This is what I've heard so far. This thread is about "Failed Promises." But, according to various posters, a promise:
1) Could be an actual designer's promise or adcopy.
2) Could be something you came up with off the top of your head for no particular reason.
It's failed to live up to a brand identity when:
1) It doesn't fit what the brand was like.
2) It doesn't your recollection of what the brand was like.
3) It doesn't fit what somebody else told you the brand was like, but you liked hearing.
To respond to this you should:
1) Make your purchases carefully.
2) Buy everything anyway, because it is impossible for you to ever buy something using reasonable discretion.
3) Buy everything anyway, because even if you're careful, you still might make a mistake, so it's better not to try at all than to try a bit.
When I said one person should not shoulder all the financial burdens of the group, it meant:
1) One person shouldn't buy all the books, all the time.
2) Hey, one person in *my* group doesn't have a book I use. I am offended!
3) Hey, I buy a few more books than other people in my group. I am offended!
4) Hey, I have some books another guy in my group doesn't have. I am offended!
A game company measures a book's success:
1) Through sales backed by statistical research.
2) When somebody complains about a book they bought anyway on the Internet.
3) When somebody complains about a book they not only buy but *use(http://www.enworld.org/showthread.php?t=137092)* on the Internet.
4) Whatever guesses people have about how well its doing.
I believe this is a reasonable conflation of the statements here. Feel free to decide which ones are reasonable positions, which ones are poppycock, and how some of you might reconcile either with what you've been saying.
1) Could be an actual designer's promise or adcopy.
2) Could be something you came up with off the top of your head for no particular reason.
It's failed to live up to a brand identity when:
1) It doesn't fit what the brand was like.
2) It doesn't your recollection of what the brand was like.
3) It doesn't fit what somebody else told you the brand was like, but you liked hearing.
To respond to this you should:
1) Make your purchases carefully.
2) Buy everything anyway, because it is impossible for you to ever buy something using reasonable discretion.
3) Buy everything anyway, because even if you're careful, you still might make a mistake, so it's better not to try at all than to try a bit.
When I said one person should not shoulder all the financial burdens of the group, it meant:
1) One person shouldn't buy all the books, all the time.
2) Hey, one person in *my* group doesn't have a book I use. I am offended!
3) Hey, I buy a few more books than other people in my group. I am offended!
4) Hey, I have some books another guy in my group doesn't have. I am offended!
A game company measures a book's success:
1) Through sales backed by statistical research.
2) When somebody complains about a book they bought anyway on the Internet.
3) When somebody complains about a book they not only buy but *use(http://www.enworld.org/showthread.php?t=137092)* on the Internet.
4) Whatever guesses people have about how well its doing.
I believe this is a reasonable conflation of the statements here. Feel free to decide which ones are reasonable positions, which ones are poppycock, and how some of you might reconcile either with what you've been saying.
