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Message: <blockquote data-quote="ledded" data-source="post: 1394962" data-attributes="member: 12744">No problem, I apologize for being a conspiracy-harboring raving cynical smart-*ss.  <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f642.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":)" title="Smile    :)"  data-smilie="1"data-shortname=":)" />  Very true, though I personally do still believe that the truth is a lot closer to The Bottom Line than Big Hugs...  hey, do you work at your current job just because you love it?  What if you didnt need money at all, would you still do the exact same job just for personal fulfillment?  Unfortunately, not many people can say yes to that, and I envy those who do.   For the most part I agree, but I have just worked for so many companies serving as the person who has to implement management policy into something truly useful for their end users, and so many times have I seen the higher-ups make stupid decisions and fail to listen to the guys on the front line just to serve their own ambitions, notions of grandeur, or short-term monetary bottom line.  I admit that I come to expect it from nearly most corporate entity to some degree or another.  So my cynicism may be annoying, or even off base sometimes, but a lot of it is sadly based off of personal observation, which I admit could just be my bad luck. And I do feel that Paizo personally stiffed me for about 15 bucks in the SW Gamer fiasco, mainly because they weren't really willing to take the time to look into my subscription records or the credit card statements I faxed them.  That pretty much convinced me that they didnt really give much of a hoot about the average gamer, especially when I wrote the fella I was working with and, when telling him that I would cancel my subscription to Dragon and Dungeon both if they didnt work at least try to work with me, his reply was along the lines of "well, you have to do what you have to do".  So I did <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f642.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":)" title="Smile    :)"  data-smilie="1"data-shortname=":)" />  No, you didnt, I guess I just sort of assumed that a little myself, huh?  <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f631.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":o" title="Eek!    :o"  data-smilie="9"data-shortname=":o" />  And no, they weren't really viable and both were in dire need of an injection of new thought and direction like some of the better changes in Dragon around that time period.  Could a re-org or transfer to a smaller shop done it better, keeping them seperate but maybe sacrificing quality, or keeping close to the same quality but lowering costs enough to be happy with a meager profit?  Maybe, but who knows.    Like I said, we both get worked up about a passionate subject on occasion, and I dont think that's a bad thing.  It's not like you called me names or said my haircut was funny (it doesnt look funny, does it?)  <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f600.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":D" title="Big grin    :D"  data-smilie="8"data-shortname=":D" />    But still feel free to post something nice in my SH if you like it, I'll definitely drop by the stewardesses the next time there's an update. And I'll also try to turn off my long-windedness for a while.</blockquote>

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