Gleemax = Enworld

[hexgrid]

I use ENWorld, RPG.net and BGG. If there is a sudden fourth choice of any quality - I'll use it too. But it won't be to the exclusion of the other three sites I already have used for some time.

QFT.

The Gleemax vs EN World question is fundamentally false. There's no reason anyone would need to choose one or the other.

 

[Alzrius]

Gleemax != EN World.

'nuff said.

 

[Dykstrav]

Building on its heritage in the hobby gaming space with Magic: The Gathering® and Dungeons & Dragons®, coupled with its success with Magic Online® and its understanding of what strategy, hobby and tabletop gamers want, Wizards of the Coast (WotC) will now provide gamers with a centralized destination online to get everything they want or need.

Wonder who was able to write this with a straight face?

 

[Hjorimir]

Yay, at least they didn't pick a name that can easily be manipulated into something like "Geekmax" to further paint a poor picture of those of us who like RPGs!


...wait!

 

[Mike_Lescault]

Hi Mike...

Perhaps you can answer the burning question of the hour...what's with the name "Gleemax"?

Not really. Although if I could go back in time and ask people what they thought of the idea of naming something "Google" I'd be very interested in their reaction.

 

[GreatLemur]

Here is a long interview with Wizards of the Coast Vice President of Digital Games Randy Buehler on ICv2 about Gleemax.

http://www.icv2.com/articles/news/10687.html

Aw, wow. This is a real "WHEN MARKETING ATTACKS!" situation, here.

 

[Henry]

Wonder who was able to write this with a straight face?

I'd say they've hit a pretty good track record so far - at least from my perspective.

And there's nothing that says there can't be more than one portal for gamers to get their fix from.

 

[hexgrid]

Not really. Although if I could go back in time and ask people what they thought of the idea of naming something "Google" I'd be very interested in their reaction.

Or, just look at the initial reaction when the "Revolution" was renamed the "Wii."

Jokes about the name will fade pretty quickly once people get used to it, I think.

 

[GreatLemur]

Not really. Although if I could go back in time and ask people what they thought of the idea of naming something "Google" I'd be very interested in their reaction.

Google never sounded like a dumb name to anybody who already knew the word.

A better comparison might be the Wii. Maybe there are folks for whom that name has stopped being completely ridiculous, but I can vouch that penis and urine jokes were still being made about it last night.

 

[Whizbang Dustyboots]

Yay, at least they didn't pick a name that can easily be manipulated into something like "Geekmax" to further paint a poor picture of those of us who like RPGs!


...wait!

In the hierarchy of things to worry about, that has got to be right at the very bottom.