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@@unknowncomic4107 Dude, “The Company” is executive management put in place by the parent company Hasbro. WOTC’s unethical behavior, its dishonesty, and its abuse, can be blamed on the company leadership, but at the end of the day it’s still WOTC. Chris Cao isn’t a loose cannon or rogue executive acting on his own initiative and without approval from higher ups. He is doing the bidding of the people who hired him. This is WHY they hired him. It’s really dumb to scapegoat one person and give the rest of the executive leadership a pass. And as far as rank and file employees go, they have a grace period to find new jobs if they value ethics and honesty over a paycheck. Not everyone can just jump ship at a moments notice, but they better be making plans to get off it at the earliest opportunity. Don’t be dumb and blame one person. And while we are not going to harass rank-and-file employees, they are not off the hook, either.
@@MarcosElMalo2 Chris cao is just pure incompetence ;) But the people that put him there deserve some blame to . Imagine you have to assign a position like this and pick someone who doesn't even know what he is selling . Same thing with Cynthia so we shouldn't be surprised here
It's obvious people up in arms and commenting on this OGL issue have no understanding of why WotC is making this rather shitty - but unsurprising - move.
@@SnuubScadoob enlighten us about the benefits of burning ones IP . I'm sure the idea makes a lot of sense if one pretends hard enough to be smarter then everyone else
It already sounded so much like someone who can't see when they're wrong, they didn't have to make any changes. It's like when you tell a child to say sorry without them listen to why. They're saying it but, unfortunately, without them understanding why we're not going to get any real changes.
@@SynthApprentice Southpark "We're Soorrry.... Sorry..... we are sorry." as they roll by in a wheelbarrow of cash. Or those AFK mobile ads who say "We're sorry for using misleading ads, and using predatory practices. Come back and get lots of new heroes and free currency." with no real value whatsoever so you can be used again."
@@GoingRogue ya know what, for years Dungeons and Dragons has been a generic name for Fantasy Role Playing Games among the general public and even some of us nerds in our lazier moments. Y’all know what happens when a trademark becomes a generic descriptor? The trademark owner could lose their right to the trademark. And if WOTC loses the Dungeons and Dragons trademark, it’s game over. They will have to compete with everyone else on a level playing field. I think we can make this happen.
@@MarcosElMalo2 and I would be more than happy if such a thing happened. it wouldn't be the first time a trademark becomes a generic descriptor and the trademark owner loses the trademark. we can only hope for this to happen again. sayonara WotC. the comunity will win over you.
@@SkyP9812 Chase down a dragon, convince it to open its mouth, descend down its throat into a extradimensional dungeon?.... Yeah, an idea is coalescing.
What really speaks the truth is how content creators are whipping the community into a frenzy over a seemingly normal - albeit shittily handled - business decision. And that really only affects the content creators, not the community of people just running a home game and going about their every day lives.
The self pep talk at the end was amazing. So accurate in it's depiction of the OGL issue - it's not the people that are making the content, it's the clueless corpos that make decisions and have never actually played the game...or possibly any game.
It's actually Melf's Acid Arrow. There are quite a few spells in D&D that bear their creator's name, like Bigby's Hand. If I remember correctly, Melf and Bigby were the player characters of the early designers, or something like that, who got forever preserved in the lore of D&D.
@@percyblok6014 lol, kinda. But it’s important that the FBI exists. It’s completely unimportant that WOTC exists. I get that not every employee can quit their job just because their employer turns out to be Sauron. But hopefully they’re working on their plan B.
True, but don't forget that "just doing my job" or "I don't want to get fired" is not a valid excuse for destroying the game. See WW2 Germany for similar examples.
Heck yes. Keep the conversation rolling. Highlight their behavior for laymen to see, and don’t let the community forget what’s going on. Top tier satire!
The last line "Oh that's the game from 'Stranger Things'. Do we make money off that?" Was the most brilliant summation of why I won't trust Wizards. They have no idea what the game is and only see us as oversized wallets they need to reach and take cash out of. Well done!
What a perfect summation of the core message delivered by Hasbro from this whole debacle. You have talent and this was the soul of wit. *Tips hat to channel creators.
It’s wild how 15 years ago a recurring joke about the CEO not knowing *anything* about the product the company sells would have been immersion-breaking. Today it’s a prerequisite to showing you’ve been following the story.
