Realistic wonderings about 3.5 and it's effects...

[Ralts Bloodthorne]

Well thanks man.

Once again I´m reminded that roleplaying is all about fun and recreation and not about work and doing overtime.

Thank you for reminding me that buying products should never be motivated by necessity or inevitableness, never induce unwanted effort or studiousness but remain a free choice, a voluntary squander, an enjoyable pasttime at all times.

Thank you for reminding me that I still have a choice and my sincerest regards for the pitiful situation your in.


Happy gaming.

Zweischneid.

LOL

No charge!

Consider it a freebie!

Just be glad I'm not like some companies, I'd charge you $5!!!

 

[James McMurray]

Re: Re: Re: Realistic wonderings about 3.5 and it's effects...

Naw, I use industry standard paragraph breaks and indenting.

Of course, it drove my editor nuts that I used the old "Two-Space" style that I learned in the various classes. It took him a LONG time to break me of that habit.

Then remind me not to buy anything you've written, as it would be near-unreadable without spacing.

 

[fett527]

Re: Re: Re: Realistic wonderings about 3.5 and it's effects...

And I can't rely on word of mouth. That has gotten me in trouble before.

If this is your livelyhood, why would you ever rely on word of mouth?

...I know, already, that I have to get the 3.5 books.
Why?
Because, my playtesters have enough computer printouts to deal with, with our products, they don't need the SRD printed out too. So I put myself further in debt with 5 sets of $90 books as soon as I can't afford them. Yup, CAN'T afford them.
Then I go over the rules, compare stuff to the SRD, and highlight any mechanics that are in the core books but NOT in the SRD so that my playtesters and designers know what mechanics to not use...

Your not going to garner much sympathy from anyone in the IT community. We have to keep our certifications and credentials updated all the time to remain viable in the workplace and believe me, it costs a heck of a lot more than $90 every 3 years.

 

[Ralts Bloodthorne]

Re: Re: Re: Re: Realistic wonderings about 3.5 and it's effects...

If this is your livelyhood, why would you ever rely on word of mouth?

Number one: I listened to rumors before on whether or not something would be added to the SRD, and whether or not a feature might be removed from the final. That's where I messed up.
Number Two: It's business, you have to keep your ear to the ground, and pay attention in the community. WOrd of mouth also covers what's popular and whose designing what.

Your not going to garner much sympathy from anyone in the IT community. We have to keep our certifications and credentials updated all the time to remain viable in the workplace and believe me, it costs a heck of a lot more than $90 every 3 years.

OK, where did everyone start to figure that I was looking for sympathy? Sympathy is somewhere in the dictionary between the slang for fecal matter and a communicable STD that a notorius gangster once contracted.
Everyone is posting thier freakouts over a review of 3.5 and what 3.5 might do to thier game. I posted my concerns.
Your a businessman, you're in a highly competitive field. If a new type of electronics or processor chip came out that was causing just as much furor, if trace based boards were replaced with new technology, or a revolutionary new language developed that packed whole screens of information into a single 2 bit symbol, you'd wonder what it was going to do to you.
As for the cost comparision...
What do you make a year? Depending on what part of the industry, you could be making upwards of 6 figures a year.
For a just starting out d20 production company, I qualify for public assistance if this is my only job.
$90 to someone in my position is the same as your recertification.
And yes, I do know what I'm talking about. I left the robotics/electronic engineering community in 1998. No notice, no resignation, I just walked and rebuilt my life.
See, I get the larger scheme of things. The changes 3.5 is going to make to my life are those listed, which, in the scope of my personal life, are about the same as finding out my socks are missing.
I listed professional concerns, and those were not any ploy for sympathy. I want sympathy, I'll snivel about how bad my life is, or how crappy the weather is.

Then remind me not to buy anything you've written, as it would be near-unreadable without spacing.

That's why I have an editor!!!
Otherwise, it would be blocks. I write like I'm writing a technical manual or a novel, my editor fixes it.

Otherwiseitwouldloooklikethisandnobodywouldeverfigureitout!