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<blockquote data-quote="Willie the Duck" data-source="post: 8479095" data-attributes="member: 6799660"><p>Fundamentally yeah, but I think there's an layer underneath the obvious bit. I think nuTSR thinks they can skip the clear and obvious work* part. I mean, it isn't like 'being a big deal because they are a big deal' hasn't worked at various times and places. Celebrities like the Kardashians** have made their career out of it, but closer to home Cons are lined with booths of various people tied to Star Trek, Star Wars, the Whedonverse, and so forth that are mostly being paid to let people remember their past, rather than a specific thing they are doing right now. </p><p><em><span style="font-size: 9px">*oftentimes this ends up being just as much, if not more, work overall.</span></em></p><p><em><span style="font-size: 9px">**that this site's spell-check underlined my misspelling of this kinda supports my point. </span></em></p><p></p><p>My suspicion is that nuTSR thinks that if they can get WotC to pay attention to them (make them take legal action against them, or really acknowledge their existence at all in a public way) that will 'prove' that they are a big deal and that will... something something profit. Seems really marginal in terms of how much money there is to be made by being 'angry anti-WotC semi-public personalities #432-436,' but it's not clear what they think their other options are. I'm still not sure if Ernie's actions were spontaneous or planned. In other words, did they plan on this strategy and simply overestimated how popular it would be, or was this an accidental self-sabotage of an attempt to be a more mainstream 3rd part producer.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Willie the Duck, post: 8479095, member: 6799660"] Fundamentally yeah, but I think there's an layer underneath the obvious bit. I think nuTSR thinks they can skip the clear and obvious work* part. I mean, it isn't like 'being a big deal because they are a big deal' hasn't worked at various times and places. Celebrities like the Kardashians** have made their career out of it, but closer to home Cons are lined with booths of various people tied to Star Trek, Star Wars, the Whedonverse, and so forth that are mostly being paid to let people remember their past, rather than a specific thing they are doing right now. [I][SIZE=1]*oftentimes this ends up being just as much, if not more, work overall. **that this site's spell-check underlined my misspelling of this kinda supports my point. [/SIZE][/I] My suspicion is that nuTSR thinks that if they can get WotC to pay attention to them (make them take legal action against them, or really acknowledge their existence at all in a public way) that will 'prove' that they are a big deal and that will... something something profit. Seems really marginal in terms of how much money there is to be made by being 'angry anti-WotC semi-public personalities #432-436,' but it's not clear what they think their other options are. I'm still not sure if Ernie's actions were spontaneous or planned. In other words, did they plan on this strategy and simply overestimated how popular it would be, or was this an accidental self-sabotage of an attempt to be a more mainstream 3rd part producer. [/QUOTE]
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