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Lorraine Williams: Is it Time for a Reevaluation?
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<blockquote data-quote="GreyLord" data-source="post: 8436803" data-attributes="member: 4348"><p>T$R</p><p></p><p>There's a reason for the meme.</p><p></p><p>Sue your fans and it can make your worst case looks look even worse.</p><p></p><p>There are REASONS why she is seen in not such a great light...and that's just the topping on the cake.</p><p></p><p>Resenting your employees AND your customers and bad mouthing them...not a great thing to do when your depending on both.</p><p></p><p>Preventing your employees from actually participating in the hobby...that's like making video games without any playtesting or anyone even checking to see if it works...I mean it's done in video games...but normally turns out very badly for everyone.</p><p></p><p>And the reason TSR went under was not because of the reasons I've read Dancey write (or Paizo would be underwater today if it were...sure they have a singular world...SPLIT INTO about TWENTY DIFFERENT CAMPAIGN settings...which is far more than even TSR had going all at once).</p><p></p><p>Core rulebooks were selling well even to the end....well...decently...however...there were other investments that were badly placed (dragon dice...I can see that...the book thing probably was the nail in the coffin, but it was certain gaming and other supplements that no one did a price checking on and no accountants were being involved...or even someone with a business acumen that could say spending MORE on an item and selling it below what it cost to produce is going to lose money is a BAD idea and will cause you to go out of business is a BIG thing that sent it over the edge in costs I feel).</p><p></p><p>However, with Williams, her hostility towards...well...just about everyone and everything in the latter half of her reign is REALLY why she is painted so badly by so many.</p><p></p><p>Sure, she did some good things as well...but one must understand WHY some see her in such a dark light.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="GreyLord, post: 8436803, member: 4348"] T$R There's a reason for the meme. Sue your fans and it can make your worst case looks look even worse. There are REASONS why she is seen in not such a great light...and that's just the topping on the cake. Resenting your employees AND your customers and bad mouthing them...not a great thing to do when your depending on both. Preventing your employees from actually participating in the hobby...that's like making video games without any playtesting or anyone even checking to see if it works...I mean it's done in video games...but normally turns out very badly for everyone. And the reason TSR went under was not because of the reasons I've read Dancey write (or Paizo would be underwater today if it were...sure they have a singular world...SPLIT INTO about TWENTY DIFFERENT CAMPAIGN settings...which is far more than even TSR had going all at once). Core rulebooks were selling well even to the end....well...decently...however...there were other investments that were badly placed (dragon dice...I can see that...the book thing probably was the nail in the coffin, but it was certain gaming and other supplements that no one did a price checking on and no accountants were being involved...or even someone with a business acumen that could say spending MORE on an item and selling it below what it cost to produce is going to lose money is a BAD idea and will cause you to go out of business is a BIG thing that sent it over the edge in costs I feel). However, with Williams, her hostility towards...well...just about everyone and everything in the latter half of her reign is REALLY why she is painted so badly by so many. Sure, she did some good things as well...but one must understand WHY some see her in such a dark light. [/QUOTE]
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