I'm currently running what is likely to be my final D&D campaign. That doesn't really have anything to do with the OGL - my group has fallen to the minimum size I'm happy with and is likely to lose another player before too long, our efforts to recruit anyone new have failed, and I have neither the time nor the inclination to try to put together a new 'home' group. Plus, I've been increasingly disenchanted with gaming for the past few years, so this looks like a good stepping off point.
But the reality is that if the OGL does get launched in the leaked form (which remains a big 'if', for now) then that 'probably' becomes a 'definitely'. If WotC take this action then I certainly won't be buying any of their new products, I won't be playing their game (any edition - as any engagement with D&D in any form helps them as a "lifestyle brand"), and I won't comment further on D&D in anything other than a disparaging manner.
I may continue gaming in some capacity, but it won't be D&D. And I'll obnoxiously correct anyone who does refer to "Level Up" or "Pathfinder" or whatever as "D&D".
Finally, while I would otherwise have been interested to see their new movie, and while the just-announced D&D tv show might have been the thing to finally tempt me to Paramount+, these will now serve as active disincentives to do so.
I'm really hoping they'll change their approach on this. But it is a weak and fading hope.
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