Re: [HOE] GURPS DEADLANDS DELAYED!

[Allan Seyberth <darious@darious.com>]

 >But you'll pay for Deadlands books?

I'll buy Deadlands books only if they aren't available from my local 
store.  I'll buy Deadlands pdf's only if they will never come out in 
print.  Otherwise I'm bypassing the importance of the retail store.
But I will not pay to gain access to somebody's website.

 >The money you pay to Pyramid pays one single editor and a whole bunch of
 >freelance authors who work hard to submit quality material for a variety of
 >game systems.

Tough.  Encyclopedia Brittanica had a huge staff and I doubt that anyone 
can deny the quality of the material they had.  They tried to charge for 
access to their online encyclopedia - and failed.  Now that it is open to 
the general public, I use it on a regular basis.

 >The SJGames website is much more extensive than just Pyramid, and even if
 >you're not paying for Pyramid you can take a look at free sample articles
 >and the first three paragraphs of all the rest of the articles.

Advertising with minimal content.  Why would I want to go to a website that 
only has advertising when I can use a search engine to find a site that has 
content?


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Allan Seyberth
darious@darious.com
Deadlands fan site - http://www.darious.com/

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