| From: | Felix Hoefert <FHoefert@********.DE> |
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| Subject: | Re: FASA SRTCG expansion policy |
| Date: | Tue, 28 Jul 1998 01:38:11 +0200 |
[snip my earlier message]
> Listen i totally disagree with you. I half to tell a story of someone
> recently on the list who i attempted to make a trade with. He decided to void
> the trade becuase he bought about 3 or 4 boxs of shadowrun boxs and didn't get
> a particular card. So he rebelled against Fasa, said he wasn't going to play
> shadowrun anymore. What kinda of crap is that? Just becuase you didn't get a
> certain card you are going to quit? Now i read this post from felix
> Complaining about how Corp Wars is late, and we should pressure Fasa into
> running their business better. Listen just becuase things don't go your way,
> and you can't have a little patience with a company, don't start crying. I
> would give you more credit if this was 6 months down the road and we still
> didn't see corp wars yet. Your argument is weak, and your bickering is
> nonsense. FASA is a multi-million dollar company. They seem to be running
> their busines fine. Felix i tell you what, if you think you can add millions
> to their buisness then fine, otherwise i think you're wrong. Also, where did
> you get the idea that Shadowrun is going to be cancelled? Of what i
> understand it is doing fine. It will never reap the profits that magic has,
> but that's like coming out with a new operating system on a computer and
> trying to compete with Microsoft. Well this is all i have to say on the
> subject, i can wait another couple weeks for corp wars. I'm not in any rush.
You seem to have overrated my disappointment level. Itīs not like I
canīt have patience with a multi-million dollar company. Nor did I say,
or even imply, that I could "add a few millions". Iīm not getting out of
SRTCG no matter what, also because I like the RPG, and neither will most
of my friends. I didnīt bicker, and my arguments werenīt nonsense at
all, but grounded on my limited knowledge of FASAīs size and on
published release dates. I wouldnīt quit because I didnīt get a certain
card, understanding probability calculations. If a person keeps buying
boxes and boxes of cards and doesnīt know when to start trading (if heīs
got the chance), thatīs his or her very own fault. I donīt think FASA
should try to compete with the largest TCGs at all, as I prefer a slower
publishing frequency myself. I was just proposing that releases might be
easier to publish on time by setting more qualified people to work at
them. If that canīt do the trick, fine, then thatīs the way it is. If
FASA isnīt responsible, ok. They might or might not be able to keep
self-set schedules, and I might or might not have a distorted
perspective on things. Iīm simply drawing conclusions (not jumping to
them, as you might object) from what data I get from FASAīs homepage and
my local traders. And I do long for effective ways to win a tourney
without recoursing to Trolls and Zombies, hoping that the next expansion
might bring effective alternatives. I do grant FASA any amount of time
to make good or excellent card sets, as long as we customers donīt get
irritated by postponed release dates too often. A thought a friend
expressed, to which I certainly donīt agree, is that postponing release
dates is merely marketing policy of FASA. These are the things that will
come to players minds, but maybe we shouldnīt be playing twice a week to
keep from getting too involved with these issues.
Not crying ;), Felix
