It is asserted that Wizards of the Coast were not swayed by the high amount of supporters who were against the imminent modifications to the Dungeons and Dragons authorization, with its administrators seemingly perceiving them as exaggerating. This is transpiring as Wizards of the Coast appears to be reversing its contentious Open Game License (OGL) plan, and as devotees are terminating their D&D memberships in objection.

Gizmodo interviewed former and current staff of Wizards of the Coast (WotC) to find out more details of the company’s decisions. The article provided insight into the choices taken by upper management, indicating that a response was only released when the declining subscription numbers affected WotC financially.

Based on information from Gizmodo, management at WotC had reported to staff that people were exaggerating and that the issue would be gone in a few months. This position did not change until the organization saw concrete evidence of a decrease in their profits.

This is in opposition to the announcement from Wizards of the Coast that was transmitted only a few days ago, saying that the changes to the OGL - which were outed ahead of time - were merely for gathering people’s responses, and wouldn’t become reality. But evidently, if what these unnamed workers say is true, the management didn’t take the general population’s thoughts into account.

It looks like Wizards of the Coast are looking to update the Open Gaming License, but they may not include certain provisions which some fans had major problem with, such as seeking permission for projects based on D&D and receiving 25% of any third-party profits. Nothing has been absolutely confirmed yet, so there is still a lot of trepidation surrounding what the upcoming OGL could contain.

If Wizards of the Coast wants to win the confidence of their players again, these features should be completely eliminated. It has been reported that an open letter demanding the scrapped Open Game License be disregarded achieved 26,000 supporters in only a few days. In addition, allegedly employees were presented with five digits worth of official complaints, totaling about 10,000.