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Message: <blockquote data-quote="malladin" data-source="post: 2621987" data-attributes="member: 8230">Quote: Except no one is stopping them. There is still a website for those with absolutely no credentials or experience to learn from.But people are saying its a good thing for people to find it more difficult to publish, whether an accurate perception of whats happening at RPGNow or not and the differences of opinion on this thread are a testament to the mix of views on that. What i'm saying I don't think the concept of stifling peoples creativity and freedom of expression is one people should be pleased about, which has plainly been the case on some posts, nor is it one that is good for the industry in the long run. The hobby needs new writers and designers as much as new players to stay alive.Quote:RPGnow paved the way for gaming pdf publishing. For that the thanks they get is some presumption that they owe people a leg up? BS.It isn't even a tiny little bit anyone else's responsibility or obligation to compensate for anyone else's financial capability. Not RPGnow's and not anyone else.If they owe nobody anything why should we owe them any thanks? Just a thought! However, i'm not arguing over business sense  or making presumptions, I've said I respect the decision thats been made, but as an industry we need some ways to promote new talent and you hope to see that from industry leaders. I'm not talking about obligation but opportunity. There are arguments for both sides of the case over whats happening at RPGnow and frankly  I feel the arguments here are just going to go round in circles. Only time will tell whether the changes are for the better or worse and being unable to see into the future I'll wait and see what happens.And as a final comment for all those hardline capatalist free marketeers out there, here's one of my favourite pieces of wisdom "Be careful who you stand upon on the way up, you'll be seeing them again on the way back down."I'm off to get my red berret and go to a cuban solidarity rally <img src="http://www.enworld.org/forum/images/smilies/laugh.png"  class="smilie" loading="lazy" alt=":lol:" title="Laughing    :lol:" data-shortname=":lol:" /> Nigel</blockquote>

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