Post by Jaymz on Jan 25, 2015 15:09:01 GMT
Another week, another update. Please if you do not like what is said in these commentaries, just don't read them. It is meant as a way for myself and others to get our frustration and such out. Those who typically do not like what is said generally do ZERO to contribute to discussion and only serve to incite more anger and vitriol. So to these people I suggest you just ignore this thread.
That being said here we go my little Palladiumites
Apparently Kevin was unable to get this done on time again....
www.palladiumbooks.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=764:palladium-booksr-weekly-update-january-24-2015&catid=52:weekly-updates&Itemid=183
"Wayne and I also worked through the weekend in an attempt to get projects fast tracked, and will be doing so again this weekend. "
We work SOOOOO hard for YOU our FANS.
Dude if THIS is fast tracked I would REALLY hate to see a slow pace....
"UPDATE: The Rifter® Super-Subscription Drive"
Good deal, like the Christmas Grab Bags, for those in the US. Not so much for the rest of us but that is understandable.
"UPDATE: Rifts® Book of Magic – Ships Next Week"
Um....you do know that a reprint isn't the same as a release and you could just note it is available for order again right? This comes across as more of a smoke and mirrors to what is getting done than anything else.
"UPDATE: Chaos Earth® Rise of Magic – February release
We hope to get this fan favorite finished and to the printer in a week or two for a February release."
Finished? Isn't this a book that has been out for YEARS? Seriously what is there to finish unless there are so many glaring errors that in needs such significant work that you need to mention it getting "finished" or rather "re-finished"? See above about the perception of smoke and mirrors as to things getting done.
"UPDATE: Bizantium & the Northern Islands™ – Ships February, 2015"
You have 3 weeks to get this done and to the printer to prove that it will indeed be a February release. I still say April. Prove me wrong. Please.
"UPDATE: The Rifter® #69 – February release"
See above about proving this statement to be true.
"Meanwhile, about half the book has undergone editing and prepping for typesetting."
Dude. Typesetting? Really? I think I hurt my eyeroll muscles.....
"UPDATE: The Rifter® #70 – Spring release"
Well I won't say unlikely but you have until the end of May to get this to the printer in order to technically release it during "spring"
"UPDATE: Chaos Earth® Resurrection – Spring release"
Really? Please tell me you are NOT bumping the Robotech Marines books AGAIN?
"UPDATE: Advertising and promoting"
Uh-huh
"We did five advertisements this week; three for a trade magazine, one for Mark Dudley’s Kickstarter-backed comic book, and the card advertisement that is going into the AdeptiCon Swag Bag"
So nothing that the larger general customer base can actually see or notice? Great.......you do know for advertising to actually have any effect you MUST get as many eyeballs on the ads as possible? Marketing 101 man. I learned that in highschool over 20 frackin years ago....
"plus work on, and planning for, several other promotions"
If it is like the above.....yeah see above to my thoughts on that.
"We have also been working with Palladium’s Megaversal Ambassadors "
And here I sit having not heard one damn word from you OR Jeff and last I checked my name, Megaversal Ambassador I am, is persona non grata not to mention people have been told to not interact or communicate with me because, to paraphrase "he's not the type of person you should communicate with". That's fine. I'll still demo the game over an area of 100s of 1000's of people. I didn't need your help in the past and I am sure I can manage going forward. Too bad the reputation of what many would call inability to do proper customer relations will follow with me.
"UPDATE: More good stuff to be added to DriveThruRPG.com"
Who wants to bet it will be BtS 2nd ed as no one buys it anymore, and another batch of Rifters with maybe the origianl Rifts Source Book One and Conversion Book One as they are not loner for sale either?
"UPDATE: Robotech® RPG Tactics™"
All i can say is wow...just wow, you cannot be that oblivious as to what is going on with this can you?
"including an ongoing FAQ to be posted online, much more detailed and elaborate building instructions, other useful information and tools,"
You guys do know that this should not be some monumental undertaking right? An ongoing FAQ should be already up and edited and corrected as it goes. Not sitting in the ether being "developed". Same goes for the assembly instructions (though I note you call the building instructions...)
"UPDATE: Palladium Books at AdeptiCon – March 19-22"
Good. I really hope RRT sells well....for everyone's sake.
"UPDATE: Robotech® RPG Tactics™ Tournament at AdeptiCon, March 19-22,"
I was glad to see the clarification on the prizes. I hope it does well, just as sales, for everyone's sake.
"Another Robotech® RPG Tactics™ Event – Arcticon – Saturday, March 7 at Valparaiso University "
Sounds pretty cool actually.
"UPDATE: Gen Con Indy – July 30 to August 2, 2015"
They never should have stopped going and I am glad they have gone in consecutive years now and will continue to do so in the future by the looks of it.
"UPDATE: 2015 Palladium Open House (POH) – May 15-17, "
Day trip still planned.....whether I am allowed into the warehouse or not is another story LOL
"REMINDER: Price Increase for the Heroes Unlimited™ 30th Anniversary Gold and Palladium Fantasy® 30th Anniversary Elemental Green Hardcover"
No issue with this. The fewer there are the more they will cost. Simple.
