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Deekin reacted to Jd Smith1's post in the thread Diamond Distributors Asks Bankruptcy Court For Ownership of Publishers' Consignment Inventory [UPDATED] with
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Deekin reacted to Jd Smith1's post in the thread Diamond Distributors Asks Bankruptcy Court For Ownership of Publishers' Consignment Inventory [UPDATED] with Like.
Because they will have, or be operating under the threat of, a court order to liquify all assets as efficiently as possible. Failure to...
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Deekin reacted to Nylanfs's post in the thread Diamond Distributors Asks Bankruptcy Court For Ownership of Publishers' Consignment Inventory [UPDATED] with Like.
Here's the part that gets me, why would the publishers know they needed to file that document on their OWN products that were in...
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Deekin reacted to Jd Smith1's post in the thread Diamond Distributors Asks Bankruptcy Court For Ownership of Publishers' Consignment Inventory [UPDATED] with Like.
In the USA, in most states, the court sides with creditors. While Diamond will liquidate the inventory, they will not keep the money...
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Deekin reacted to Koloth's post in the thread Diamond Distributors Asks Bankruptcy Court For Ownership of Publishers' Consignment Inventory [UPDATED] with Like.
IANAL but some will depend on the bankruptcy laws in the State where filed. They can vary and are one of the reasons companies will...
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Deekin reacted to EzekielRaiden's post in the thread D&D General [rant]The conservatism of D&D fans is exhausting. with Like.
Well, for instance, the rather scornful rejection of anything that doesn't work the way the speaker accepts (e.g. dismissing cited...
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Deekin reacted to EzekielRaiden's post in the thread D&D General [rant]The conservatism of D&D fans is exhausting. with Like.
In light of the recent challenges over condescending tone and style, this particular action is...frankly galling.
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Deekin reacted to Arilyn's post in the thread D&D 5E (2024) Is There A New Sheriff in Town? with Like.
I think the myth of Pathfinder beating D&D comes from the excitement Paizo felt vs.the disappointment WotC felt. PF quickly sold out at...
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Deekin reacted to Deset Gled's post in the thread D&D 5E (2024) Is There A New Sheriff in Town? with Like.
Identity arguments can get weird. I always like to use Team Edward vs. Team Jacob as my go to example. Primarily because it's a good...
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Deekin reacted to EzekielRaiden's post in the thread D&D 5E (2024) Is There A New Sheriff in Town? with Like.
Well, at least for me? This was the thing people hammered home, over and over and over and over and over and over and over and... They...
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Deekin reacted to pemerton's post in the thread D&D General [rant]The conservatism of D&D fans is exhausting. with Like.
Your last sentence contains an ambiguity: you use "causes the cook to be there" without clarifying whether you mean causes, in the...
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Deekin reacted to pemerton's post in the thread D&D General [rant]The conservatism of D&D fans is exhausting. with Like.
No. White Plume Mountain is GM-created. (Or analogous to.) But play in WPM using classic D&D need not be GM-driven/GM-centred play...
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Deekin reacted to pemerton's post in the thread D&D General [rant]The conservatism of D&D fans is exhausting. with Like.
It's nothing to do with a straw man. I'm simply pointing out that, as many RPGers in the late 70s and early 80s noticed, that D&D is...
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Deekin reacted to pemerton's post in the thread D&D General [rant]The conservatism of D&D fans is exhausting. with Like.
In the same way that critical discussion of Hamlet often begins with a consideration of Shakespeare's text, so my critical discussion of...
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Deekin reacted to JConstantine's post in the thread D&D General [rant]The conservatism of D&D fans is exhausting. with Like.
Assuming the reason for trying to open the door was to save people from the fire, it's a logical causal effect. While it's true that...