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<blockquote data-quote="Baron Opal II" data-source="post: 9657297" data-attributes="member: 6794067"><p>Well, Joe addressed nearly all my concerns.</p><ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">He acknowledged the problem.</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Apologized for not understanding the situation.</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">He empathized, genuinely, I feel.</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Directly addressed the concern.</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Explained how the royalties would be handled.</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Explained how funds sufficient, short, or in excess would be handled.</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Mentioned the escrow account would be a third party solution.</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Explained a plan as to how to minimize royalties while generating the most to cover as many refunds as possible.</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Promised a frankly unreasonable level of transparency.</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Mentioned that the other CSIO projects were dead.</li> </ul><p>The only thing I don't recall him mentioning was why he, and his team, was publishing this at all. I can think of a couple of reasons.</p><ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">He had to in order to recoup sunk development costs. Not to do so eventually might have been injurious to GG.</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">He might have had some contractual obligation with the Bledsaws that had a monetary penalty for non-publishing. Better perhaps to publish and navigate these waters than just cut a check to the family and say goodbye.</li> </ul><p>I don't find "paying the debt" to help the Bledsaw family in any way. If they could be forced to pay the previous backers it would have happened over the past <em>decade</em>. They can simply ignore the debt as they have, and find no indication they ever will settle that debt. This way, Joe can produce the project and try to make the previous backers whole to whatever extent they can be.</p><p></p><p>I don't think I would order a set. I have the originals, and they've served me just fine. I can convert as I need. I would mostly want the maps in a state that I could scan or photocopy to alter names and locations. But, I think Joe has done the best he could.</p><p></p><p>And, yes, I can believe he would be so excited about a project that he would not realize the uproar that it would generate. Some people get overly focused on the goal and fail to clear a hurdle.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Baron Opal II, post: 9657297, member: 6794067"] Well, Joe addressed nearly all my concerns. [LIST] [*]He acknowledged the problem. [*]Apologized for not understanding the situation. [*]He empathized, genuinely, I feel. [*]Directly addressed the concern. [*]Explained how the royalties would be handled. [*]Explained how funds sufficient, short, or in excess would be handled. [*]Mentioned the escrow account would be a third party solution. [*]Explained a plan as to how to minimize royalties while generating the most to cover as many refunds as possible. [*]Promised a frankly unreasonable level of transparency. [*]Mentioned that the other CSIO projects were dead. [/LIST] The only thing I don't recall him mentioning was why he, and his team, was publishing this at all. I can think of a couple of reasons. [LIST] [*]He had to in order to recoup sunk development costs. Not to do so eventually might have been injurious to GG. [*]He might have had some contractual obligation with the Bledsaws that had a monetary penalty for non-publishing. Better perhaps to publish and navigate these waters than just cut a check to the family and say goodbye. [/LIST] I don't find "paying the debt" to help the Bledsaw family in any way. If they could be forced to pay the previous backers it would have happened over the past [I]decade[/I]. They can simply ignore the debt as they have, and find no indication they ever will settle that debt. This way, Joe can produce the project and try to make the previous backers whole to whatever extent they can be. I don't think I would order a set. I have the originals, and they've served me just fine. I can convert as I need. I would mostly want the maps in a state that I could scan or photocopy to alter names and locations. But, I think Joe has done the best he could. And, yes, I can believe he would be so excited about a project that he would not realize the uproar that it would generate. Some people get overly focused on the goal and fail to clear a hurdle. [/QUOTE]
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