Gleemax = Enworld

[crazy_cat]

Y'know you've been spending too much time online when Thunderbird means internet browser before car.

I always think of our boys at International Rescue, myself.

F.A.B.,
Cam

Personally, Thunderbird always reminds me of the incredibly cheap (and ridculously foul tasting, but high % ABV) fortified wine we used to buy when underage drinking in the mid/late 80's. Does that make me a bad person?

*winces as conversation stops and everybody goes quiet and stares*

Sorry, I'll get my coat....

 

[Winterthorn]

Eh...

I did not read all of the above posts, but I just wanted to give my initial reaction after visiting the gleemax site:

No, sorry, but it doesn't work for me. Maybe just a matter of taste on my part. The name is... odd. The brain-in-a-jar thing is not what I'd have gone for either.

I'll check it out again in a month or so to see if the new site develops "roots". Somehow I do not see a business venture trying to model a grassroots fan site will work as they want. Exploiting a fan base for marketing? Gee, how original is that?

I remain the skeptical consumer...

PS: yeah, when I see/hear Thunderbird, I too think of Anderson's ol' bobbing-head show... F.A.B.

 

[Mark CMG]

We also just updated gleemax.com with more information based on the feedback we received from folks in various places, including this thread. So thanks again.

Uh oh. Will the brain be mocking us back? I do not think I could take it if the brain was mocking us back. Please do not let the brain mock us back.

 

[Whizbang Dustyboots]

Uh oh. Will the brain be mocking us back? I do not think I could take it if the brain was mocking us back. Please do not let the brain mock us back.

Gleemax will deal with you shortly.

 

[davidschwartznz]

Personally, Thunderbird always reminds me of the incredibly cheap (and ridculously foul tasting, but high % ABV) fortified wine we used to buy when underage drinking in the mid/late 80's. Does that make me a bad person?

The important thing is that no one associates it with a mythological creature anymore. Take that, Native American culture!

 

[Mark CMG]

Gleemax will deal with you shortly.

hold me

 

[Nifft]

Could we change the title to something less provocative?

Perhaps something relatively inoffensive like "Gleemax HATES Enworld"?

Thanks, -- N

 

[PatEllis15]

Mike Just wanted to let you know that I finally joined BGG today... I'm puzzled as well as to why they are being so defensive... You can think that Gleemax is silly/will fail, and not take it as a personal affront.

If Gleemax does for general gaming what the OGL did, then all the better. That might be asking for a bit much, but I'll definatley keep my eyes on it!

Pat E

 

[Khairn]

Mike Just wanted to let you know that I finally joined BGG today... I'm puzzled as well as to why they are being so defensive... You can think that Gleemax is silly/will fail, and not take it as a personal affront.

If Gleemax does for general gaming what the OGL did, then all the better. That might be asking for a bit much, but I'll definatley keep my eyes on it!

Pat E

I guess that if your site is trying to be a home for a niche group of gamers (niche of a niche) and you see WotC announcing that they are now trying to gather all gamers under 1 (Gleemax) banner, then I can easily understand why they are defensive.

Do you expect Warhammer (Games Workshop) or Warmachine (Privateer Press) to embrace and encourage their mini's players to use "Gleemax" because WotC is designing it to be the "Gamers Home" ? Hell no.

Gleemax, and the rest of the DI is a new front in the war for your gaming $. What will be interesting is if once the price structure and content for the DI is announced to see if there is any competition.

 

[Charwoman Gene]

I'm still wondering what a Mozilla

NCSA Mosaic Web browser => Became netscape => Code released by AOL => Mutated by Open Source radiation => Mozilla (Like Godzilla) 100 foot monster attacking Redmond.

is or how Apple relates to computers.

Computers => Innovation/Science => Issac Newton => "Newton's Apple"