Williams is out

Those diversity hires just 'aint paying off as imaginated.

I hope all her bad ideas go with her.

Quote from: Vykos on April 17, 2024, 12:49:20 PMI hope all her bad ideas go with her.

Didnt she bring a bunch of C-levels with her?
Are they still there?

Also important, what company is she going to?  to destroy next?

Maybe it won't matter but I'm still happy about it.

Next step should be to circumcise the Cocks. 

LOL! I bet she didn't want to be around when garbage woke 5E reboot launched.

Quote from: Exploderwizard on April 17, 2024, 01:20:59 PMLOL! I bet she didn't want to be around when garbage woke 5E reboot launched.

I really don't think that's anyone's concern ever though.  They seem to love all the negativity and such.  It's like as long as they can point to some white guy who is confused about why this trusted brand has decided to start shitting and farting all over the place, doing crap like "buy this awful book, we're so great and noble that we didn't give any white people writing credit on it!" and going on racial youtube channels and talking about how white men need to get out as soon as possible- as long as this performance makes someone confused or sad- then everything is perfect.  Like the entire purpose of the company is to be able to make a link to some white dude complaining and being like MMMM THE TEARS.  As if they were all convinced that this was the product worth spending millions to create.

I don't think this is a sign that things are going to improve.  To me, it looks like Hasbro is self-immolating just like Disney.  D&D is just going to be a junk brand for a while just like so many other IPs they hold; they will print and sell merch but no more meaningful content for the foreseeable future. 

Overheard outside the C-Suite at WotC: "Look, I understand why it's good for the Brand and the Master Plan, I'm just not sure publicly coming out as a quadragendered paladin of Asmodeus fits my long term career plans. Maybe we should put someone else in this slot for now. I'm sure there's someone we can tap or rehabilitate ..."

If I had a nickel for every time a woman named Williams took control of DND and tried to run it into the ground, it's weird that I'd have two nickels.

Dumping lots of staff to raise profits and thus the CEO's bonus on the way out is a pretty common tactic so I'm not surprised she's ditching after a round of layoffs.

That's good news I suppose. But any nerd who goes rushing back into Wotc's arms because of this is a fool, a fool I tells ya. The whole place needs to be knocked down, disinfected, and rebuilt.

The cynic in me thinks Hasbro did this to rehabilitate WotC's image and image only.

Greetings!

Yeah! GOOD!

However, WOTC is still fucked, and they can choke. Moving chairs around doesn't change the damage they have done to the company, or the damage they have done to the trust and relationship with millions of customers.

And, it doesn't change the other terrible and horrible people they have retained on staff, in command of D&D.

The company should never have hired a horrible person like Williams to begin with.

So, fuck them. Let them continue to burn. I hope they go broke.

Semper Fidelis,

SHARK

Quote from: SHARK on April 17, 2024, 02:43:03 PMGreetings!

Yeah! GOOD!

However, WOTC is still fucked, and they can choke. Moving chairs around doesn't change the damage they have done to the company, or the damage they have done to the trust and relationship with millions of customers.

And, it doesn't change the other terrible and horrible people they have retained on staff, in command of D&D.

The company should never have hired a horrible person like Williams to begin with.

So, fuck them. Let them continue to burn. I hope they go broke.

Semper Fidelis,

SHARK

My question is a bit more on the business side. How long can Hasbro use the D&D ip before WOTC gets entirely gutted? And will the upcoming VTT lead to further layoffs?