Adamant Entertainment PDF Products

[D_Sinclair]

See, that's interesting.

As a Gold Vendor at RPGNow, I have notifications of every sale sent to me. I save them for my records, and have done so for the entire history of the company.

They're searchable. By name, even.

Odd thing is, I show no purchase made for any of our products in the entire history of Adamant Entertainment from anybody named David Sinclair.

So, I have to wonder...how did you manage to get one of our products, let alone the multiple products that your post seems to indicate?

Either you're lying, or you've illegally downloaded our products. Which is it?

Two words: Office Copy. Maybe you should check again so you can take notice that my boss bought a number of your products. That's right, he has bought them. There isn't anything in any terms in your file that says users on a network cannot open files you produced unless the purchased them.

 

[D_Sinclair]

I disagree entirely.

In this thread, I have taken someone's issue, given a reason for my business decision, and said that I will consider the issue further if indications are that I am mistaken.

I have also had a one-post tiff with a someone who is NOT my consumer, yet still claims to have multiple copies of my products. Someone who states a direct falsehood about my products (all of our products are exported with compatibility back to Acrobat 4)...and someone who is, in fact, a sock-puppet psuedonym account for a banned publisher. *You* assumed, from that one post, that he was a consumer, and that my statement was a negative attitude towards my consumer base...which, bluntly, is more a problem with your mistaken impression than anything else.

In some views, apparently, one post, where you're not possessed of all the facts, is enough to invalidate every other post where I've gone out of my way to be accessible. To this, I can only say that I'm saddened by that, but I can't please everyone.

My sales are strong, so I must be doing something right.

While you may be exporting things with the expectation that the reulting files are good back to Acrobat 4, the fact of the matter is that tinted and gradiated fills weren't properly supported back in 4 or 5. This means that the older readers read tham as solid, 100% tint fills.

Is it your fault? Obviously not. Ever since the release of Acrobat 4, Adobe has consistently flawed their new releases in some fashion, be it font embedding, page backgrounds, reversing the order in which layering occurs, PDF security implementation, or even their DRM system.

But everyone is right, you've got a bad habit of assuming the worst about everyone, and it is a nasty attitude that is going to bite you back in the end. You really should just chill out. Considering C Baize won't buy anything with my boss's name on it because my boss can be a jerk at times, I can only guess what he is starting to think about RPGObjects doing business with Adamant Entertainment. I also can't help wondering about what he thinks about the fact that he boycotts ARP products, while one of his freelancers has nothing but good things to say about this company and my boss.

And once again, I am not a pseudonym, but a real, live flesh and blood, air breathing person. But think what you will, as it makes no difference to me.

 

[GMSkarka]

Maybe you should check again so you can take notice that my boss bought a number of your products. That's right, he has bought them.

I'm shocked, shocked I tell you, that "D.Sinclair" has been reading copies that were purchased by Dana Jorgensen.

Shocked.

Stunned, even.

 

[GMSkarka]

Gareth - keep up the good work.

I buy your products and they have really helped my campaign. Are they perfect? No -but nothing else is either.

If XYZ product from yours (or any other company) doesn't conform to every single pre-conceived notion of what I consider perfect, it's no big deal. I'll continue to buy.

Thank you very much!

This thread has been bugging me, to be honest, and your post made my day.

I will endeavor to keep producing stuff that you find useful, and hopefully I can, on occasion, produce something that scores well on your "pre-conceived notions" list.

 

[C. Baize]

Considering C Baize won't buy anything with my boss's name on it because my boss can be a jerk at times, I can only guess what he is starting to think about RPGObjects doing business with Adamant Entertainment. I also can't help wondering about what he thinks about the fact that he boycotts ARP products, while one of his freelancers has nothing but good things to say about this company and my boss.

One of my freelancers?

I will guarantee you this. 100% of my freelancers have nothing but negative to say about your boss.
100% of them.

*snicker*

And being a jerk at times is one thing...
Calling someone a name and questioning their integrity/intelligence because they said they weren't buying one of your his products is a sure way to lose my interest in your his products. I deleted the product of yours his that I bought and won't even use it in my games.
Dana Jorgensen isn't a jerk sometimes, once in a great while he's NOT a complete asshat.

