BRP Licensing...

[Trifletraxor]

Me think Chaosium will lose more than Gwenthia. They don't answer the emails of other publishers who want to make licensed publications for BRP either. One thing is that they may not care about answering fans, but not even answering buisness related emails? That suck...

SGL.

[Jack Tar]

Remember, this is the company that packs their overseas shipments with old newspapers, as I discovered with my Edition 0 rules book. Very superficial, but "professional" was not the first thing that sprung to mind.

[NickMiddleton]

Originally Posted by Trifletraxor

Me think Chaosium will lose more than Gwenthia. They don't answer the emails of other publishers who want to make licensed publications for BRP either.

Care to elaborate? The only established publisher I'm aware of who has expressed a definite interest in a BRP license is Seraphim Guard - and they got one; but I'm certainly NOT privy to ANY of Chaosium's communications nor at all connected in the industry, so I've no idea if anyone else has approached them.

One thing is that they may not care about answering fans, but not even answering buisness related emails? That suck...

Speaking personally, I approached Chaosium some time ago about Uncounted Worlds in what I hope was a concise but sufficiently informative email (outlining what I wanted to do, who I was and what I beleived I needed from Chaosium) and whilst I didn't get the fastest of replies, I did get one.

Cheers,

Nick

[Trifletraxor]

Originally Posted by NickMiddleton

Care to elaborate? The only established publisher I'm aware of who has expressed a definite interest in a BRP license is Seraphim Guard - and they got one; but I'm certainly NOT privy to ANY of Chaosium's communications nor at all connected in the industry, so I've no idea if anyone else has approached them.

I'm talking about an established publisher besides Seraphim Guard, which have produced some high quality supplement earlier. I'm pretty sure I would buy anything they would produce for BRP. I was told in a PM though, and it's not a "news" item yet (as they've gotten no respons), so I can't give the name yet.

SGL.

[jarulf]

Originally Posted by Trifletraxor

I was told in a PM though, and it's not a "news" item yet (as they've gotten no respons), so I can't give the name yet.
SGL.

If you can't say who your source is, then why post about it at all until, and if, you can?

[NickMiddleton]

Originally Posted by jarulf

If you can't say who your source is, then why post about it at all until, and if, you can?

Not to seem rude, but I agree - there may well be additional circumstances involved, and at the very least if you can't give any details, we can't know when the email to Chaosium was sent etc... and it all becomes rampant speculation. For example, if what they (whoever they are) had a substantive proposal to put to Chaosium, why didn't they duplicate it via conventional mail - that would be the professional approach in my book (and indeed, in most niche publishing circles I'm aware of...).

Not saying you're wrong Triff, but until we can have some details, this is a bit nebulous...

Cheers,

Nick Middleton

[Trifletraxor]

Originally Posted by jarulf

If you can't say who your source is, then why post about it at all until, and if, you can?

Ah, you know, just complaining a bit. It's a human right to complain!

Originally Posted by NickMiddleton

Not to seem rude, but I agree - there may well be additional circumstances involved, and at the very least if you can't give any details, we can't know when the email to Chaosium was sent etc... and it all becomes rampant speculation.

You might be right, but it wouldn't be the first time they didn't follow up communications concerning their license (I'm still annoyed by Gwenthia going to MRQ! ).

For example, if what they (whoever they are) had a substantive proposal to put to Chaosium, why didn't they duplicate it via conventional mail - that would be the professional approach in my book (and indeed, in most niche publishing circles I'm aware of...).

Not saying you're wrong Triff, but until we can have some details, this is a bit nebulous...

Okay your basically right about that, I'll stop my complaining for now.

(I might be back later though! )

SGL.

[Trifletraxor]

Originally Posted by Trifletraxor

(I'm still annoyed by Gwenthia going to MRQ! ).

Thinking about it, I will probably buy the first Gwenthia-book anyway, and see how much a hassle it will be to convert.

SGL.

[Rurik]

Come on guys, it is pretty well establisged that Triff is, after all, a troll.



(Can we get a don't feed the troll smiliey by the way?)

[frogspawner]

Originally Posted by jarulf

If you can't say who your source is, then why post about it at all until, and if, you can?

One reason: this dissatisfaction could feed back to Chaosium and actually make a response more likely, improving our chances of getting a high quality supplement for BRP. That's worth a bit of frustrated curiosity, I'd say...