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  1. Jd Smith1

    Green Ronin Crowdfunding Legal Defense Fund In Fight Against Diamond Distrubutors

    Then those companies are accepting an additional degree of risk, particularly if they engage in consignment markets. That's their choice, not a tragedy. If their crowdfunding works for GR, good for them. If it does not, that's the breaks. This is, ultimately, a business endeavor being...
  2. Jd Smith1

    Green Ronin Crowdfunding Legal Defense Fund In Fight Against Diamond Distrubutors

    Its simple fact that things like this happen every single working day. In 2022, for example, there were 383,810 filings of various types of bankruptcy. No one goes into business planning to go bankrupt. While Diamond's fall may hurt publishers, Diamond employees are definitely losing their jobs.
  3. Jd Smith1

    Worlds of Design: Combat Methods

    My preference is for systems that: make fighting a canine-style creature markedly different than a humanoid (or other body types) that rewards positioning and changes in style and type of attack that has a count-up or variable number of actions within a combat round rather than 'you get one...
  4. Jd Smith1

    Green Ronin Crowdfunding Legal Defense Fund In Fight Against Diamond Distrubutors

    Legal fees are always necessary when a company is caught up in bankruptcy proceedings as a creditor.
  5. Jd Smith1

    Green Ronin Crowdfunding Legal Defense Fund In Fight Against Diamond Distrubutors

    This entire thread has been speculation. How you view GR is, of course, your choice, but by their own press release, they are in need of a cash infusion.
  6. Jd Smith1

    Diamond Distributors Asks Bankruptcy Court For Ownership of Publishers' Consignment Inventory [UPDATED]

    Not a lot worth reselling. Their warehouse space is probably leased. Which is why the consignment goods are almost certainly going to be liquidated.
  7. Jd Smith1

    Diamond Distributors Asks Bankruptcy Court For Ownership of Publishers' Consignment Inventory [UPDATED]

    Who is taking Diamond's place in the distribution chain?
  8. Jd Smith1

    Green Ronin Crowdfunding Legal Defense Fund In Fight Against Diamond Distrubutors

    In the USA, a well-run company hopes for 3 to 4% profit, so the gross will tell you a great deal. Couple that with the claim they can't raise $50,000 on a few week's notice, and either they're trying to offset their losses via fake panhandling, or their profit margin isn't all that great.
  9. Jd Smith1

    Green Ronin Crowdfunding Legal Defense Fund In Fight Against Diamond Distrubutors

    Fault really isn't an issue anymore. All that's left is damage control.
  10. Jd Smith1

    Green Ronin Crowdfunding Legal Defense Fund In Fight Against Diamond Distrubutors

    That's true. But to hire an attorney on short notice, to go up against the banks team?
  11. Jd Smith1

    Green Ronin Crowdfunding Legal Defense Fund In Fight Against Diamond Distrubutors

    Everyone here is behind an electronic screen...:unsure: Well said, but I think you're missing a vital point here: GR is, by this fundraiser, announcing that they do not have the financial resources for even a modest legal defense. This is a company with an annual revenue in the seven million...
  12. Jd Smith1

    Realistic Combat that's Simple(ish)

    The only downside of MERP is that your players had to be deeply invested in the lore.
  13. Jd Smith1

    RPG Buzzwords that have effectively lost their meaning due to poor over-use

    Oh, man, that just took me back hard.
  14. Jd Smith1

    Which RPGs best model real-world skill development?

    Hackmaster 5 (nothing to do with D&D) and Morrow Project both have skills advancing at different speeds based on complexity, but are also scaled so early skill acquisition is fairly quick, while getting the higher levels is much harder.
  15. Jd Smith1

    Green Ronin Crowdfunding Legal Defense Fund In Fight Against Diamond Distrubutors

    No, just facts. They're useful things.
  16. Jd Smith1

    RPG Buzzwords that have effectively lost their meaning due to poor over-use

    Sure, pour some gasoline into the fire.
  17. Jd Smith1

    Green Ronin Crowdfunding Legal Defense Fund In Fight Against Diamond Distrubutors

    Again, you don't seem to grasp the difference between opinion and facts. Or, I could go anywhere else, and encounter even vaster groups who could care less. :ROFLMAO:
  18. Jd Smith1

    Green Ronin Crowdfunding Legal Defense Fund In Fight Against Diamond Distrubutors

    Opinions are not facts. Was Diamond hard to deal with? Sure. Is that proof of anything? No. Is the entire point moot? Absolutely.
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