Mods... if asshat is against the rules, I'll try to come up with a more granny friendly term that is still as appropriate, and edit this post... I don't think I'll find it in the thesaurus, though.... unfortunately...

 

[D_Sinclair]

One of my freelancers?

I will guarantee you this. 100% of my freelancers have nothing but negative to say about your boss.
100% of them.

Fraser Ronald. Wrote Blood & Guts: In Her Majesty's Service.

And being a jerk at times is one thing...
Calling someone a name and questioning their integrity/intelligence because they said they weren't buying one of your his products is a sure way to lose my interest in your his products. I deleted the product of yours his that I bought and won't even use it in my games.
Dana Jorgensen isn't a jerk sometimes, once in a great while he's NOT a complete asshat.

Isn't that the pot calling the kettle black? I've seen some posts in these very forums, of you doing the exact same thing, with him as the target no less. Worse, and to turn a 3rd edition term into a cliche here, you've taken pot shots with attacks of opportunity, posting to at least one thread I saw, doing nothing but lay down an insult. And look at right now, you sitting there comfy in your chair, insulting the man when he can't even post here to defend himself. As the saying goes "Let he who is without sin throw the first stone", and you certainly aren't cast your aspersions on others without a clean slate of your own.

 

[Roudi]

I hate to make you look the fool here, D. Sinclair, but...

Fraser Ronald wrote B&G: In Her Majesty's Service for RPGObjects. C. Baize edits for RPGObjects. Chris Davis runs RPGObjects. So Fraser Ronald freelanced for RPGO and Chris Davis, not C. Baize, and I'm certain Mr. Baize is not expressing Mr. Ronald's opinion for him. I'm not exactly sure who C. Baize is talking about.

I find your misconceptions about Mr. Baize and his position in the industry amusing.

 

[C. Baize]

Fraser Ronald. Wrote Blood & Guts: In Her Majesty's Service.

You do realize, do you not, that I'm just a freelance editor, myself?

Isn't that the pot calling the kettle black? I've seen some posts in these very forums, of you doing the exact same thing, with him as the target no less. Worse, and to turn a 3rd edition term into a cliche here, you've taken pot shots with attacks of opportunity, posting to at least one thread I saw, doing nothing but lay down an insult. And look at right now, you sitting there comfy in your chair, insulting the man when he can't even post here to defend himself. As the saying goes "Let he who is without sin throw the first stone", and you certainly aren't cast your aspersions on others without a clean slate of your own.

Show me one instance where I called into question anyone's integrity or intelligence for not purchasing one of my products.

Just one instance.

If you can do so, I will write a formal apology here, and in my blog, and everywhere else I post.

Just one instance of insulting someone for not purchasing one of my products.
Just one.

 

[CarlZog]

Hey, can I interrupt this soap opera to make a suggestion?

I'd like to see all print and pdf publishers simply get rid of the pointless art borders.

I'm not sure where, when or why this design feature became a default inclusion in every rpg book, but it's WAY out of hand. I've seen books with borders and folios more than a inch deep. It's nuts! It sucks up space, serves no practical purpose, offers little or no artistic value, and in some cases even detracts from the artistic value.

Likewise with the patterned and colored backgrounds. It usually clutters up the text clarity, and, again, offers little value, particularly in b&w -- to say nothing of the pdf printing issues that were being discussed here.

As a consumer, if I glance at your product and see these features, it screams to me that you're hoping your graphics will compensate for how bad your material is.

Give me creative written content accompanied by quality illustrations that serve to further my understanding and visualization of the material. That's all I need, not a bunch of repetitive, shoddy, space-hogging frameworks.

By the way, if you're a publisher who's even thinking about providing "graphics-lite" versions, or counseling your customers on how to remove the graphics, consider it a sign from God that your graphics are contributing nothing to your publication. Get rid of them.

Thanks.

Carl

 

[Henry]

I'll interrupt to say the tone in here is getting downright hostile. If people aren't more civil to one another, then the thread gets closed AND whoever caused it gets a day or two of forum vacation.

Thanks for being understanding.