This is really well done. It would've made me chuckle if I didn't know every word in this video was basically how Hasbro and WOtC execs view D&D verbatim.
What's extra funny is "sent to the pit" is actually the literal highest promotion you can get as a devil in hell. Its how you become a pit fiend! (If Asmodeous doesnt supposedly bleed you into life first)
I have NO IDEA who or what this RUclips channel is all about but I was LOL'ing the whole time...! Guess I have to go watch some of your previous content. Consider me a subscriber.
In my future TTRPG games I will always look for oppertunities to say somthing like "They might have thought that they won and we lost. But actually, we are all winners!" :)
Of all the interminable dreadful attempts at humour on the internet, this stands out as a brilliant gem in the gutter. Well fucking done - writing, acting, set, editing. Instant sub.
Very good. I’d love to see a follow-up involving their deceptive Creative Commons feint (“We’re releasing something we couldn’t copyright anyway into Creative Commons!”) and the “irrevocable means revocable!” aspect.
This was the most entertaining thing to come out of all this debacle... well done! Liked and if I had a single friend I'd share. Keep dropping content like this.
I was honestly expecting them to have a line saying "Sorry, we rolled a 1" or something like that. I'm glad they didn't, that would have been too patronizing and over the top, even for satire! /s
''Whats a Gary Gygax .... '' I suddenly felt the need to laugh alot, then cry alot. Im pretty sure about no one over @Hasbro knows who he his and its a freakin travesty for sure :(
Had it not been in context, I would have been horrified at the disrespect to the PHB, even for a skit. But given the state of the onion, I'll allow it.
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I saw someone mention that Brennan should bring it back for this. Glad to see someone make it haha
@@FunctionallyLiteratePerson It was me! 😂
Spokesperson: What's a pay-lah-din?
Lord British: I'm not entirely sue-reh.
And here I though I was clever making an ancient wyrm the dungeon itself.
This is 100% accurate.... you must have a direct line to WOTC and Hasbro employees
I would laugh at the brilliance of the satire, but I feel like crying at the accuracy of the WotC CEOs disdain of the community
@@unknowncomic4107 I mean, he's very much marching to the beat of (WotC president) Cynthia Williams' drum...
@@unknowncomic4107 Dude, “The Company” is executive management put in place by the parent company Hasbro. WOTC’s unethical behavior, its dishonesty, and its abuse, can be blamed on the company leadership, but at the end of the day it’s still WOTC. Chris Cao isn’t a loose cannon or rogue executive acting on his own initiative and without approval from higher ups. He is doing the bidding of the people who hired him. This is WHY they hired him.
It’s really dumb to scapegoat one person and give the rest of the executive leadership a pass. And as far as rank and file employees go, they have a grace period to find new jobs if they value ethics and honesty over a paycheck. Not everyone can just jump ship at a moments notice, but they better be making plans to get off it at the earliest opportunity. Don’t be dumb and blame one person. And while we are not going to harass rank-and-file employees, they are not off the hook, either.
@@MarcosElMalo2 Chris cao is just pure incompetence ;)
But the people that put him there deserve some blame to .
Imagine you have to assign a position like this and pick someone who doesn't even know what he is selling .
Same thing with Cynthia so we shouldn't be surprised here
It's obvious people up in arms and commenting on this OGL issue have no understanding of why WotC is making this rather shitty - but unsurprising - move.
@@SnuubScadoob enlighten us about the benefits of burning ones IP .
I'm sure the idea makes a lot of sense if one pretends hard enough to be smarter then everyone else
“We have been always been opaque with transparency” is probably one of the best things I have heard this month. Thank you for this amazing vid
I missed that the first time around, because I was still laughing at the joke right before it. Good catch!
I heard that and had to pause as I was laughing so hard.
I love that you directly lifted the 'you won, and so did we' from the first response, and it exactly fits with the tone!
It already sounded so much like someone who can't see when they're wrong, they didn't have to make any changes.
It's like when you tell a child to say sorry without them listen to why. They're saying it but, unfortunately, without them understanding why we're not going to get any real changes.
@@davidjennings2179 "soOORRRRyyyy..."
@@SynthApprentice Why, in my head, did I hear this in Tim Curry's voice? ROFL.
@@SynthApprentice Southpark "We're Soorrry.... Sorry..... we are sorry." as they roll by in a wheelbarrow of cash.
