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Message: <blockquote data-quote="AvatarArt" data-source="post: 4410108" data-attributes="member: 51640">some {hopefully} new info, thanks to Jessica AlbaLast night I was poking through this thread while flipping around channels & thanks to TNT came across a movie called, 'Into the Blue.'  Needless to say, any time Jessica Alba was on screen I lost my place.  By credit's time I think I ended up  reading this entire discussion at least 3 times over.While not an expert here by any means ("edition baiting" is a phrase huh?) still have a few things to contribute:<ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><a href="http://community.gencon.com/forums/p/17444/197685.aspx#197688" target="_blank">pics of Gleemax MtG cards</a>, courtesy of a GenCon forumite Ticktack</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">looking for gamers?  Try <a href="http://accessdenied.net/" target="_blank">AccessDenied.net</a>; free & large.  And yes, Baumi, they have profiles for Vienna.  Good luck to you man.</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">another general gaming community site that hasn't spent a ton of coin yet still manages to work very well is <a href="http://www.obsidianportal.com/" target="_blank">Obsidian Portal</a>.  {DISCLAIMER: OP is an affiliate, but I had an account before then}</li> </ul>After being distracted by Ms. Alba, I found myself  going back & forth:  Mike_Lescault earns big points for coming into a tough crowd to share.At the same time, this is America, where winners are publicly praised & losers are publicly scorned.   (i.e. "You don't win Silver, you lose Gold.") So although the design side of me is somewhat sympathetic to him, the gamer-nerd part of me is admittedly gleeful at Gleemax's sudden passing.  While you might chalk this up to fan boi nature, the remade BatMan films prove that you CAN please the fans plus make piles of coin.  If its good.Clearly, Gleemax was a case of 'nice concept, very flawed follow-through.'  That is, you can have the best idea in the world, but if you pooch the execution of it, then how cool your idea was just doesn't matter.  A way for D&D players to meetup & share their stuff is needed, but here we have an instance of the self-destruct button being pushed from the start.  Meaning:<ol> <li data-xf-list-type="ol">If you can't get the damn name right (i.e. Chevy Nova) the rest is a hard sell.  Sure, its kinda geeky to use an inside joke, but aren't most inside jokes only funny on the inside?  To everyone else: lame.  Add to that, the joke itself was, apparently, somewhat self-mocking making me wonder if the joke was understood by the main brains.  Lastly, if you gave me a list of 10 possible names for this project (Mike_Lescault were there other suggestions, choices, possibilities?) for what to call a gaming community, I'd stick 'Gleemax' at #10 losing to 'Nerd Central.'  Seriously, did anyone outside of the people who decided to use this as the name like it?  'cuz I haven't met anyone or read anything that is positive in any way about the name.  Quite the contrary.</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ol">If you try to have your cake & eat it too, no one wants to stop by when you offer invitations for dessert.   I get that it was an easy way to scout for new talent, but the whole "whats posted becomes ours" rule  no doubt kept many folks at bay.  I create something & then you own it because I posted at your site?  Guess I'll go elsewhere chum.</li> </ol>In the end, life rolls on.  There are already things out there filling the void left behind in the wake of that brain being stuck in a closet somewhere.Good gaming to ya,-Steve G.Project ManagerAvatarArtp.s. Mouseferatu, have you considered/are you able to self-publish?  Although it sounds vanity pressish, POD sites work well: ask Monte Cook.</blockquote>

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