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Originally Posted by Trifletraxor
Good to hear the edits are completed! 
Sorry to hear that we will hear less from you. 
That's harsh. I can understand you have had a rought time and all, but the respons on this forum to the publication of the Basic Roleplaying book have actually been massively positive. Even those who say they strongly disagree with some selected game mechanics in the book, and those who see RQ3 as the pinnacle of Roleplaying Design, say they will buy the new book. That should at least mean something. 
SGL. |
<don fire retardant suit; step on soap box>
It is harsh, but it needed to be said. Potential developers WILL look at fora like this one. Now, imagine a company that isn't really familiar with how rabid (yes rabid) we are as fans of this system, but they have heard good things about Chtulhu, perhaps played a bit. Now, drop them into this forum, and look at the overall tone of the threads.
In may cases they are not simply discussions of the merits, or perceived lack. They are rant and flame fests. Honestly, if you were a company interested in producing a product, and saw this, wouldn't you loose interest too?
Now, I'm not saying that this kind of discourse is bad overall. What we have achieved here has been stated in Jason's post above, meaning that we will not have to wait for three months for an extensive list of errata, though I'm sure there will be some.But the signal to noise ratio is way over the top for a product that is still in editing. Especially from those that have yet to see the pre-release/proof copy.
We all need to tone it down a notch or two.
SDLeary
<getting off soap box; walking away with fire retardant suit STILL ON!>
