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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Owen K.C. Stephens" data-source="post: 245982" data-attributes="member: 3190">I must say I'm excited by the possibilities of this new venture. SJG has proven it can run a worthwhile, high quality web magazine. The list of talent in the first issue is impressive, and certainly Dale has the smarts and experience needed to edit such a thing, as well as the needed familiarity with d20. And a generic d20 magazine with regular updates is a much needed device in the ever-expanding d20 game market.As for Mr. Jackson, he may not like d20 either personally or as a gamer, but he's smart enough not to let that interfere with good business. I remember seeing him in a seminar at the World Con in Texas many years ago, when everyone was talking about how Magic: The Gathering had destroyed RPGs. He said he was reserving judgement  – he didn't enjoy the game himself but saw it bringing in a lot of new people to hobby stores. I don't know what he thinks of it now, but I suspect that is a good description of his attitude toward any new adventure game phenomenon – reserving judgement.If d20 crashes, he's out only the cost of running the website (no warehouse full of paper needing to be destroyed). If it does well, he'll be positioned to do more with d20, and have strong contacts with lots of experienced d20 writers (and have a good idea which ones actually come through with finished writing).As for refusing to look at the site because SJ himself doesn't like d20 - well it’s a free country. But since the first four issues are free, why not go take a look while it costs you nothing and then decide?(In the interests of disclosure, I have had an article published in Pyramid, and I plan to submit things to d20 weekly. On the other hand I am not currently in any agreements with any SJG employee, and have never done significant work for SJG,)</blockquote>

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