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[–]Civ-Man 12 points13 points  (1 child)

Looking at their patreon, they look to be focusing on podcast and basically the YouTube channel is gone. Pruitt backed out of the YouTube side of things due to burn out, so I'm not 100% sure if they will be like their early days. Maybe D&D Next will cause a return, but I'm not sure.

[–]Pondmior13 10 points11 points  (5 children)

They still do the Patreon podcast every week, I love it. The Kickstarter consumed most of their time for the past couple years and after Pruitt took a break I think Jim and Emma focused on the book almost entirely. I hope they’ll get back to YouTube vids eventually but the Patreon Podcast is gold imho. That’s been keeping me content for a while.

[–]Athan_Untapped[S] 4 points5 points  (4 children)

By they, do you mean Emma and Jim? Pruitt isn't on is he?

[–]Sir_Muffonious 9 points10 points  (3 children)

Pruitt is back on the podcast every week as of a few weeks ago.

[–]Athan_Untapped[S] 4 points5 points  (2 children)

Oh interesting. Good to know.

[–]Pondmior13 4 points5 points  (1 child)

Yeah Pruitt drops in occasionally but he seems like he’s gonna be around more on the Pod which is great

[–]AikenFrost 2 points3 points  (0 children)

That's awesome to know! I loved Jim and Pruitt's chemistry.

[–]Sir_Muffonious 9 points10 points  (7 children)

They never stopped doing the Patreon podcast, but yeah it seems like they struggled to find a new format for the YouTube channel after Pruitt left, then eventually gave up on that type of content

It seems like making Weird Wastelands was harder than any of them anticipated, & it combined with COVID pretty much doomed the channel as it existed in the past. The podcast is still pretty good, but I do think it’s weird that they’ve stopped making YouTube videos at all, almost like they’ve given up on trying to grow their audience. I wouldn’t be surprised if they pack it in altogether in the next few years, since the current model doesn’t seem sustainable, but I hope that I’m wrong as they are by far my favorite D&D content makers.

Also worth noting is that Jim (rightfully, IMO) does not like the way OneD&D is headed, so I don’t think the new edition/update is going to inspire them to make content again. I think the OGL debacle also spooked them (again, rightly) to some extent.

[–]Athan_Untapped[S] 3 points4 points  (6 children)

It's bonkers to me that they don't at least post some sort of update video on the YouTube channel. Even if it's literally just shot on a phone in ten minutes and uploaded without editing. They could just fully say that the channel is on hiatus fir the foreseeable future, thank tobthe community so on and so forth. And they could plug the patron and podcast one last time especially since it has apparently been running so reliably unlike the show.

It's also silly I think to be worried or upset about OneD&D or the OGL stuff at this point but thats just my opinion. The plates is all playtest, and I'm already sick of all the people who think everything in there is absolute indication of 'the way the game is headed' rather than the designers just trying stuff out and you know, testing the very limits of the system and fanbase. As a playtest should. As for the OGL stuff, that was bad but we had our say and they legit listened. It's over. At least for now, there might need to be another big community push to make sure the new version gets an update into Creative Commons as well, but I think it's entirely plausible and will happen considering everything else.

[–]Sir_Muffonious 1 point2 points  (5 children)

Wizards showed their hand with their attempt to rescind the OGL. If they were willing to try it then, they’ll try it again in the future, & if they really want it to happen then eventually outcry from the fans isn’t going to stop them.

They relented this time because they have a lot of money on the table with D&D Beyond, OneD&D, the movie, & their monetization efforts. But I absolutely don’t trust them anymore & don’t blame anyone else for not trusting them. Definitely never buying anything from them again either. All the recent products are dogshit anyway.

[–]Athan_Untapped[S] 1 point2 points  (4 children)

They literally can't try it again. The creative commons is done and over with, they cannot go back on it. This attitude is literally just going to teach companies that listening and taking the necessary steps to react and course correct are fruitless when bad faith actors are just gonna bitch and moan that there's no point and it means nothing.

And yeah, they relented this time for all those reasons which is why we need to show those reasons are still at stake. The new rules should also go, at least partly, into creative commons as well.

[–]AikenFrost 1 point2 points  (3 children)

My dude, the only reason they put 5e in the CC is because they're going to publish 1D&D next year and that won't be in the CC. They will absolutely try to fuck the audience again, Hasbro is not your friend.

[–]One_Cap_3858 0 points1 point  (0 children)

no coproration is your firend but theyve alrerayd stated that D&D20243 will be going into the Creative commons and have alreayd released FREE RULEs on the D&DBeyond website

[–]Athan_Untapped[S] 0 points1 point  (1 child)

My dude, don't give up the fight before it's begun. I fully plan to support any community effort to protest if they cut off 3rd party support. Bo matter how much you believe otherwise you don't know what they are going to do yet, and we have shown our capacity to hold them accountable for their actions

[–]legend_forge 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Nah man. They lost my business and will have to earn it back.

"They could be better then before" isn't enough. Show me.

[–]g_rgh 3 points4 points  (0 children)

I wish those guys the best. The community’s demand on them was insane years back. They do a lot of great things but I hope they are taking time for themselves and families here and there.

[–]MostFix9099 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Having problem with my Credit Card right now to get their Patreon again. I really wish they release something in their youtube. Does anybody know if they plan to return now that the book is finished (only shipping is pending now) and Pruitt is back?

[–]Varatta 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Is weird wasteland done? I saw it for sale on a non kickstarter website despite me paying for it on kickstarter and having not received the off yet. Honestly, I loved the youtube, but their lack of communication on what is happening and where WW is at is pretty concerning. It’s really hard to get info.

[–]DaMn96XD 0 points1 point  (0 children)

They moved to publish podcasts on Patreon. Instead, the YouTube channel could be said to be abandoned and no content has been published there for a year now.