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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Zhure" data-source="post: 941429" data-attributes="member: 308">I received the following letter in my email regarding some professional RPG work I've done in the past. After some research, I find it to be a legitimate request; no requests for money or any kind of scam. After a few exchanges with the author, I figured I'd post the information here, as I know a lot of RPG professionals frequent these boards.Mine, for those morbid enough to care, is here: <a href="http://www.roliste.com/bio.jsp?id=1393" target="_blank">http://www.roliste.com/bio.jsp?id=1393</a>Text as follows, edited to remove some specific names. The writer isn't a native English speaker, but his English is far better than my French. <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f642.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":)" title="Smile    :)"  data-smilie="1"data-shortname=":)" />:Hello, name withheld gave me your address, because he worked with you on some rpg product. So, here is what I have to ask you, that I already asked him : I would like to make, with your help, your biography, for the GROG (<a href="http://www.roliste.com" target="_blank">http://www.roliste.com</a>), of which I am one of the administrators. You will find (lower) the blank biography sheet, then some details about the GROG (you can also go to <a href="http://www.roliste.com/mission_us.jsp," target="_blank">http://www.roliste.com/mission_us.jsp,</a> where much is said) and how to take part. Our first biographies (more than 400), in french, are visible at <a href="http://www.roliste.com/bios.jsp," target="_blank">http://www.roliste.com/bios.jsp,</a> listed in alphabetical order. If you already have a biography somewhere on the net, you can just give me the link and tell me to translate it, it will be fine. And if something is missing I will ask it - often the exact date of birth, we wish each one his birthday on the front page, at the right time.... By the way, if you have the mails of other published actors of role-playing game world, and if you think they may be interested, thank you to tell us. Or you may contact them and give the blank sheet; or invite them to contact us.... Best regards, Hervé Jeune --------------------------------------------------------------------------------  Author / Translator / Artist - FileMinimum Information :(Last) Name (50) : Complete surname of person, no abbreviationFirst/middle name (50) : Complete First name(s), no abbreviation, and middle name (if used)Gender (M/F) : Nationality (50) :  Other personal information :* Nickname (50) : if used, a handle or nickname under which you are knownDate of birth (date) : format yyyy-mm-dd (as 2001-12-31)* Photo (YES/NO) : if a photo is available (jpeg format) Contact information :* Address (100) : * City (50) :  * Zip(50) : + state if necessaryCountry (50) : * Telephone (50) : add the international handle if you know it* Email (50) : * Personal web site (50) :  Role in the gaming industry :Author (YES/NO) : did you write or co-write a game or any gaming material for a rpg ? Translator (YES/NO) : did you translate a game or some gaming material ?Origin and destination language for the translation (100) : like English => french, Swedish => english… etc.Artist (YES/NO) : Did you do some art for a game or gaming material ?Companies (100) : list of gaming companies you worked forGames (100) : list of role playing games you took part in  Biography :Life history, gaming (MEMO) : rather than just a basic history, a living summary with some precisions on your activities in the gaming industry. This should answer the following set of sample questions :How did you come to play roleplaying games ?How did you come to work in the gaming industry ? What is your working history ?Do you make a living out of roleplaying games ?What are your favorite games (even the one you did not work on) ?Do you play often ? With who ? (other people from the gaming industry) What do you do in your spare time, your interests out of roleplaying games (hobby games, sport, family, etc.) ?Which work are you the most proud of ? Why ?What are your plans and projects right now ? Message/autobiography (MEMO) : you can leave a message to the reader or a description which will be left as is (in the same language) on the site.List of links to interviews (100) : links to internet pages containing existing interviews of you. * optional       Warning, Legal Notices Preliminary information for people concerned by an internet project making personal information available on Internet  We are about to make available on our site (<a href="http://www.roliste.com" target="_blank">http://www.roliste.com</a>) information about you, taken from the form included in this document. Such information will be present on the web site “Guide du Rôliste Galactique” (aka GROG) – Roleplayer’s Guide to the Galaxy – and will be available to visitors except your physical address and your email which will remain hidden. This form aims at building a database with bibliographical purposes on authors, translators and artists who worked on roleplaying games. Considering the fact that a web site is available on a permanent basis, personal information will stop only with the closing of the site or on your demand. The GROG team will not use this data for business purposes. We inform you that the mandatory of optional character of your answers is clearly mentioned in the form (*optional). Warning                            In case you do not answer and do not fill the form, it will be considered as a non-agreement, and there will be no consequence. No information about you will be online without your agreement. In case you do agree to make your personal data available, you have an unlimited amount of time to cancel it. At any time, you can ask us to remove the data from the web site and from our database with no justification.   Considering the characteristics of Internet like free download of information and impossibility to control its further use by third parties, we inform you that you can disagree on such diffusion.  We remind you that you have the right to access, modify, correct, or delete data concerning you, with no justification, as defined in the French law regarding computers and freedom (article 34 de la Loi “ Informatique et Libertés ” du 6 janvier 1978) In order to make use of this right, contact • <a href="mailto:admin@roliste.com">admin@roliste.com</a> or at this address : • Association GROG chez Rémi Barbarin56, Avenue Joliot-CurieBâtiment 2, “ Le domaine des poètes ”38130 EchirollesFrance    We remind you that legal notices are available online on the site of GROG : <a href="http://www.roliste.com/legal.jsp" target="_blank">http://www.roliste.com/legal.jsp</a>  -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1 - The GROG"I" represent the GROG, or Galactic ROle-player's Guide (Guide du ROliste Galactique), of which I am only a (benevolent) member among many others. It's a french web site whose goal is to become the most complete encyclopedia of the role-playing game world, french or other. This site is managed by an association, without any commercial aim or link. For now, about 400 games and 4000 game products are described, and it advances quickly. Visitors can leave critics about each product; you can also find links towards other encyclopedias, gamers clubs, editors, shops.... You can find many other things, such as the description of the actors of the role-playing game world: authors, translators, artists.... Which got me to contact you. 2 - Taking partIf you run after time, and you don't want to be bothered any more, no problem. Send me (to <a href="mailto:herve.jeune@free.fr">herve.jeune@free.fr</a>, or <a href="mailto:admin@roliste.com">admin@roliste.com</a>) a mail to let me know; I'll note it, so I won't send another mail later. If you prefer another medium for making your biography, all is possible. If there are opportunities to contact you (meetings, trips, phone, chat...), thank you to make us know: we are dozens in France (or elsewhere), one of us may be able to contact you as you please. If you want to "play the game" by mail, just use the upper biography sheet, and fill the data (and attach a ID photo (jpg), 100 pixels wide or more) - that is, what you want to be published - and send back (in a mail, or txt or rtf file). For a biography exemple, the best is to open one (or more) at <a href="http://www.roliste.com/bios.jsp" target="_blank">http://www.roliste.com/bios.jsp</a> - but they are in french. But if you want, I can send you a false biography (of myself) in english, to get the "mood". Visitors won't be able to do as for the game products, that is criticize them. Note that you may put a message to visitors, in your language, after "message/autobiography" in the blank sheet.... There is no length limit to your biography, it may fill many pages... downloading will just be a bit long! All is not fixed, and good ideas are always welcomed: if you have critics or suggestions, don't restrain! The GROG is a collective work, alive, just limited by the time each member can (want to) spend....-END TEXT-</blockquote>

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