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<blockquote data-quote="Ruin Explorer" data-source="post: 8898254" data-attributes="member: 18"><p>I mean, I'm assuming a flat spread because DMs are likely to take players with them, but there's no question more DMs will be in the group that cares than players. So if you lost 10% of people and it was all DMs, D&D might experience a truly critical DM shortage, but I think that's unlikely. Sheesh even losing 5% of players if it was "all DMs" would be a horror show. Players who don't even buy stuff are probably the least likely to be concerned.</p><p></p><p>Whales, it depends on the species - are they:</p><p></p><p>A) D&D lifestylers</p><p></p><p>or</p><p></p><p>B) D&D product enthusiasts</p><p></p><p>D&D lifestylers are unlikely to be in the group most concerned, because they don't actually care about the game all that much, they care about the vibe, the merch, the branding, and so on. They maybe bought some 3PP stuff, but not a huge amount. Their primary loyalty, like Disney fans, is to the brand. A few might be upset if they feel WotC is failing them in some specific way, but not many.</p><p></p><p>D&D product enthusiasts on the other hand, are extremely likely to buy 3PP products, and to heavily active on Kickstarter. Two of the D&D DMs I know IRL are this. They're both pissed off because this is already causing problems for them as 3PPs have to essentially panic and look at options. The 0% thing really helped, but they're still blocked from using any 1.1 or 2.0 or later OGL because it will prevent them using OGL 1.0a, and so they're looking at operating without licencing or going to different, broadly D&D-compatible systems with difference licences or the like.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Ruin Explorer, post: 8898254, member: 18"] I mean, I'm assuming a flat spread because DMs are likely to take players with them, but there's no question more DMs will be in the group that cares than players. So if you lost 10% of people and it was all DMs, D&D might experience a truly critical DM shortage, but I think that's unlikely. Sheesh even losing 5% of players if it was "all DMs" would be a horror show. Players who don't even buy stuff are probably the least likely to be concerned. Whales, it depends on the species - are they: A) D&D lifestylers or B) D&D product enthusiasts D&D lifestylers are unlikely to be in the group most concerned, because they don't actually care about the game all that much, they care about the vibe, the merch, the branding, and so on. They maybe bought some 3PP stuff, but not a huge amount. Their primary loyalty, like Disney fans, is to the brand. A few might be upset if they feel WotC is failing them in some specific way, but not many. D&D product enthusiasts on the other hand, are extremely likely to buy 3PP products, and to heavily active on Kickstarter. Two of the D&D DMs I know IRL are this. They're both pissed off because this is already causing problems for them as 3PPs have to essentially panic and look at options. The 0% thing really helped, but they're still blocked from using any 1.1 or 2.0 or later OGL because it will prevent them using OGL 1.0a, and so they're looking at operating without licencing or going to different, broadly D&D-compatible systems with difference licences or the like. [/QUOTE]
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