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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Jester David" data-source="post: 7678265" data-attributes="member: 37579">I meant the people who got the All-access pass was a small percentage of the fanbase, not that a small percentage were upset or would ask for a refund.There are millions of gamers in the world. Only 8000+ people played D&D at GenCon. A few hundred got the All-Access pass. Of the total percentage of gamers, the people who paid the all-access price are a small, small minority of the overall population of gamers. Less than 0.01%. The point was that the companies *could* have completely ignore those fan's complaints pretty easily, and still managed to sell all their all-access tickets next year. The point was that Baldman games, let alone WotC, didn't have to do anything in response to the outrage. Their reaction could easily have been "oh well, you paid the price, caveat emptor bitches." Especially WotC who had little involvement in the process. It's not like the value : cost ratio was some hidden thing. They knew the price when buying the ticket. It was right there. The people saw what was offered and made the choice the purchase anyway. Just like people did last year. They had to decide whether the bonus of a dedicated DM and firm table of players and maybe some small perk was worth the cost. And each of them decided to pay the extra price. For me, this is less idle speculation. I went to GenCon last year. I looked at getting the All-Access price. And I decided that, for me, the cost was not worth it. Even thought I would have loved that early Monster Manual. The uncertainty and cost was too much, so I made the decision. Other people were willing and I don't fault them their bonus book. We all make our own decisions and choices. Sure, after last year, people might have been expecting a free copy of a book or two. But that's not guaranteed. It didn't say that on the ticket. You can't blame the company and ask for a refund because you speculated wrong. As for refunds, Baldman Games is a small company. Organization might be a better term. It's not like they sell products or have a ready supply of cash. I doubt it's even the full-time job of all of its members. If just half of the all-access pass people demanded a refund and were provided with one that'd be something like $15,000. That's bankruptcy territory right there. Heck, even the $7,500 of 25% of people demanding a refund would likely cripple Baldman Games.</blockquote>

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