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<blockquote data-quote="Maldin" data-source="post: 4900772" data-attributes="member: 27170"><p>Hi Scott... I trust GenCon went great for you.</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>Its never been an issue of "only current staff" through this discussion, but rather industry insiders - yes, current staff, but also former staff (and there are quite a few!), and favored freelancers, most of those with hardcover creds. So, in the light of the real concerns of people in this thread (and countless other similar threads), and since you so graciously informed us who the current staff were (I'd have had no way of finding out many of those names), here is the updated list.</p><p></p><p>White = current staff according to Scott's previous post.</p><p>Yellow = former WotC/TSR staff, current staff at other RPG publishers, or freelancers with previous publishing creds (mostly WotC hardcovers, a couple first published during Paizo's Dragon and Dungeon era)</p><p>Red = writers for which I cannot locate any previous writing creds</p><p></p><p>TOTALS</p><p></p><p><span style="color: Yellow">Robert J. Schwalb 24</span></p><p>Stephen Radney-MacFarland 18.6</p><p>Shelly Mazzanoble 17</p><p>James Wyatt 15</p><p><span style="color: Yellow">Robert Weise 14</span></p><p><span style="color: Yellow">Ari Marmell 11.3</span></p><p>Bruce R. Cordell 11</p><p><span style="color: Yellow">Skip and Penny Williams 10 (plus 1 solo Skip) 11</span></p><p>Mike Mearls 9.6</p><p>Chris Sims 9</p><p><span style="color: Yellow">Keith Baker 9</span></p><p>Mathew Sernett 8</p><p><span style="color: Yellow">Brian R. James 7</span></p><p>Logan Bonner 6.8</p><p>David Noonan 5.3</p><p>Bart Caroll 5</p><p><span style="color: Yellow">Nicolas Logue 4.5</span></p><p>Peter Schaefer 4.3</p><p>Rich Baker 4</p><p>Greg Bilsland 3.8</p><p>Rodney Thompson 3</p><p>Chris Youngs 2</p><p><span style="color: Yellow">Eytan Bernstein 2</span></p><p><span style="color: Yellow">Glenn McDonald 2</span></p><p><span style="color: Yellow">Greg Marks 2</span></p><p><span style="color: Yellow">Kolja Raven Liquette 2</span></p><p><span style="color: Yellow">Ed Greenwood 1.5</span></p><p><span style="color: Yellow">Scott Fitzgerald Gray 1.5</span></p><p></p><p><span style="color: Yellow">Amber E. Scott</span></p><p><span style="color: Yellow">B. Matthew Conklin III</span></p><p>Bill Slavicsek</p><p>Chris Tulach</p><p><span style="color: Yellow">Christopher West</span></p><p><span style="color: Yellow">Daniel Marthaler</span></p><p><span style="color: Yellow">Edward Albert </span>(has co-authored with insiders Ari Marmel and CA Sulemain)</p><p><span style="color: Yellow">Gary Astleford</span></p><p><span style="color: Yellow">Greg A. Vaughn</span></p><p><span style="color: Yellow">Hal Maclean</span></p><p><span style="color: Yellow">James Jacobs</span></p><p><span style="color: Yellow">Jason H. Haley</span></p><p>Jennifer Clarke Wilkes</p><p><span style="color: Yellow">Ryan Smalley</span></p><p><span style="color: Yellow">Sean Molley</span></p><p><span style="color: Yellow">Shawn Merwin</span></p><p><span style="color: Yellow">Stephen J. Smith</span></p><p><span style="color: Yellow">Stephen S. Greer</span></p><p>Stephen Schubert</p><p>Steve Winter 3</p><p><span style="color: Yellow">Tim Hitchcock</span></p><p><span style="color: Red">Uri Kurtianchick</span></p><p><span style="color: Yellow">C.A. Sulemain 0.3</span></p><p><span style="color: Yellow">James M. Ward 0.3</span></p><p><span style="color: Red">Mike McNemy 0.5</span></p><p></p><p></p><p>A pretty telling story, I think. Scary, actually. It even surprised me. Using Google, there are only TWO names that don't turn up previous (pre-DDI Dragon/Dungeon) publications. And one of those names is a co-author (his co-author would have had to be an insider, just by the math).