| From: | Ereskanti@***.com Ereskanti@***.com |
|---|---|
| Subject: | SR Books Online |
| Date: | Mon, 15 Feb 1999 18:24:00 EST |
gurth@******.nl writes:
> According to Starrngr@***.com, at 11:26 on 15 Feb 99, the word on
> the street was...
>
> > Those of you on the playtest track with FASA, I have a question: If WE
> > (meaning the people on the list, or perhaps those of the Plastic Warriors
> or
> > NERPS) did all the work for them, and pretty much gave them a finished
> product
> > basicly ready for printing, would that help convince them to reprint a
> > Shadowbeat 3?
Doubtful, given the editorial and leadership basis. NO, that is NOT a slam
against anyone at FASA, that is merely the truth. Finished products
(textually speaking here, ignoring artwork) are not that easy to accomplish,
especially if a group the size of any you mention (let alone a combination of
them) tried to accomplish it.
> A minor snag here is that I don't think many people on this list have
> experience in this area, let alone know how to lay out a page (want proof?
> check out just about any net.book) which means that giving FASA "a
> finished product basicly ready for printing" would be somewhat difficult.
True, but truer still would be the idea that a finished product is probably
NOT going to have much room for "time line correspondence", which I have
personally discovered does in fact matter a great deal.
> A bigger problem is that I doubt FASA would see this as a viable
> proposition. For starters, if they'd be interested in printing a third
> edition update of old sourcebooks, they would have done it themselves
> already, don't you think?
Doubtful again, given the MASSIVE amounts of time constraints that are being
dealt with. Also, many of the changes/updates to certain material (ie' Move-
by-Wire and Current rules concerning "Sensors") would have to be dramatically
changed, so much so that they would NOT look anything like their previous
incarnations.
> That said, though, I wouldn't mind doing some of this stuff if I'd get the
> chance...
Actually Gurth, I know many of us would like to do this. But to do this, one
more major thing would have to be set down into a functional standard. The
direction, material, and final drafting agreements. Basically, who's the
"leader" or "Gridsec" of a project of this nature, what stays, what
goes, what
isn't a thought, etc...
Just FYI. The Playtesters for SR3 had a mailing list (so I have been
informed, before my time) setup so they could communicate to varying extents.
Interestingly enough, no such list was set up during the duration of MitS's
playtesting term. Sure, people stayed in touch if/when they could, but
nothing on a "total group" scale.
Sorry, I'm in Rant mode...first day off work in 7 days....yep, I'm cranky...
-K
