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<blockquote data-quote="iwarrior-poet" data-source="post: 3329695" data-attributes="member: 13860">My prediction---CMP will not be around within six months. Why you ask? Here's a few reasons:1. No substantive update on their web page for close to two months now.2. No apparent revenue stream---i.e. No current Chargen product, their much awaited vaporware RPGFoundry is now two years past due with not even a hint of a release date. 3. They are only selling PCGen datasets from non WoTC publishers---I am guessing that brings in about $.02/month.4. They seem to be plagued by Webserver issues...5. Their &quot;We are hard at work, just you wait and see!!!&quot; attitude wore thin about 18 months ago (particularly when one of their primary contractors is admitting to being mostly busy with dayjob and education commitments---may be true but does little to inspire customer loyalty and interest...)6. WoTC is allegedly poised to begin production on its own web-based Chargen/Campaign manager software---a good likelihood that most consumers will wait for this product before purchasing virtually anything elseI am not so sure about other for-profit Chargens like DMGenie and Hero builder (at least they have current products), but I am sure they will take a big hit from WoTC's impending monster.This (oddly enough) plays squarely into PCGen's hands. Since they are free they will certainly stay around----now if they would only create a gui based tool that would allow for creation of Prestige Classes and Feats...And not run sooooo sloooowwwllyyybut I have already addressed that elsewhere...(edited to address Barak's post)</blockquote>

[QUOTE="iwarrior-poet, post: 3329695, member: 13860"] My prediction---CMP will not be around within six months. Why you ask? Here's a few reasons: 1. No substantive update on their web page for close to two months now. 2. No apparent revenue stream---i.e. No current Chargen product, their much awaited vaporware RPGFoundry is now two years past due with not even a hint of a release date. 3. They are only selling PCGen datasets from non WoTC publishers---I am guessing that brings in about $.02/month. 4. They seem to be plagued by Webserver issues... 5. Their "We are hard at work, just you wait and see!!!" attitude wore thin about 18 months ago (particularly when one of their primary contractors is admitting to being mostly busy with dayjob and education commitments---may be true but does little to inspire customer loyalty and interest...) 6. WoTC is allegedly poised to begin production on its own web-based Chargen/Campaign manager software---a good likelihood that most consumers will wait for this product before purchasing virtually anything else I am not so sure about other for-profit Chargens like DMGenie and Hero builder (at least they have current products), but I am sure they will take a big hit from WoTC's impending monster. This (oddly enough) plays squarely into PCGen's hands. Since they are free they will certainly stay around----now if they would only create a gui based tool that would allow for creation of Prestige Classes and Feats...And not run sooooo sloooowwwllyyy but I have already addressed that elsewhere... (edited to address Barak's post) [/QUOTE]

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