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Monte Cook Bails on DNDnext

Started by AnthonyRoberson, April 25, 2012, 03:35:30 PM

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AnthonyRoberson

April 25, 2012, 03:35:30 PM
Looks like Monte Cook has left his position at WoTC. Boy, I would love to know the story behind this one...

http://montecook.livejournal.com/251404.html

Bedrockbrendan

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April 25, 2012, 03:37:05 PM
Quote from: AnthonyRoberson;533683Looks like Monte Cook has left his position at WoTC. Boy, I would love to know the story behind this one...

http://montecook.livejournal.com/251404.html

That is a very interesting develpment. Really curious what he quit over.

Marleycat

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April 25, 2012, 03:39:35 PM
Quote from: AnthonyRoberson;533683Looks like Monte Cook has left his position at WoTC. Boy, I would love to know the story behind this one...

http://montecook.livejournal.com/251404.html

For sure. Maybe we will later but it sounds like it was something about management not the direction of the game or the other designers. We'll see though.
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AnthonyRoberson

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April 25, 2012, 03:41:10 PM
Quote from: BedrockBrendan;533685That is a very interesting develpment. Really curious what he quit over.

He says it was 'differences of opinion with the company'. VEWY interesting.

ggroy

#4
April 25, 2012, 03:43:01 PM
Dilbert-ism gone awry at WotC?  :banghead:

beeber

#5
April 25, 2012, 03:45:20 PM
probably thinks the "edition for everyone" plan is doomed to fail?

AnthonyRoberson

#6
April 25, 2012, 03:46:06 PM
Time for the Pundit to swoop in and take his place!!! :)

Bedrockbrendan

#7
April 25, 2012, 03:48:17 PM
Quote from: Marleycat;533688For sure. Maybe we will later but it sounds like it was something about management not the direction of the game or the other designers. We'll see though.

He may just be aiming for politeness. Even if it is a business issue, that could be a company decision about game content that the designers opposed (for example if wotc crunched numbers and determined heaing surges and daily martial powers must be in the core for the books to sell at acceptable levels----i doubt this is the issue, but something like that could be at the heart of it). My own guess is it is related to the release schedule and the manner in which content for the game will become available (he was pretty upset about 3.5 as I recall). But who knows.

Also I would take his statement that he doesn't want drama to mean there is drama behind the decision to quit.

Bedrockbrendan

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April 25, 2012, 03:49:07 PM
Quote from: beeber;533694probably thinks the "edition for everyone" plan is doomed to fail?

He had to know that was the plan coming in. But maybe the path the company decided to take to achieve that he disagrees with?

Black Vulmea

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April 25, 2012, 03:50:19 PM
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jeff37923

#10
April 25, 2012, 03:55:10 PM
Interesting. I think we will get the full story in a few years. Sooner if 5E is not as successful as WotC wants it to be.
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Tahmoh

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April 25, 2012, 04:01:24 PM
Well thats made me less interested than i was, who's left on the project that isnt a hasbro yes man now? and whats to bet 5e ends up being a mix of 4e and the boardgames now?

Benoist

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April 25, 2012, 04:07:11 PM
Fuck. I have no idea what's going on, but that's worrisome.

crkrueger

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April 25, 2012, 04:08:54 PM
Quote from: Broken-Serenity;533707Well thats made me less interested than i was, who's left on the project that isnt a hasbro yes man now? and whats to bet 5e ends up being a mix of 4e and the boardgames now?

I can hear the fapping from LogicNinja now.  Oh wait that's Topher's man-tits slapping his back, nm.
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Stainless

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April 25, 2012, 04:13:56 PM
I bet the Hasbro bean counters have decided not to go with an open playtest. I can imagine him resigning over that and it being a "management issue".
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