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<blockquote data-quote="GreyICE" data-source="post: 6015610" data-attributes="member: 6684526"><p>Where are you distributing them to, though? Are you targeting gaming stores and comic book shops? Not to be captain obvious here, but that's not going to get any more people into the hobby. Everyone who is in a game store or a comic book shop either plays RPGs or knows of them. </p><p></p><p>Maybe if you could partner with Barnes and Noble or another major retailer you might have a hope of pulling people in who don't normally game, but I don't see any plans to do that, and without that you're pretty sunk. Even better, if you could get your material into schools or other areas kids frequent you might have a shot at this, but again, no plans.</p><p></p><p>Also, and this is not to be mean - your website looks like the worst form of 90s cruft websites. Painful text at top of page, check. Random logo in corner not related to your company or anything, check (two crossed fiery blades). Your main page has links to purchase things, news articles, about your company, a history, and random YouTube videos. You. Tube. Videos. It has so much cruft it's not even funny. To contrast with the vast effort getting this exercise in nested tables working, you didn't even get the font on the menu right. </p><p></p><p>Your font on your little services banners (which are across the top of the page... why are they not part of the menu system above them, why haven't they replaced the menu system, what is going on) feature black font on dark blue background. They're nearly unreadable, and they don't pop in any way. Ironically, they advertise graphic design and webpage design as two of your services (do you also do plumbing? IS THIS A GAME SITE OR NOT, I CAN'T TELL!). </p><p></p><p>I'm running at 1080P and it STILL has too much stuff on my screen. What does that even do on laptop monitors? I don't know. I don't want to know. Smartphone screens? They're a joke. I couldn't buy something from your site on a smartphone if I wanted to. And then there's what happens if I actually read your site.</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>From it's inception, GOB Retail was created... really? At the inception of most things I figure they've already been going on for a while. Department of Redundancy Department? </p><p></p><p>More damningly than mere <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite1" alt=":)" title="Smile :)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":)" /><img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite1" alt=":)" title="Smile :)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":)" /><img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite1" alt=":)" title="Smile :)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":)" /><img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite1" alt=":)" title="Smile :)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":)" /><img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite1" alt=":)" title="Smile :)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":)" /><img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite1" alt=":)" title="Smile :)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":)" /> grammar (which does not raise my trust in you as a company, btw) is the POD stuff. What is POD operations? POD games? I don't know. Your site has failed to tell me. Anything you can't bother to tell me about isn't very interesting.</p><p></p><p>I mean this stuff is all over:</p><p></p><p></p><p>I'm not a grammar nazi. If you were writing in an internet forum, I wouldn't care. But if you're trying to make me spend my money with the idea that you will do something useful with it, well, that website is making me scream. How do I know there aren't enormous grammatical errors all over your text? How do I know you're sending out a million copies of something people could read and use?</p><p></p><p>I don't. All I know is that your site inspires zero confidence.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="GreyICE, post: 6015610, member: 6684526"] Where are you distributing them to, though? Are you targeting gaming stores and comic book shops? Not to be captain obvious here, but that's not going to get any more people into the hobby. Everyone who is in a game store or a comic book shop either plays RPGs or knows of them. Maybe if you could partner with Barnes and Noble or another major retailer you might have a hope of pulling people in who don't normally game, but I don't see any plans to do that, and without that you're pretty sunk. Even better, if you could get your material into schools or other areas kids frequent you might have a shot at this, but again, no plans. Also, and this is not to be mean - your website looks like the worst form of 90s cruft websites. Painful text at top of page, check. Random logo in corner not related to your company or anything, check (two crossed fiery blades). Your main page has links to purchase things, news articles, about your company, a history, and random YouTube videos. You. Tube. Videos. It has so much cruft it's not even funny. To contrast with the vast effort getting this exercise in nested tables working, you didn't even get the font on the menu right. Your font on your little services banners (which are across the top of the page... why are they not part of the menu system above them, why haven't they replaced the menu system, what is going on) feature black font on dark blue background. They're nearly unreadable, and they don't pop in any way. Ironically, they advertise graphic design and webpage design as two of your services (do you also do plumbing? IS THIS A GAME SITE OR NOT, I CAN'T TELL!). I'm running at 1080P and it STILL has too much stuff on my screen. What does that even do on laptop monitors? I don't know. I don't want to know. Smartphone screens? They're a joke. I couldn't buy something from your site on a smartphone if I wanted to. And then there's what happens if I actually read your site. From it's inception, GOB Retail was created... really? At the inception of most things I figure they've already been going on for a while. Department of Redundancy Department? More damningly than mere :):):):):):) grammar (which does not raise my trust in you as a company, btw) is the POD stuff. What is POD operations? POD games? I don't know. Your site has failed to tell me. Anything you can't bother to tell me about isn't very interesting. I mean this stuff is all over: I'm not a grammar nazi. If you were writing in an internet forum, I wouldn't care. But if you're trying to make me spend my money with the idea that you will do something useful with it, well, that website is making me scream. How do I know there aren't enormous grammatical errors all over your text? How do I know you're sending out a million copies of something people could read and use? I don't. All I know is that your site inspires zero confidence. [/QUOTE]
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