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Message: <blockquote data-quote="DanteHayes" data-source="post: 483804" data-attributes="member: 8880">Woof....Well, I hate for my first post on these boards to have to be negative but, I want people to understand what people are talking about when they say "RPGA".When you go to an event, it is more times than not, hosted by a local gaming oranisation, not the RPGA. Although, certainly the club has close affiliations with them. These people do indeed work very hard. Especially the Event Coordinators. They deserve a round of applause at the end of a convention.The Judges on the other hand, usually get free admision with the agreement to judge X events. And, I have seen more "bad" judges than I have ever seen "good" ones.But, I don not hold it against the RPGa for the judges because, they are NOT the RPGA. They may be members but, they are not employees. There is a big difference. Sadly, the same thing goes for the Event Coordinators. They do not reflect well upon the RPGA because, they are NOT the RPGA.The RPGA is the organisation that doesn't reply to enquiries. That sends PDFs of the wrong modules to the poor Event Coordinators. That promises to send cards, modules, magazines and then fails across the board. I also was working at a game store. We tried to set it up so that we could run the RPGAs "Living Events". They told us that we would have to purchase a specific type of membership. We did. Two and half years and dozens of emails later, we have never recieved a single letter from the PRGA.I also tried to donate my time and intellectual energy to the Living Greyhawk campaign. I endeavored to work my butt off so that the gaming audience would have a chance to enjoy gaming. The people that were selected to "Coordinate" the regional projects were the most insular people I have ever encountered. After no success trying to get them to treat the other RPGA members in their region who had something to contribute with even the slightest civility, I decided to escalate. Lets just say that nearly three years later, I'm still waiting for the RPGA to even acknowledge the existance of a problem there.I encourage you all to go to a gaming event and support your gaming community but, it's likely that the hardest working guy there has the same level of affilition with the RPGA as the lamest slob you meet. If you think it's worth your time, become a member. But, don't hold your breath waiting for that letter with your membership card to arrive.</blockquote>

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