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Addressing that last part, please allow me to share some personal memories of our trip to Gen Con: This was my first Gen Con as LWD staff and I can tell you that I had no idea how much work would be involved. Morning to evening, often late evening. I was working the booth, attending important meetings and shooting panels with the really nice camera LWD bought for me to use. On some days, I couldn't find time to eat anything but a single protein bar in the morning because of all the bases I was covering. But offering you all more regular updates even about small things would have been a great thing to do. After maintaining that kind of hard driving schedule for days, I realize that for me to give you folks more regular updates, it actually has to be something I preplan and record in my schedule. Otherwise, the "less busy time" I wait for is likely to never materialize. The booth was mostly smooth running and the camaraderie among staff inspiring. Customers new and existing who visited us were quite positive. Someone came by to tell us that a few years ago when she lost her other and wanted to keep his HL account running in his honor and so we switched it over to her name. It meant so much to her and continues to. Don't make us tear up at the booth, lady! :`) The team did get to dine together and I learned so much about all of them, including what shows or games they most like. That was cool. Booth set-up on Wednesday... I was the only person to get cut and bled a bit. I was a prevailing wage contractor who built schools, firehouses, police stations, hospitals and the like... so a little blood flowing in the morning is how you know your day has started. But LWD ran for the first aid in seconds. I'm surprised they didn't medivac chopper me out of the exhibition hall. DON'T YOU QUIT ON ME, RONE! DON'T YOU QUIT! Many lessons learned. Next time. I'll make sure you have better updates. Force myself to eat when they give me food breaks throughout the day (I did not avail myself of them). And bring a pair of running shoes, not just these comfy Skechers which are good for standing. Because there were a few times when I was running quarter miles across indy with big heavy equipment brimming boxes on my shoulder. Running across concrete in Skechers for extended periods of time is like wearing cinderblocks tied to your soles with rope. One con downtime highlight? Trouncing and taunting some of the biggest names (I won't name 'em) in the industry at card games 'tween 1-2 am... games I'd never played before that put heavy win-reliance on being able to call a bluff. I think I missed my calling. |
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Rone, why don't you guys get some of your fans to volunteer at your booth at GenCon? Many companies do this to reduce the load on their own staff. There are plenty of folks who are very knowledgeable about HLC, HLO and RW, probably even Army Builder.
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I'll get the knack. |
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What year? LOL
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As long as I don't have to stand all day or run (can't do either) then sign me up. I don't even need a room since I live in Indy. |
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Count me in as one of the frustrated and one of the fans. Most of my frustration is directed at Paizo. My feelings may not be fair to Paizo and the issues may just be due to the harsh business reality that they are not going to prioritize one third-party software developer's issues.
Unlike many on these boards, I really *want* the content market. RW is great for homebrew campaigns and even if the company went under, so long as the software continues to run and I have the executables backed up, and can continue to use it for the purpose for years to come. But I just don't have time recently and have taken to running purchased adventures. Realm Works provides a GREAT format for this, but there just isn't any content. I don't play Pathfinder. Don't have much interest. But RealmWorks success seems inextricably tied to the system. That Paizo put into place technical requirements forcing third-party developers to connect with Paizo's market and then lets technical issues keep partners strung along for months--seems like a bad partner. But they can be a bad partner because they have the upper hand in the relationship. I feel for LWD because it is damned if you do and damned if you don't. But it is my impression of Paizo that has most soured. When I began using Realm Works in 2014 it was WoTC that annoyed me. But now I have so many excellent tools and services to consume 5e content with. Because I mostly play 5e I have increasingly felt less and less of a need to fire up RealmWorks. The VTT platforms and D&D Beyond do not provide the same experience and convenience but they get developing. At the rate things are going, I wouldn't be surprised if D&D Beyond greatly improves cross-linking and comes out with combat pad before LWD & Paizo work out the issues with getting the Content Market working with Paizo's content. RW Project: Dungeons & Dragons 5th edition homebrew world Other Tools: CampaignCartographer, Cityographer, Dungeonographer, Evernote |
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I plan to use the CM, and to use it for Pathfinder. I have no plans to shift to PF2. I've spent way too much of my time and money over the years on system after system, and promised myself when PF first came out that it would be the last (purely fantasy) system I'd be buying. So now, besides the worry that the CM just won't happen, my biggest worry is that during the 5 years I've been waiting for it to come out, Paizo has moved on to PF2 and now there won't be much in the way of PF1 stuff for me to buy... |
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The problem imho is, what if LWD wants to cooperate with another publisher and sell some of their stuff? It's important to be a bit ssystem independent. It would have been better to just launch that thing w/o paizo and connect them to it, when they are ready.
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THe CM could have been opened with community shared elements even... w/o Paizo.... 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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Thanks, Rone for throwing us some bones, here. It would be really wonderful if that were to continue without us making a lot of noise. A little comms goes a long way, even if it is "Hey, we haven't forgotten about you guys, but we are still in a holding pattern with Paizo."
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