Or those AFK mobile ads who say "We're sorry for using misleading ads, and using predatory practices. Come back and get lots of new heroes and free currency." with no real value whatsoever so you can be used again."
Its pretty amazing that WotC would let one of these intermal meetings release publicly
*Infernal meetings
Don't worry it's just a draft...
@@richardtownsend6466 and they are just protecting us
This would be a press release, not a meeting. Internal*
Wrong! It’s Unearthed Arcana!
I have been putting dungeons in my dragons for years too , now I see we can be best friends.
The most bestest of friends :D
@@GoingRogue ya know what, for years Dungeons and Dragons has been a generic name for Fantasy Role Playing Games among the general public and even some of us nerds in our lazier moments. Y’all know what happens when a trademark becomes a generic descriptor? The trademark owner could lose their right to the trademark. And if WOTC loses the Dungeons and Dragons trademark, it’s game over. They will have to compete with everyone else on a level playing field.
I think we can make this happen.
@@MarcosElMalo2 and I would be more than happy if such a thing happened.
it wouldn't be the first time a trademark becomes a generic descriptor and the trademark owner loses the trademark.
we can only hope for this to happen again.
sayonara WotC. the comunity will win over you.
Honestly, that actually sounds like something straight out of a HTTYD-inspired campaign...
I might use that!
@@SkyP9812 Chase down a dragon, convince it to open its mouth, descend down its throat into a extradimensional dungeon?.... Yeah, an idea is coalescing.
Well done! Nothing speaks the truth better than well crafted satire.
Nothing makes well-crafted satire better than a horrifying truth.
This video has the subtlety of a brick... I still appreciate it. Unless your comment is meta-satire...
Wait, I thought this was a leaked video
What really speaks the truth is how content creators are whipping the community into a frenzy over a seemingly normal - albeit shittily handled - business decision. And that really only affects the content creators, not the community of people just running a home game and going about their every day lives.
@@SnuubScadoob the people running home games are the people that like infinite DLC . It's not hard to see why they are upset
The self pep talk at the end was amazing. So accurate in it's depiction of the OGL issue - it's not the people that are making the content, it's the clueless corpos that make decisions and have never actually played the game...or possibly any game.
"When you play the game of management drones, you either win... or you die."
"We took HOW much from Tolkien? Do they KNOW???" broke me XD
I lost it at “MILF’s” acid arrow. I never made that pun in my head. I’m not sure what MILF’s acid arrow is, but I feel I must be punished now.
It's actually Melf's Acid Arrow. There are quite a few spells in D&D that bear their creator's name, like Bigby's Hand. If I remember correctly, Melf and Bigby were the player characters of the early designers, or something like that, who got forever preserved in the lore of D&D.
It is corrupted, tainted and will never sound the same ever again, and I love it 😂😜🤫🤭
@@olafmeiner4496 Whoosh
Must be part of the Bard spell list… now, maybe we should have an Innuendo subclass and “tweak” the names of some spells
I'm pretty sure she pronounced it milfs ASS arrow.
“i don’t care who says it, you kill sam” got me good
Sam is the one who does the sponsors bit each episode so I definitely believe he'd be the first one to be killed by an WotC executive.
OH MY GOD, you killed me with the Same Riegel bit. Damn I needed this. Amazing work!!
My question is where their bloodlust toward Sam specifically came from
@@cinnamonzor7043 Sam is the comic relief/well loved, everyone knows you kill the comic relief when you need the tone to do a 180
@@sethb3090 ohhhhh yeah that tracks
Mostly likely it was the moment he stopped doing, “Guys, D&D Beyond…” he painted a target on his back…
When she said chill touch was a well named spell.. I felt that
This is what I came to say 🤣
How much necrotic damage did you take?
Did you get goosebumps? Or did it make you kick back?
Man, I got some KILLER Brennan Lee Mulligan CEO vibes from this. Keep it up, this stuff is so good!
great satire. Hearts out to the people at WotC who are truely invested in making the game great for the community.
I've no spite towards the creators at WotC but if they DID make a great game, would we all be buying 3rd party rules and settings?
That's like saying you feel for the honest agents at the FBI.
🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
@@percyblok6014 lol, kinda. But it’s important that the FBI exists. It’s completely unimportant that WOTC exists.
I get that not every employee can quit their job just because their employer turns out to be Sauron. But hopefully they’re working on their plan B.
