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<blockquote data-quote="jedijon" data-source="post: 3283863" data-attributes="member: 49099">I noticed you locked your blog thread--I hope you're still answering questions!Hi--most of your blog is pretty even-keeled, however, I'm puzzled by your insertion of the witticism regarding the king of the blind.&nbsp; I think that overall, your tone doesn't necessarily harken to doom and gloom for the industry.&nbsp; Yet you've taken this as an opportunity to jibe at the leaders of the industry.&nbsp; Is this simply because they let you go from WotC?&nbsp; In the absence of more specifics as to the failings of these companies I can't help but view the comment as a way to espouse your displeasure at the management styles of said companies.&nbsp; Clearly shrinking portfolios and margins speak for themselves.&nbsp; However, if you are willing would you provide more detail as to what those flaws are specifically, and what (if any) ways there may be to fix them.Your comments about distributors ect, are of most interest to me and incidentally what I have the least knowledge about.&nbsp; From a pure business sense though isn't this all a GOOD thing?&nbsp; Distributors and shops of an older era closing up?&nbsp; If the fans themselves are still there which seems almost a given until the gaming sector as it is either retires (losing their income) or dies (losing their discretion et al)--then all that remains is to get them the games.&nbsp; The internet (much lambasted by the store owners of this current generation) seems to be a thriving medium.&nbsp; Won't the losses in this sector be short-term as new more effective business methods are developed?&nbsp; Evolution would seem to thrive on hard times and most especially on a culling of the fold.&nbsp; It would seem to go hand-in-hand that new ways of delivering games means new ways of developing games, which means new---well new games!&nbsp; Is this type of organic ground up paradigm shift so impossible?&nbsp; Is our only salvation another niche for a so-called new gaming genre??</blockquote>

[QUOTE="jedijon, post: 3283863, member: 49099"] I noticed you locked your blog thread--I hope you're still answering questions! Hi--most of your blog is pretty even-keeled, however, I'm puzzled by your insertion of the witticism regarding the king of the blind. I think that overall, your tone doesn't necessarily harken to doom and gloom for the industry. Yet you've taken this as an opportunity to jibe at the leaders of the industry. Is this simply because they let you go from WotC? In the absence of more specifics as to the failings of these companies I can't help but view the comment as a way to espouse your displeasure at the management styles of said companies. Clearly shrinking portfolios and margins speak for themselves. However, if you are willing would you provide more detail as to what those flaws are specifically, and what (if any) ways there may be to fix them. Your comments about distributors ect, are of most interest to me and incidentally what I have the least knowledge about. From a pure business sense though isn't this all a GOOD thing? Distributors and shops of an older era closing up? If the fans themselves are still there which seems almost a given until the gaming sector as it is either retires (losing their income) or dies (losing their discretion et al)--then all that remains is to get them the games. The internet (much lambasted by the store owners of this current generation) seems to be a thriving medium. Won't the losses in this sector be short-term as new more effective business methods are developed? Evolution would seem to thrive on hard times and most especially on a culling of the fold. It would seem to go hand-in-hand that new ways of delivering games means new ways of developing games, which means new---well new games! Is this type of organic ground up paradigm shift so impossible? Is our only salvation another niche for a so-called new gaming genre?? [/QUOTE]

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