Chris Pramas (Green Ronin) on the future of D&D

[Relique du Madde]

"I think I will have a Coke, a glas of water and the Boo-(rolled r)EEEto platter"

The funny thing is that alot of native speakers of spanish (at least those from the northern parts of mexico) refer to Burritos simply as burros. I've always wanted to ask my mom or dad which is the proper name of the dish (my dad originated from some unknown village in Chihuahua, my mom was from Durango), but I'm too lazy.

 

[Alnag]

Well, I must admit, that I was little bit disappointed by those "insights". I like Green Ronin a lot and Chris Pramas has my respect, but it was obvious, that there is no insight at all. The prediction like "it will be either this or that, or something in between" is not prediction at all. That's covering all possibilites.

The rest of the podcast was much more interesting, from info on the Exemplars of Evil, to Green Ronin production etc. Good work over all!

 

[Maggan]

Adventures don't make a lot of money.

I find it nice that Pramas mentions this, actually. Now that WotC are doing adventures again, I read a lot of comments saying something like "well, I told you adventures make a lot of money, otherwise WotC wouldn't be doing them now".

But the basics are still in place; adventures don't make a lot of money. And I'd add the caveat "if they make money at all".

/M

 

[Ron]

I find it nice that Pramas mentions this, actually. Now that WotC are doing adventures again, I read a lot of comments saying something like "well, I told you adventures make a lot of money, otherwise WotC wouldn't be doing them now".

But the basics are still in place; adventures don't make a lot of money. And I'd add the caveat "if they make money at all".

/M

They may not make a lot of money by themselves, but they surely help to sale the rules book. Sometimes, you can make money indirectly with a product. I guess that, even if Wizards is not making much money with an adventure itself, they expect to recover their investment with the increased sales of PHB and other core books.

 

[Gez]

The funny thing is that alot of native speakers of spanish (at least those from the northern parts of mexico) refer to Burritos simply as burros. I've always wanted to ask my mom or dad which is the proper name of the dish (my dad originated from some unknown village in Chihuahua, my mom was from Durango), but I'm too lazy.

I think "burritos" is a diminutive form of "burros."

 

[ColonelHardisson]

Is this Podcast some kind of interview to listen?

Yes. It can be listened to on your computer.

The interview was interesting, but there was a lack of follow-up questions in many cases. Too often Pramas, the interviewee, had to come to an awkward and uncomfortable halt as his answer ended and there was silence on the other end. Plus, the whole line of questioning which was, essentially, "So...what else do you have planned?" went on waaayyy too long. I kept expecting Pramas to say something like "I'm gonna go make myself a sandwich in a minute, does that count?"

 

[Turjan]

I dated a girl up here in Canada once who used proper spanish pronunciation when ordering at a Mexican restaurant.

That's what half of the population does here. From the beginning to the end of the order .

 

[bolen]

Chris

What was this free RPG game day (is it like free comic day)?

Also will you be running any games at Gen Con? I played in Freeport with you a few years ago and had a blast

 

[Pramas]

What was this free RPG game day (is it like free comic day)?

Yes, that's exactly the idea. You can find out more info at http://freerpgday.com. We are giving away Bleeding Edge Adventure #5: Temple of the Death Goddess.

Also will you be running any games at Gen Con? I played in Freeport with you a few years ago and had a blast

Afraid not. Over the years I've found it harder and harder to find time to run games at GenCon. I really like to have at least four hours when I run a game and blocking out this much time has become nigh impossible with my other obligations.

 

[Ferghis]

As a native spanish speaker (I was raised in Madrid) I find proper spanish pronunciation when speaking english anoying as hell. Pick a language and speak it. Blending them just bastardizes them both.

I agree completely.

It took me 15 minutes once to understand what a friend of mine was saying in a foreign language we both speak fluently. After a while, he wrote it down for me. The word I couldn't understand (well, two words) was "word-processor" and he was pronouncing it correctly in English, of which I am also a native speaker. I just wasn't ready for the English-pronounced word in an otherwise completely non-English context.