probably shouldn't be posting it on the internet freely anyways.
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5 years ago ::
May 19, 2008 - 10:11PM
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Unless something has changed drastically, the point of that rule is not that so WotC can steal your ideas.
And yet, it lets them. Intent is often not a mirror to function, and professionals do not all possess honor beyond reproach. Evidence of this can be found in the news daily. Thus, if you value your intellectual property, you should not post it here.
To post a non-hysterical/non-conspiracy interpretation
For all that you infer that others are hysterical or paranoid, you seem to agree with my point of view.
That said if you wish to do professional game design you probably shouldn't be posting it on the internet freely anyways.
Posting it here represents posting it freely. Posting it in other locations, you can actually copyright your own material, and thus litigate plagiarists.
Thus, as my original post states: if you value your intellectual property, do not post it here. Maybe post links to stuff here, but don't post it here.
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5 years ago ::
May 20, 2008 - 12:31AM
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Might want to note that WotC claims intellectual property rights to anything posted here.
I for one welcome our new intellectual overlords and would like to remind our new masters that they will need someone to whip their forum slaves as they toil in the new idea mines.
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