As far as I am concerned, anyone who buys one of our books also buys the absolute right to say anything they like about it!
Those who don't buy the book however, ahh, there is another thing
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As far as I am concerned, anyone who buys one of our books also buys the absolute right to say anything they like about it!
Those who don't buy the book however, ahh, there is another thing
tbeard1999
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I'd add that Mongoose chose to license Traveller and has made compatibility with Classic Traveller a key part of their marketing campaign. (And, for what it's worth, MGT is mechanically closer to CT than anything other than MegaTraveller--and even there it's a close call).
So maybe Mongoose sorta "assumed the burden" of explaining canon deviations when it tied MGT closely to Classic Traveller.
Of course, explaining canon deviations is also sensible from a business perspective IMHO.
tbeard1999
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Fair enough, but free previews are fair game IMHO. As is a generalized criticism of the system.
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How about people who peruse a preview that you put up and directed their attention to?As far as I am concerned, anyone who buys one of our books also buys the absolute right to say anything they like about it!
Those who don't buy the book however, ahh, there is another thing
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drh
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I'm not stopping you from doing that. What irritates the hell out of me is when people demand and expect explanations from Mongoose or other publishers for what they've done and why they've done it. We as consumers are NOT entitled to any such explanations at all.
This is what's so crazy about these arguments. You're not even complaining about what they've actually done anymore, you're complaining about the fact that they haven't told you why they've done it.
drh,
Design notes are a gaming tradition dating as back far as Tactics II if not further. In some cases, the design notes end up being more useful than the game itself.
As with many things, simply because you see no utility in something it doesn't necessarily follow that there is actually no utility or that others see no utility.
Regards,
Bill
I don't think I've seen anyone suggest any entitlement to an explanation. I do not see why you are apparently hostile to the idea of asking for an explanation. It's hard to understand something you see no reason for.
And I don't think I've seen any complaining about a lack of explanations recently; maybe I missed some, but I can't think of any.
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mbrinkhues
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Wrong. Consumers are always entitled to ask WHY something did change. That's one of his basic rights as only from this answers he can decide wether the new thingy is worth buying or not. And a smart producer WILL have a good answer. Because otherwise he won't make the sale.
If I change a piece of software and want to bill the customers for it they want me to give them a reason WHY they should use that new version(1) instead of keeping the old one. And I better answer that question. The answer can be quite simple like "speeds up data entry" or complex like "adds a new set of functionalities" but it can never be "because I felt like it"
(1) We are NOT talking bug-fixes here, that's handled by guarantee laws and maintenance contracts
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drh
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I'm not hostile to the idea of asking for an explanation. I'm hostile to the idea of demanding or expecting one.
As far as I'm concerned it's just a game. It's certainly not the end of the world if I don't understand why something is done. I'm more interested in playing the game than agonizing over historical minutiae or why something is done a certain way or whether it's the same as a previous edition. And ultimately if I don't like something then I'll just change it.
