Re: [HOE] I have an idea, Shane, Allen, EVERYONE

[Thomas Mayfield <dragonboyblue@mindspring.com>]

At 10:56 PM 1/13/01 -0500, you wrote:
>At 04:42 PM 1/13/01, you wrote:
>>
>>I'm not rich, I can't buy up enough of PEG to make everything instanly 
>>alright, but I can do this.  Aside from a few good ideas on the DL
listserv, 
>>I also had an idea to get capital straight to Shane.  Besides buying 
>>products why don't we, the marshals donate some of our material like 
>>adventures and source info to PEG so they can put them up as downloadable 
>>titles.  Because we are doing the writing it wouldn't require alot of time 
>>from Shane's end, and the material cost would be negilible after all, for 
>>these they wont need to pay the printer and stuff like that.
>>
>>So thought, can we make it work?
>>
>>Please don't shot down the idea because it seems doomed to failure
>
>I appreciate what you're trying to do here, but I have some problems with
>this. It's not a bad idea, per se, but I think what you're overlooking is
>that right now PEG having only one single employee, Shane doesn't have the
>time to review, edit, respond, proof, and then put up the necessary code to
>handle so many submissions. What you're basically proposing is what PEG was
>trying to do with the Epitaph, but I think the last editor (Mr. Goff) has
>taken a well-deserved break from RPGs. 
>
>I know Shane loves to hear about new ideas and get new material, but I'm
>guessing he doesn't have time for it at present. I think he'll tell us when
>PEG is ready to accept submissions for new material.
>

And besides that, can they even still do downloadable stuff with Cybergames
out of the picture?  Don't get me wrong, I'd love to contribute to such a
thing if it's still viable.  A book of short Dime Novel adventures would
-rock-.  
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