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Astromath wrote:

I don't advocate killing children to get what I want. It is so completely unethical. However, MWF does do good work. They even got Upper Deck to create a Yu-Gi-Oh card specifically for a diing child. Here's an interesting fact: the child's illness went into remission and is still alive. But that's going too far off-topic. What I did was put forward a hypothetical situation. I'd like to see WOTC's response to this hypothetical situation. I'll even be satisfied with a hypothetical response.

Why would they ever answer a question like that? It's in poor taste, quite frankly.

Hypothetical questions often end up being a waste of time. And often are meant as a way to trap someone, based on a non reality.

Why not ask WoTC something more practical, like would they switch back to working on the VTT, if another company would be willing to partner with them and carry some of the finacial burden and work responisiblity.

Or even better yet, how about all the people that have said they can do better, go volunteer to work on it for free? The boards are certainly full of people like that.

FalconGK81 wrote:

This. Very much this. It was a classic bait and switch.

The above individual has a very mistaken idea of what, exactly, a bait and switch is.

A bait and switch occurs when a company advertises a product at a very low price, lures the customer in, and then is revealed to not actually offer the advertised product. Instead, they try to sell you a substitute product for a higher price.

What WotC did was miss a release date on a portion of their package, and to make up for that decided to offer their reduced package for a reduced price. This is pretty much exactly not what a bait and switch is.

Beware those people who try and tell you that WotC is pulling a bait and switch. They are speaking from ignorance, malice, bitterness, or some combination of the three.

Vengeful_Deity wrote:

I would say that those people are just as informative as the fanboys, if not more so. It lets me know that the company in question has a problem delivering on their promises and makeing deadlines....enough so that people take to the BBS to complain.

No matter who the complaints are against, I tend to put a lot less stock in the complaints of those who make use of hyperbole in order to explain their grievances. Those who are willing to accuse a company of a violation of law for missing a deadline are the same sort of people who will complain about just about anything - they enjoy being righteously indignant. They are not to be taken seriously. Listen instead to those who are able to voice their complaints clearly and without resorting to extreme, false language.