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<blockquote data-quote="prosfilaes" data-source="post: 5399586" data-attributes="member: 40166">95% of the time a work is &quot;made available&quot; in a format other than the original, it has lost most of what made it distinct and valuable. Because it's hard. Computer games are not the same as RPGs., and people have spent years working on that particular art form. What works in one form doesn't work in another.So? Less then 2% of the people who own a copy of Huckleberry Finn own a copy of Tom Sawyer Abroad. Do you abuse all the people who say they like Mark Twain's works for not liking Tom Sawyer Abroad? Or do you do what the Mark Twain estate does, and push authentic from the manuscript editions of Huckleberry Finn and Mark Twain's Autobiography?You're picking two of the most profitable pulp authors. There were authors more well-known at the time then Howard and Lovecraft writing for Weird Tales; they're all forgotten now. Most authors disappear off the charts and are forgotten as soon as they stop writing.Sure. Looking to squeak every penny you can from the &quot;Gary Gygax&quot; brand is certainly a reasonable business decision. I fail to see why you think fans should be happy with that, though.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="prosfilaes, post: 5399586, member: 40166"] 95% of the time a work is "made available" in a format other than the original, it has lost most of what made it distinct and valuable. Because it's hard. Computer games are not the same as RPGs., and people have spent years working on that particular art form. What works in one form doesn't work in another. So? Less then 2% of the people who own a copy of Huckleberry Finn own a copy of Tom Sawyer Abroad. Do you abuse all the people who say they like Mark Twain's works for not liking Tom Sawyer Abroad? Or do you do what the Mark Twain estate does, and push authentic from the manuscript editions of Huckleberry Finn and Mark Twain's Autobiography? You're picking two of the most profitable pulp authors. There were authors more well-known at the time then Howard and Lovecraft writing for Weird Tales; they're all forgotten now. Most authors disappear off the charts and are forgotten as soon as they stop writing. Sure. Looking to squeak every penny you can from the "Gary Gygax" brand is certainly a reasonable business decision. I fail to see why you think fans should be happy with that, though. [/QUOTE]

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