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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Steve Conan Trustrum" data-source="post: 2667053" data-attributes="member: 1620">Morrus, the tone of your words spoke a great deal. Yes, there was certainly more than mere interest in EnWorld's interests at heart when press releases were made, but the tone of your words, especially within the context of this thread and what it entails, goes beyond the literal and I don't believe you're unaware of that.The context of what the forum serves beyond press releases alone, and the nature of the site overall, would definately categorize them as something other than an ad to me, a person who deals directly with advertising in a non-retailer capacity. It's not my site, however, so I'm afraid we'll have to continue to disagree there.But you don't see how people are left scratching their heads over this considering how recent the indicent with the RPGnow leak is? I hardly think this is a decision you came to overnight and wasn't in the works at the time.Communicating is more than just quoting and literal translation, Morrus. The situational context is a big part of it. The implications are a big part of it. The quote I replied to in the post you are replying to here is a big part of it. Now, it's entirely possible you misspoke or intoned something you didn't mean to. However, I can't believe that--were you to reread that post--you can't see how people can look at your words therein and draw the conclusion you're refuting, especially considering what the post your words were replying to was saying.I don't think you owe myself or any other publisher anything, Morrus. You made a situation availlable to myself and others under certain terms and we all took advantage of that. However, as you now say, many publishers returned that favor by assisting EnWorld in a number of ways to create a two way relationship. It was a symbiotic give and take. I wouldn't be suprised if much of that goes away now on the part of the publishers. Yes, I'm certain most (myself included) will continue to post link-free press releases here but I think you'll also find many will view this as a slap in the face and won't invest as much effort or support in the site. As you say, it's a two way road but when one party begins putting up road blocks along the best path to one's destination, people inevitably look for other roads to travel upon.</blockquote>

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