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I'm not even sure what this has to do with anything..... He never mentioned the woman in question. He just said 'anyone' acting under such-and-such circumstances. Rebuttal rejected!

Ahem....I would say that after years of other settlements people would pull their heads out of their asses and say "HEY MCDONALDS SERVERS HOT COFFEE I"D BE :):):):)ING CAREFUL!" I didn't say that. You specifically mentioned suing over a companies attitude, not a defective product. I would...

First, I threw those numbers out there as farcical examples. I certainly hope no one is serving 1000 degree coffee outside of hell. Second, you have to boil water to even make coffee. So a logical person would assume that this coffee is going to be served to me at near boiling temperatures. So...

Who says we have the right to punish someone because of their attitude? And it's simple, you punish a large corporation by not buying their products. You sue them when you are a stupid greedy whore who just wants to get rich quick on the basis of your own ignorance. But then again, I don't...

But that's the new "American Dream". Wait for someone to :):):):) up, sue them and get rich off your ass.

Thanks for that detailed description but I know what an industry standard is. Now do you know what micromanaging is? It doesn't refer to regulations 'imposed by outside authorities like laws or regulatory commissions'. It refers to the managing of something with excessive attention to detail...

There very fact that there is an 'industry standard' for coffee temperature says volumes about our ability to micromanage. I can think of lots of things I want industry standards for...coffee temperature isn't one of them.

If she had just been having a stiff drink with her morning commute instead of coffee like a normal :):):):)ing America we could have avoided this whole discussion. Or wait, are we talking about WOTC...er Hasbro.......I mean......................I SUE THE DARKNESS!!!

If we wanted to do things the way it's done in the U.K. we wouldn't have seceded! That's right hustla, I went revolutionary on your red coat ass. (I don't really even know what this means but it sounded gangsta when I typed it.....)

Maybe.... Scientology has taught us that you can sue anyone over anything if you have the money. But even they don't expect to win, they just use it as a tool of harrassement. So I say if you have hundreds of thousands of dollars to piss away and you don't like hookers and coke, then go for it!

This is probably a more likely scenario. Also very true. It may sound otherwise but I wouldn't suggest that. I might suggest that the industry has more people innovating games (a great thing by the way) and not enough people innovating their business models. The truth is I have the...

Absolutely. And a charismatic leader who could convince rpg companies to increase their dues and fees to fund these projects wouldn't hurt either. This is absolutely not the case. Derivatives are designed to hedge against variable future outcomes, but as for turning a profit, it's highly...

I was refering more to the qualitative advantages these two organizations possess by straddeling the line between producers and consumers. Their combined reach in terms of driving market growing initiatives would be an advantage that individual producers of games cannot achieve alone...

Absolutely. But it is an industry wide concern. So why there aren't any trade or industry organizations focusing resources on this problem is beyond me. I would think GAMA or GENCON would be in a strong position to support these initiatives. Print publishing has not been problematic at all...

I agree on both counts. Which is why I think the marketing models most companies in the industry currently use are flawed. Rather than attempting to capture the existing limited market, they should focus their efforts on expanding the market and draw in more consumers. The industry needs to...

I certainly agree. And selling investors on a small roleplaying company would require an incredibly slick seller.

I am really not trying to be an arrogant dick when I say this, but this entire statement is wrong from top to bottom. Investors aren't concerned with the size of the market or the ability to dominate it. Investors are concerned with a reasonable rate of return. Reasonable in this case being a...

Brand recognition is far easier to obtain now with mass communication and internet technology. Brand loyalty is created simply through the creation of a superior product and maintaining a strong relationship with your consumers. This should be easier in the RPG industry than in others because...

I'm not entirely sure what you mean by this. Size doesn't factor in to whether or not a company is privately or publicly held. The reason RPG companies favor private ownership or LLC status is because it gives them greater control over their intellectual property. The drawback to not being...