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<blockquote data-quote="Former Wiz-Prodigy" data-source="post: 1305851" data-attributes="member: 16117"><p>I think Zulkir, A. Valterra's (WOTC Category Manager) Birthday is coming up on 1/13. So I wanted to say Happy Birthday to my old boss. Was he a good boss? Absolutely, he didn't micro-manage and I believed in his goals for the business. His goals, "for the majority" were in line with the Corporation and the Industry as a whole.</p><p></p><p>Q. Who the hell is this?</p><p></p><p>A. Well, I'm Peter K, formerly <a href="mailto:Prodigy@Wizards.com">Prodigy@Wizards.com</a>, Associate Business Manager for RPGS, E-Tools, and Avalon Hill.</p><p></p><p>Q . Where the hell have you been?</p><p></p><p>A. Well since I was separated from Wizards in 4Q 2002, I promised myself a moratorium on public statements about my former employer until 2004. There was a lot of turmoil with the company and a lot of public backlash and ill will from displaced employees. I didn't want to add to the static, I thought it un-couth, and with flaring tempers it could have escalated to a nasty war.</p><p></p><p>A. Why bother coming out now?</p><p></p><p>Q. My name seems to appear on a few WotC Products that I wish could magically disappear. I have been waiting to finally seek absolution and offer up some insight. I will NOT be divulging any Sensitive or Confidential Information that would be pertinent to the stated employer. I will be abiding by all agreed upon clauses reflecting my separation from WotC. </p><p></p><p>A. So what do you have the Scoop On?</p><p></p><p>Q. I am the man that finally said to Ryan Dancey, Keith Strohm, Lisa, and Jim... that there was no way they were ever going to see any black ink on a specific Science Fiction Line. All in all, having to dredge Master Tools, Repackage Risk 2210, D&D DOwnloads, and being handed a doomed business model and asked to make it fly, then also having it ripped out of my hands and passed around as a political move, I had a few intersting days. Oh yeah and the Oriental Adventures debacles, thats a Anti-Defamation League article on its own. </p><p></p><p>Ask some reasonable questions and you may get a reasonable answer. </p><p></p><p>I'll offer up my absolution for E-tools after I get my notes straight.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Former Wiz-Prodigy, post: 1305851, member: 16117"] I think Zulkir, A. Valterra's (WOTC Category Manager) Birthday is coming up on 1/13. So I wanted to say Happy Birthday to my old boss. Was he a good boss? Absolutely, he didn't micro-manage and I believed in his goals for the business. His goals, "for the majority" were in line with the Corporation and the Industry as a whole. Q. Who the hell is this? A. Well, I'm Peter K, formerly [email]Prodigy@Wizards.com[/email], Associate Business Manager for RPGS, E-Tools, and Avalon Hill. Q . Where the hell have you been? A. Well since I was separated from Wizards in 4Q 2002, I promised myself a moratorium on public statements about my former employer until 2004. There was a lot of turmoil with the company and a lot of public backlash and ill will from displaced employees. I didn't want to add to the static, I thought it un-couth, and with flaring tempers it could have escalated to a nasty war. A. Why bother coming out now? Q. My name seems to appear on a few WotC Products that I wish could magically disappear. I have been waiting to finally seek absolution and offer up some insight. I will NOT be divulging any Sensitive or Confidential Information that would be pertinent to the stated employer. I will be abiding by all agreed upon clauses reflecting my separation from WotC. A. So what do you have the Scoop On? Q. I am the man that finally said to Ryan Dancey, Keith Strohm, Lisa, and Jim... that there was no way they were ever going to see any black ink on a specific Science Fiction Line. All in all, having to dredge Master Tools, Repackage Risk 2210, D&D DOwnloads, and being handed a doomed business model and asked to make it fly, then also having it ripped out of my hands and passed around as a political move, I had a few intersting days. Oh yeah and the Oriental Adventures debacles, thats a Anti-Defamation League article on its own. Ask some reasonable questions and you may get a reasonable answer. I'll offer up my absolution for E-tools after I get my notes straight. [/QUOTE]
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