True, but don't forget that "just doing my job" or "I don't want to get fired" is not a valid excuse for destroying the game. See WW2 Germany for similar examples.
The escalation on "they won and so did we" is brilliant
Heck yes. Keep the conversation rolling. Highlight their behavior for laymen to see, and don’t let the community forget what’s going on. Top tier satire!
This is so spot on. The executives at WotC and Hasbro have no idea what they have done.
SPOT ON!!! The line about Tolkien really clinched it for me!
The tie slowly becoming more and more undone is an A+ touch.
I see someone was scrying in on those Hasbro board meetings. Great video 🎉
Hahaha thank you! :)
I could not stop laughing through this entire thing. That long pause for self-affirmation was the cherry on the sundae.
The last line "Oh that's the game from 'Stranger Things'. Do we make money off that?" Was the most brilliant summation of why I won't trust Wizards. They have no idea what the game is and only see us as oversized wallets they need to reach and take cash out of. Well done!
Brilliant! 😆😆
"So the dragons are the good guys, right? Because they take care of all the gold"
Bravo... b.r.a.v.o! 👏Also... subscribed.
Thank you! Hope your channel blows, in a good way.
Brennan Lee Mulligan needs to see this. CEO Sketches were the freaking best!
Amazing! Hilarious but also really on the nose. So good. And the “Stranger Things” callout, chef’s kiss! Subscribed and loving your content.
Thanks so much! Appreciate the kind and words! :)
In the first 15 seconds "We listened. Now LISTEN TO US." GOLD.
favorite line, "we have always been opaque with the transparency with the truth"
What a perfect summation of the core message delivered by Hasbro from this whole debacle. You have talent and this was the soul of wit. *Tips hat to channel creators.
It’s wild how 15 years ago a recurring joke about the CEO not knowing *anything* about the product the company sells would have been immersion-breaking.
Today it’s a prerequisite to showing you’ve been following the story.
"We have always been opaque with the transparency of truth."
LMAO
The most unrealistic part of this is that the CEO knows what Dave & Busters is
"Approachable Spokesperson", don't think this is the CEO. :'D
Why did the throwing of the PHB on the floor hurt me so much??? 😂
Good representation of what they thinking.
Beautiful!!! “What’s a swwword?” She’s a fantastic actress!
This is really well done. It would've made me chuckle if I didn't know every word in this video was basically how Hasbro and WOtC execs view D&D verbatim.
I have to hand it to you. I lost it at "Approachable Spokesperson". Nearly spit out my coffee. LOL.
What's extra funny is "sent to the pit" is actually the literal highest promotion you can get as a devil in hell. Its how you become a pit fiend! (If Asmodeous doesnt supposedly bleed you into life first)
"So how is that different." Gosh, this hits so hard at the top level people.
Players: You can't lose at D&D -
WotC: That's right! You won, and so did we!
Players: - unless you're making the game unfun for everyone else.
I have NO IDEA who or what this RUclips channel is all about but I was LOL'ing the whole time...!
Guess I have to go watch some of your previous content.
Consider me a subscriber.
We're glad you're here! :)
your not the only one! lol
That "I'm a winner" part gives off such homelander vibes
This is genius. Truly. Well done. I just subscribed.
Welcome aboard! We're glad you're here! :)
This was A+ level comedy. Love to see this kind of effort among all the crazy news. Great work and keep it up.
"Opaque with the transparency of the truth." I gagged.
In my future TTRPG games I will always look for oppertunities to say somthing like "They might have thought that they won and we lost. But actually, we are all winners!" :)
Wow how did you manage to sneak a camera into Wizards HQ and capture this real time footage. It's like a wildlife documentary or something.
Of all the interminable dreadful attempts at humour on the internet, this stands out as a brilliant gem in the gutter. Well fucking done - writing, acting, set, editing. Instant sub.
This might be the best RUclips recommendation for me in ages
This video is going to absolutely POP off and its so well deserved! Amazing work!
Found your channel through this video, watched some shorts, and now starting episode 1 of your campaign, keep up great work!
Thank you so much! We really appreciate your support! :)
Very good. I’d love to see a follow-up involving their deceptive Creative Commons feint (“We’re releasing something we couldn’t copyright anyway into Creative Commons!”) and the “irrevocable means revocable!” aspect.
Ask, and ye shall receive!
“Chill touch, that’s a well named spell.” I can’t.
