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Reading the Facebook announcement, it doesn't say that these 50 beta testers are getting the Content Market right now. It just says that they can sign up for it.
So maybe the Kickstarter backers aren't being snubbed by "johnny come lately's", like myself. No, I'm not one of those 50. Here I sit in Seattle though and I did start using Realm Works a bit over a year ago. I don't use Pathfinder myself, but I welcome Pathfinder customers because they have lots of cash to fund development that I will benefit from. That's certainly been true of other Kickstarter projects. I might get the Swords and Wizardry or 5e version, but how many of Frog God's books would exist (or how thick would they be?) without the dedicated wallets of Pathfinder players? |
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Nobody at Paizo Con is getting to see the Content Market today. It was a promotional they could sign up for to get slightly early access while it's in testing. This is in no way going to affect Kickstarter backers as they will have access to the content owed them as soon as it's available as it will be added to their accounts.
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Keep the faith, guys (or not). There is nothing like RW, and the one thing we can be 100% certain of is that the LWD team isn't taking a long vacation rather than working RW. They overpromised (or over-hoped) initially and for a long while, but I miss the forum contributions. Because we have flamed on them so much, we barely hear anything any more.
One thing that might work rather than release estimates is to maintain a list of issues upon which the release depends. This could be updated weekly so we could get a sense of progress. The list will have items added as testing warrants, but, hopefully, the list will slowly shrink over time, and we can get a sense for progress. I am not a beta tester, so maybe there is a lot of back-and-forth on the beta boards, but when this program came out, we used to get a lot of vigorous discussion here. Now it is many days or weeks between LWD staff posts. And I don't blame them. They get flame-sprayed almost every time. |
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Just to be clear LWD you blew it.
I've defended you guys many times on many things. Not this time. You're in the wrong on this. Not on the not attending PaizoCon part. You probably had to be there. But beta access on a signup sheet for the first 50 people who came by the booth? What were you thinking? my Realm Works videos https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCZU...4DwXXkvmBXQ9Yw |
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Personally, I will probably find little to no benefit from the content market, but since LWD has been hiding behind this excuse to finish everything else they have promised for YEARS (insert Calendars, individual character reveal, etc) it is the only reason I hope for its completion. D&D> Pre 1e White Box Edition, 1e, 2e, 3.5 Currently, Set in the World of Greyhawk (The first, longest running and Best Campaign Setting) Software>Extensive use of all forms of MS Products, Visual Studio 2012, DAZ 3d, AutoCAD, Adobe Products. Gaming Specific>Campaign Cartographer, D20 Pro Alpha & BattleGrounds Beta Tester, World Builder, Dungeon Crafter, LWD Hero Lab, Realm Works, Inkwell Ideas Citybuilder & Dungeon Builder, Auto-Realm, Dundjinni Contributing Writer for TSR, WOC, & Canonfire |
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Thank you LWD and Rob for your support. I am sorry for giving mine, and everyone else who has been here saying just wait, it will be great. Yeah your reward for loyalty. You don't count. Exmortis aka "Scott" RW - Needs Rez spell HL - Game Master/Designer RPG Tools - Campaign Cartographer 3+, D20 Pro Ultimate Real Life - IT Security Hobby - Anything on water or ATV |
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I do get it - Wolf Lair have to advertise the product somehow, they have wages etc. to pay after all and they have to get people to buy it somehow - but I can also see why people are peeved.
There are lots of things I want to see that actually, for me, come ahead of the Content Market (calendars, player access through browsers) but I do see that they are relying on people to buy aspects of the Content Market to keep in business. I would have been happier if Wolf Lair had found something else to attract visitors to their booth at PaizoCon - it seems to me that it raises Pathfinder above other games systems and rather steps on the faces of the people her who've been around a long time, not to mention the Kickstarters (I wasn't one, but I wish I had been). So yes, I know why they did it, but I rather wish they'd found something else to bring the customers flocking. -- Lexin GM from Gwynedd, Wales - seriously old school - playing RPGs since 1980! Tools: Realm Works, HeroLab, Campaign Cartographer 3+ |
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