Gleemax = Enworld

MerricB said:
Rather poor form of them, I think.

I think BGG is a great, great site... but I'm not happy with that decision of theirs.

I had listed BGG, En World, and Star City in my GRZ blog that's going up tomorrow, as examples of the great community sites that I visit each morning to get my gaming news. I was originally going to leave BGG off after that incident, but I eventually convinced myself it's better to take the high road since it really is a great site.
 

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Mike_Lescault said:
I had listed BGG, En World, and Star City in my GRZ blog that's going up tomorrow, as examples of the great community sites that I visit each morning to get my gaming news. I was originally going to leave BGG off after that incident, but I eventually convinced myself it's better to take the high road since it really is a great site.

I'm still a little amazed by their actions.

When I was lead moderator of maxminis, I took a very dim view of people starting threads about the great new site that they wanted everyone to leave maxminis and join... but answering questions in a thread started by someone else? That seems fine to me.

I read a few of your replies before the purge and they seemed unobjectionable.

In any case: Congratulations on your new job, Mike. I've been reading your posts here and there, and I'm very happy to see you posting. I hope things calm down soon, and you can really enjoy interacting with the fans. :)

Cheers!
 



Whizbang Dustyboots said:
All of which are companies, not products.

So what? Gleemax (and Amazon and ebay, etc) aren't techically products at all, they are services.

But seriously, this argument is lame. You don't like the name, fine. But to say it's bad just because it doesn't give insight to what it actually is completely without merit.
 

GlassJaw said:
So what? Gleemax (and Amazon and ebay, etc) aren't techically products at all, they are services.
Amazon and eBay are companies.

But seriously, this argument is lame. You don't like the name, fine. But to say it's bad just because it doesn't give insight to what it actually is completely without merit.
No, it's in line with pretty standard marketing and PR strategies that a name should, you know, tell you something relevant most of the time.

You can dislike the argument, but it's not without merit at all. I'm certain WotC went round and round about this very issue in-house before the announcement.
 

Klaus said:
As I'm sure you know (being a fellow advertising professional... we must stand united!), when you get a job to come up with a name, the client lists a series of "images" and "feelings" that the name must convey. It must be "hip", or imply "hi-tech", or something. All that with a logo, too.

Hey, Klaus - what would your logo for the London Olympics look like? :)

-Hyp.
 

Noticed this over on the Wizards site...it's in the usage terms of Gleemax, and I was wondering if anyone with a better understanding of legal-speak could explain this...

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Do you or don't you own what you post publicly?
 

Glee to the MAX

Not a competitor to EnWorld.

I think we should setup a social networking site for the EnWorld crowd and call it Hivemind or better yet, IntelliFilter. :eek:
 


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