Brilliant! A good chuckle is a good salve for WizBro's attempt to destroy their own community.
This might have been the funniest thing I've seen about this D&D fiasco. Youv'e earned my sub :D
"weve always been opaque with the transparency of the truth" *chefs kiss*
XD
"We've always been opaque with the transparency of the truth." omg XD
Wow.
Haven't seen this level of quality in Satire in decades.
Excellent writing.
And whoever the actress is; absolutely nailed it.
I love that the "half right" line made it in verbatim
Glad you caught that! 😉
Wow, your delivery here was amazing. :P I can't believe this channel barely has 600 subs. I'll do my part to fix that now. :)
This was just some WOW. It just kept getting better. And that part about Sam; I actually had emotions again... good ones this time. Thnx. Namaste.
4:33 i'm using this out of context as motivational content.
Fracking Fantastic!!! I just discovered your channel with this, and now have watched it 3 times while sharing it lol. Keep up the awesome work!
You're too kind! Thank you! :)
I flinched when the Player's Handbook hit the floor.
Yeah, me too. If someone did that to any of my roleplaying books I would be fuming and figuring out ways to kick you out or leave your table.
Love this. I'm not sure how dragons eat dungeons to get your dungeons in your dragons but WotC is WotC.
This is the first video of yours I've seen. Well-crafted satire, and spot-on!
This was the most entertaining thing to come out of all this debacle... well done!
Liked and if I had a single friend I'd share.
Keep dropping content like this.
We're all friends on the internet! :)
“So… people read this? … do they have nothing better to do?” Lolol😅
This had me in stitches. Can't wait to see what you do next!
THE WAY I THOUGHT IT WAS REAL FOR THE FIRST MINUTE
If WotC put this out instead of their initial response, it probably would have been better for them.
I'm so happy this appeared in my suggested
I was honestly expecting them to have a line saying "Sorry, we rolled a 1" or something like that. I'm glad they didn't, that would have been too patronizing and over the top, even for satire! /s
Im wheezing I actually thought you were a real Wotc CEO for the first 30 seconds and I both hate and love that
Hahaha, so well done! Officially naming my next Pal-Adin "Dngns & Busters!" 🤣
Oh! The Tolkien comment was spot on!
"Chill Touch!... That's a well-named spell" HAH!
You said the quiet part out loud.... good new is you have been "promoted" to the pit. Congratulations 🎊
Brilliant! Except I watched it while working out and nearly pulled a muscle from laughing so hard.
Dngns n Drgns. You heard it here people, the name has changed.
So many talented people making lots of fun systems out there. And so many older systems that have languished on the vine as well.
“We’re Hasbro and WOTC, out of touch with greed…” 🤑
''Whats a Gary Gygax .... ''
I suddenly felt the need to laugh alot, then cry alot. Im pretty sure about no one over @Hasbro knows who he his and its a freakin travesty for sure :(
This girl with this look/persona would have been a perfect fit as a cast member/character on HBO's Silicon Valley.
All right, that's it. I'm calling in the hired goons.
Had it not been in context, I would have been horrified at the disrespect to the PHB, even for a skit. But given the state of the onion, I'll allow it.
“Sent them to the pit!” Lol. Zing! Nice one.
"What's a paladin?" Now i miss Spoony again.
Since I'm pretty sure Brennan can't do one of these, thank you.
God, I've been thinking about a Brennan CEO WotC since the drama dropped. I know why it might not, but I *waaaaant* it
What's a swoored??
This has big Brennan Lee Mulligan CEO sketch energy, and I gotta say, I think he would approve.
I was half expecting her to morph into the Lord of Darkness from the movie Legend by the end.
4:00 Props to them for committing to the skit and being willing to throw the book. I know I would protest violently if it were my book
"What's Melf's acid arrow?"
LMAOOOOOOOOOOOOOO
Moving forward I will be putting at least 1 dungeon in every dragon
"I'm proud of you."
my sides. 🤣
Giving Brennan a run for his money here, so well done! You both should Collab...
I'd watch a board meeting with the two of them.
"drinking poor people beer"
I choked on my coffee when you said that...
I'd rank the satire in this at 17/20 on a rolled Charisma scale.
Before bonuses, of course.
I watched this right ater Hasbro actually sent 1000 employees to The Pit. :(
holy f, that was absolutely stunning! so freaking talented!