So Russ...
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Charwoman Gene
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Morrus said:
Thanks for showing us your work.
Charwoman Gene
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Scribble said:
Piratecat advises people how to sleep correctly.
ITS A CONSPIRACY!!!!!
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EricNoah
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I just remembered my time at the helm as this weird whirlwind of "busy busy busy" and constantly updating things and juggling 50 e-mails a day and stuff like that. A lot of fun, but a lot of work. I didn't have a lot of the features EN World now has (for example: a message board! at least for quite a while) that might either ease the burden or create a whole new type of work that I never had to deal with. I was just curious how Russ's experience has compared to mine thus far.
EricNoah said:
I imagine that it's easier -- even if only for the simple fact that we have a content management system which means that an html page doesn't have to be reuploaded constantly (although, as I recall you observed years ago, it doesn't allow for nearly the same flexibility of presentation, which I regret at times).
Also, of course, I have help. Right now we have me, Glyfair, and Joshua Randall n the 4E stuff, with Red Moon Games handling the d20 stuff.
One big difference - "Anonymous" seems to have gone into retirement. Where are you, Anonymous?
EricNoah
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Good to hear you're having fun with it!
Is there anything that constantly comes up and you go "gah, no, not that again?" For me (and this was after release) -- the Conversions Library. I would get a pile of those and just cringe at having to open them, check them a bit, rename them, make links to them. I didn't have an automated upload/sumission system, I just filed them all by hand. It was a chore I grew to hate.
Anyone getting on your case about any of this 3E/4E rivalry business or anything else? An example from my era: I recall that I had FLGS owners e-mail me and suggesting I should take down all of my Amazon.com affiliate links because I was doing them a disservice. That wasn't fun.
Is there anything that constantly comes up and you go "gah, no, not that again?" For me (and this was after release) -- the Conversions Library. I would get a pile of those and just cringe at having to open them, check them a bit, rename them, make links to them. I didn't have an automated upload/sumission system, I just filed them all by hand. It was a chore I grew to hate.
Anyone getting on your case about any of this 3E/4E rivalry business or anything else? An example from my era: I recall that I had FLGS owners e-mail me and suggesting I should take down all of my Amazon.com affiliate links because I was doing them a disservice. That wasn't fun.
Charwoman Gene
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Morrus said:
He's busy playing WOW.
EricNoah said:Good to hear you're having fun with it!
Is there anything that constantly comes up and you go "gah, no, not that again?" For me (and this was after release) -- the Conversions Library. I would get a pile of those and just cringe at having to open them, check them a bit, rename them, make links to them. I didn't have an automated upload/sumission system, I just filed them all by hand. It was a chore I grew to hate.
Not really - at least not yet. I think the thing I disliked the most was the d20 news stuff, because it got so samey. I think the thing I find worst is when I get emails from people reporting a news scoop that's already on the news page; I always feel guilty having to tell them that, because they're usually being really helpful.
Nah. I'm sure it'll happen, but I haven't had anything like that happen in a long time. WotC are being really good, and really friendly, and I think Scott Rouse is doing a fantastic job - and putting up with some real crap from people.
I think the thing that usually gets my goat is when people are rude, a moderator steps in, and they're not man enough to say "fair cop - I was being rude", but instead have to start shouting about how they're being censored, and how people aren't "allowed" to not like 4E, etc. They just don't get it - I don't give a gnat's ass what people like or don't like, as long as they're polite about it.
That's the only thing bugging me recently, although I guess it's not a new thing.
I see a lot of Highway Patrol officers (and sometimes city police) on the Interstate just before a big college football game. Are you also beefing up your own law enforcement efforts on the way to 4th edition? Providing special flame/"threadcrap" counter-measures? Maybe hiring Blackwater security forces?
((insert kneejerk reaction of outrage smiley icon here)) Gaaaaaaahhh!!!
Charwoman Gene said:
((insert kneejerk reaction of outrage smiley icon here)) Gaaaaaaahhh!!!
