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<blockquote data-quote="Z. H. Darkstar" data-source="post: 6750887" data-attributes="member: 6746780">Then wouldn't a more a balanced approach be making sure that an equitable amount of certs are provided to admins across the globe? If there are no admins in a particular corner of the world, then the RC for that area would be the one with the certs. These certs can be further split among the LCs for ease of distribution. My point is that certs that aren't distributed are just wasted WotC dollars on printed paper.Gaming culture has evolved away from the concept of purely exclusive add-on content towards an acceptable middle-ground of timed exclusivity. Pretty much every AAA developer releases the exclusive content to the general public, after the early adopters have had enough time with it to feel their early adoption was worth the privilege. I'm not saying that all certed content needs to be made available wholesale, but there needs to be a distinction between which things should eventually make their way into the greater AL community.There's a fine balance point between something being rare enough to be special and something that appears so infrequently that no one gives a kobold's arse about it. As far as the opinions at my FLGS is concerned, no one cares at all about the certed content because none of them attend cons outside of the area. If there was a way to get con certs from a RC or LC, then it'd entice the population to expand their convention horizons.&nbsp; None of the cons here offer certs outside of the ones we already get at the store, nor do they wish to make the investment on Fai Chen.Mind you, all of this is what I observed here in South Florida, sitting a 3 hour drive away from Orlando and even less to Miami. I can only imagine how sparse con cert distribution is in lesser populated areas of the planet...</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Z. H. Darkstar, post: 6750887, member: 6746780"] Then wouldn't a more a balanced approach be making sure that an equitable amount of certs are provided to admins across the globe? If there are no admins in a particular corner of the world, then the RC for that area would be the one with the certs. These certs can be further split among the LCs for ease of distribution. My point is that certs that aren't distributed are just wasted WotC dollars on printed paper. Gaming culture has evolved away from the concept of purely exclusive add-on content towards an acceptable middle-ground of timed exclusivity. Pretty much every AAA developer releases the exclusive content to the general public, after the early adopters have had enough time with it to feel their early adoption was worth the privilege. I'm not saying that all certed content needs to be made available wholesale, but there needs to be a distinction between which things should eventually make their way into the greater AL community. There's a fine balance point between something being rare enough to be special and something that appears so infrequently that no one gives a kobold's arse about it. As far as the opinions at my FLGS is concerned, no one cares at all about the certed content because none of them attend cons outside of the area. If there was a way to get con certs from a RC or LC, then it'd entice the population to expand their convention horizons. None of the cons here offer certs outside of the ones we already get at the store, nor do they wish to make the investment on Fai Chen. Mind you, all of this is what I observed here in South Florida, sitting a 3 hour drive away from Orlando and even less to Miami. I can only imagine how sparse con cert distribution is in lesser populated areas of the planet... [/QUOTE]

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