</p><p></p><p>I think all of our fears and suspicions have just been soundly confirmed.</p><p></p><p>Denis, aka "Maldin"</p><p>Maldin's Greyhawk <a href="http://melkot.com" target="_blank">http://melkot.com</a></p><p>Loads of edition-independent Greyhawk goodness... maps, mysteries, magic, mechanics, and more!</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Maldin, post: 4900772, member: 27170"] Hi Scott... I trust GenCon went great for you. Its never been an issue of "only current staff" through this discussion, but rather industry insiders - yes, current staff, but also former staff (and there are quite a few!), and favored freelancers, most of those with hardcover creds. So, in the light of the real concerns of people in this thread (and countless other similar threads), and since you so graciously informed us who the current staff were (I'd have had no way of finding out many of those names), here is the updated list. White = current staff according to Scott's previous post. Yellow = former WotC/TSR staff, current staff at other RPG publishers, or freelancers with previous publishing creds (mostly WotC hardcovers, a couple first published during Paizo's Dragon and Dungeon era) Red = writers for which I cannot locate any previous writing creds TOTALS [COLOR="Yellow"]Robert J. Schwalb 24[/COLOR] Stephen Radney-MacFarland 18.6 Shelly Mazzanoble 17 James Wyatt 15 [COLOR="Yellow"]Robert Weise 14[/COLOR] [COLOR="Yellow"]Ari Marmell 11.3[/COLOR] Bruce R. Cordell 11 [COLOR="Yellow"]Skip and Penny Williams 10 (plus 1 solo Skip) 11[/COLOR] Mike Mearls 9.6 Chris Sims 9 [COLOR="Yellow"]Keith Baker 9[/COLOR] Mathew Sernett 8 [COLOR="Yellow"]Brian R. James 7[/COLOR] Logan Bonner 6.8 David Noonan 5.3 Bart Caroll 5 [COLOR="Yellow"]Nicolas Logue 4.5[/COLOR] Peter Schaefer 4.3 Rich Baker 4 Greg Bilsland 3.8 Rodney Thompson 3 Chris Youngs 2 [COLOR="Yellow"]Eytan Bernstein 2[/COLOR] [COLOR="Yellow"]Glenn McDonald 2[/COLOR] [COLOR="Yellow"]Greg Marks 2[/COLOR] [COLOR="Yellow"]Kolja Raven Liquette 2[/COLOR] [COLOR="Yellow"]Ed Greenwood 1.5[/COLOR] [COLOR="Yellow"]Scott Fitzgerald Gray 1.5[/COLOR] [COLOR="Yellow"]Amber E. Scott[/COLOR] [COLOR="Yellow"]B. Matthew Conklin III[/COLOR] Bill Slavicsek Chris Tulach [COLOR="Yellow"]Christopher West[/COLOR] [COLOR="Yellow"]Daniel Marthaler[/COLOR] [COLOR="Yellow"]Edward Albert [/COLOR](has co-authored with insiders Ari Marmel and CA Sulemain) [COLOR="Yellow"]Gary Astleford[/COLOR] [COLOR="Yellow"]Greg A. Vaughn[/COLOR] [COLOR="Yellow"]Hal Maclean[/COLOR] [COLOR="Yellow"]James Jacobs[/COLOR] [COLOR="Yellow"]Jason H. Haley[/COLOR] Jennifer Clarke Wilkes [COLOR="Yellow"]Ryan Smalley[/COLOR] [COLOR="Yellow"]Sean Molley[/COLOR] [COLOR="Yellow"]Shawn Merwin[/COLOR] [COLOR="Yellow"]Stephen J. Smith[/COLOR] [COLOR="Yellow"]Stephen S. Greer[/COLOR] Stephen Schubert Steve Winter 3 [COLOR="Yellow"]Tim Hitchcock[/COLOR] [COLOR="Red"]Uri Kurtianchick[/COLOR] [COLOR="Yellow"]C.A. Sulemain 0.3[/COLOR] [COLOR="Yellow"]James M. Ward 0.3[/COLOR] [COLOR="Red"]Mike McNemy 0.5[/COLOR] A pretty telling story, I think. Scary, actually. It even surprised me. Using Google, there are only TWO names that don't turn up previous (pre-DDI Dragon/Dungeon) publications. And one of those names is a co-author (his co-author would have had to be an insider, just by the math). I think all of our fears and suspicions have just been soundly confirmed. Denis, aka "Maldin" Maldin's Greyhawk [url=http://melkot.com]http://melkot.com[/url] Loads of edition-independent Greyhawk goodness... maps, mysteries, magic, mechanics, and more! [/QUOTE]
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