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<blockquote data-quote="Mirth" data-source="post: 967433" data-attributes="member: 5242"><p><strong>Re: Re: Re: Re: Meta-Buying</strong></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>Well, I'm going to try and say nicely what people here are avoiding. If this is stepping over the line, Henry, feel free to edit the post right out.</p><p></p><p>1. I am hesitant to buy any Fast Forward Entertainment product because of the way the company's owner, Jim Ward, has conducted himself on public messageboards and in his 900 words column. I would really like to see d20 versions of Crossgen comic titles like <em>The Path</em> and <em>The Way of the Rat</em>, but I have a bas taste in my mouth about Fast Forward Entertainment and they will have to prove themselves capable of producing quality work as well as being professionals before I will consider purchasing any of their Crossgen conversions. They can consider me a potential customer, however, no matter how small that potential might be.</p><p></p><p>2. There have been several Avalanche Press titles that I have been interested in such as <em>I, Mordred</em> and <em>Celtic Age</em> amongst others. However, their choice of artwork on the covers and interiors of their products has made me reconsider those self-same purchases. I find them not demeaning so much as unnecessarily titillating and completely irrelevant to the subject matter they are meant to illustrate.</p><p></p><p>So far I have not purchased any products from either publisher and, as far as I can tell, I have no plans to. If things were to change, I would reconsider that stance in the future.</p><p></p><p>I don't believe what I've said is slanderous in any way. I also believe these are two of the companies that people have been hinting at and mentioning in passing above. </p><p></p><p>Jay</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Mirth, post: 967433, member: 5242"] [b]Re: Re: Re: Re: Meta-Buying[/b] Well, I'm going to try and say nicely what people here are avoiding. If this is stepping over the line, Henry, feel free to edit the post right out. 1. I am hesitant to buy any Fast Forward Entertainment product because of the way the company's owner, Jim Ward, has conducted himself on public messageboards and in his 900 words column. I would really like to see d20 versions of Crossgen comic titles like [i]The Path[/i] and [i]The Way of the Rat[/i], but I have a bas taste in my mouth about Fast Forward Entertainment and they will have to prove themselves capable of producing quality work as well as being professionals before I will consider purchasing any of their Crossgen conversions. They can consider me a potential customer, however, no matter how small that potential might be. 2. There have been several Avalanche Press titles that I have been interested in such as [i]I, Mordred[/i] and [i]Celtic Age[/i] amongst others. However, their choice of artwork on the covers and interiors of their products has made me reconsider those self-same purchases. I find them not demeaning so much as unnecessarily titillating and completely irrelevant to the subject matter they are meant to illustrate. So far I have not purchased any products from either publisher and, as far as I can tell, I have no plans to. If things were to change, I would reconsider that stance in the future. I don't believe what I've said is slanderous in any way. I also believe these are two of the companies that people have been hinting at and mentioning in passing above. Jay [/QUOTE]
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