Does the RPGA send Bribes?

[Adso]

Sorry to be blunt, but I've sent at least 5 e-mails (which I had read receipts on) that were allegedly read - and I got no response. I'll try your address and see what happens.
On another note, I've contacted you personally about playtesting and also (not trying to flame here) have not gotten a response. SO, now that I have your proverbial ear - when will my group be receiving more playtest materials??? Click on the blue e-mail button below if you'd like to talk offline.

I don't mind blunt.

Get in touch with customer service. They are the people who can help you with your Battlemat problem. I have already talked to those folks about your specific problem. That doesn't mean the person you get on the phone or the other side of the e-mail will be immediately familiar with your specific problem, but the group is, and can handle your issue.

On to your playtest question, you haven't received a response for two reasons:

1. We have not received a request from R&D to send out any new playtest material. There are a couple of good reasons for this. The main reason being that with the restructuring there (and the loss of two of the people who ran the program on the R&D end), they have had bigger fish to fry. So lately, and for the near future, we just don't have anything for the playtest groups to sink their teeth into. If we don't have anything that R&D wants to go out to playtest, we don't send anything out to playtesters.

2. With the restructuring, we are also making changes to the playtest program. An announcement on the changes to the program will appear on the RPGA Web site in December. Current groups within the playtest program will have the opportunity to restructure those groups and stay in the program, and the changes also include a clear application process (which was always one of the problems with the older system), so folks who want to join the process will have a clear expectations concerning the process involved.

Stephen Radney-MacFarland
RPGA Content Developer
Wizards of the Coast

 

[Welverin]

All hail the tube!

But...but....the tube is civilization!

So now we know where it really came from!

 

[Adso]

Is there anyway to be taken OFF of the RPGA mailing list? Nothing Personal, but I truly detest the RPGA as I have had nothing but horrible experiences with them. I do not wish to receive any further unsolicited mailings. I let my one time membership from 1996 (I looked it up) lapse for a particular reason. Thanks. [/B]

Well, you are not really on a mailing list. Typically we don't mail you anything. The Battlemat was a one-shot deal to people we were sure were active, because they paid money. We are about to release a free sub-program that features a mailing list, but you sign up for that separately. And I am pretty darn sure we will use that program for any future mailings.

While I am disappointed that you "detest" the RPGA, and would hope that you would keep your member number intact, we can delete your records if you wish. Basically we would just null out the number. If you want this done, send an e-mail to rpgahq@wizards.com. In your e-mail send you full name, your number, and your current address (purely for verification purposes) along with a stated request that you would like the record deleted, and, of course, we will do so. If down the line you find you don't detest the RPGA any longer, you can always get a new number.

Stephen

 

[JesterPoet]

If you have any problems with your Battlemat (like, say, you received a tub without one) contact Wizards of the Coast

Now wait a minute.... I got a BattleMat, but I never got a TUB! If Paladin got a tub, I don't see why I can't have one.

 

[Pseudonym]

I've been a member for a couple of years, they attempted to send me my mat - but I got an empty tube.

At least you got a tube. I was a paid member at the cutoff date, but I didn't get a mat or an empty tube, though several of my gaming group did.

Truth be told I could care less, as I own 4 mats already; it's the principle of it.

Oh well.

 

[Paladin]

I don't mind blunt.

Are we still talking about my statement?

Get in touch with customer service.

I will do so.

On to your playtest question, you haven't received a response for two reasons:

1. We have not received a request from R&D to send out any new playtest material. There are a couple of good reasons for this. The main reason being that with the restructuring there (and the loss of two of the people who ran the program on the R&D end), they have had bigger fish to fry. So lately, and for the near future, we just don't have anything for the playtest groups to sink their teeth into. If we don't have anything that R&D wants to go out to playtest, we don't send anything out to playtesters.

We were supposed to get a product but because of a playtest list snafu we didn't. You said we were going to get the next product - so did nothing come down the pike after that? Just curious, I want to make sure the e-mail didn't end up in Cyberhell somewhere.

2. With the restructuring, we are also making changes to the playtest program. An announcement on the changes to the program will appear on the RPGA Web site in December. Current groups within the playtest program will have the opportunity to restructure those groups and stay in the program, and the changes also include a clear application process (which was always one of the problems with the older system), so folks who want to join the process will have a clear expectations concerning the process involved.

Stephen Radney-MacFarland
RPGA Content Developer
Wizards of the Coast

Okay unless I hear from you about the above issue, I'll wait and see what happens in December. Thanks for the response here Stephen.

 

[Paladin]

At least you got a tube. I was a paid member at the cutoff date, but I didn't get a mat or an empty tube, though several of my gaming group did.

Truth be told I could care less, as I own 4 mats already; it's the principle of it.

Oh well.

You hit the nail on the head for my situation too Pseudonym. My wife and two members of my gaming group got their mats, but I just got the tube. So, it just the principle of the thing, I want my mat! I'd suggest contacting Customer Service as well, I'm going to tomorrow.

 

[Trevalon Moonleirion]

The free battlemat is pretty damn nice if you ask me! I've never had any problems with the RPGA and have been a member for several years. And now...

*FIRES GUN OFF INTO SKY* NOBODY MOVE! THIS HERE'S A THREAD HIJACKING!

Has anybody else who's gotten the free battlemats noticed that most wet-erase markers work like CRAP on them? My big chessex map works just fine with markers...but the little one just sort of seems to... not let the markers show up?

okay, have your damn thread back...