"Books slated for the next 5-6 months of 2015
Rifts® Book of Magic – Back in print end of January – at the printer.
The Rifter® #69 – Winter – ships February – in production right now.
Rifts® Chaos Earth®: Rise of Magic™ Sourcebook – Back in print, ships February.
Bizantium & the Northern Islands™ – ships February – in final production right now.
Robotech® Expeditionary Force Marines™ Sourcebook
Chaos Earth® Resurrection (the dead rise, zombies attack)
Chaos Earth® First Responders (more than you may imagine)
Dead Reign® Sourcebook: Hell Followed™ (a large, juicy sourcebook)
The Rifter® #70 – Spring"
Excuse me... BAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA. Ahem. Carrying on...
"Other titles for 2015 and Beyond
Robotech® RPG Tactics™ Advanced Rule Book
Splicers® Sourcebooks – several
Beyond the Supernatural™ – Tomes Grotesque™ Volume One
Beyond the Supernatural™ – Beyond Arcanum™
Palladium Fantasy® Land of the Damned 3: The Citadel (probably 2016)
Palladium Fantasy® Land of the South Winds
Heroes Unlimited™ sourcebooks
Dead Reign® sourcebooks
Rifts® Secrets of the Atlanteans™
Rifts® Heroes of Humanity™
Rifts® The Disavowed™
Rifts® Antarctica
Rifts® Sovietski
Rifts® New Navy™
Rifts® Delta Blues™
Rifts® Dark Woods™
Rifts® Voodoo
Plus Robotech® RPG Tactics™ Wave One and Wave Two releases worldwide."
Yeah. Right. As for RRT...Kevin, you might want to take a look around. It seems your distributors are eitehr ignoring some agreement you had to not ship outside of North America or you never had one in place. WAVE ONE RRT IS ALREADY GETTING WORLDWIDE.
"The Rifter® Super-Subscription Drive – Low Price – Free Gift"
Addressed this above.
"Robotech® RPG Tactics™ – Available now in the USA and Canada – coming to other parts of the world soon"
Wake up. Too late. Already around the world.
"Dead Reign® Sourcebook 5: Graveyard Earth™ – Available now"
I've not heard overly good things bout this splat book.
"Rifts® Book of Magic – Back in Print – Ships January 30"
You really shouldn't make statements that make it look like it's anew book being shipped out....but that is my perception of it to be sure.
"NEW! The Rifter® #69 – February"
I'll believe it when it happens.
"Rise of Magic™ – Rifts® Chaos Earth® Sourcebook – February"
Again you should be more open about this being a reprint in my opinion.
"NEW! Palladium Fantasy RPG® Sourcebook: Bizantium and the Northern Islands™ – Ships February"
I am still betting April. Prove me wring. Please. I REALLY want you too.
"Robotech®: Expeditionary Force Marines Sourcebook One"
Considering my stance on Bizantium.... say this MIGHT be out by June, but likely July.
"Rifts® Sourcebook – The Coalition States: Heroes of Humanity"
Paraphrase "I know Megaverse In Flames was SUPPOSED to be the ast Minion War book but....nope. Sorry. Too much ZOMGAWESOMESAUCE IN MY BRAIN so I had to add an additional book"
"Rifts® Secrets of the Coalition States: The Disavowed"
While i want this and it sounds REALLY cool....for the love of god and all that is holy can you just work on and talk about what you ALREADY HAVE ON YOUR PLATES? Avoids frustration and things becoming vapourware as has happened previously (Void Runners, Mechanoid Space, Deep South or Scotland anyone?)
"Rifts® Secrets of the Atlanteans"
See above....
"Rifts® Chaos Earth® Sourcebook: First Responders"
Paraphrase "I know we have had this on our desks for a couple of years now but hey we work so damn hard and so are damn busy that we will still tell you it's coming even though we have as much as really looked at it or anything yet and have no idea when we might if at all get to it."
"Rifts® Chaos Earth® Sourcebook: Resurrection"
"Winter/Spring 2015 (tentative)"
See above....
"PDF downloads from DriveThruRPG.com"
Nothing of current value. My opinion is largely known about how poorly they are going about this so I will not reiterate it here.
That being said here we go my little Palladiumites
Apparently Kevin was unable to get this done on time again....
www.palladiumbooks.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=764:palladium-booksr-weekly-update-january-24-2015&catid=52:weekly-updates&Itemid=183
"Wayne and I also worked through the weekend in an attempt to get projects fast tracked, and will be doing so again this weekend. "
We work SOOOOO hard for YOU our FANS.
Dude if THIS is fast tracked I would REALLY hate to see a slow pace....
"UPDATE: The Rifter® Super-Subscription Drive"
Good deal, like the Christmas Grab Bags, for those in the US. Not so much for the rest of us but that is understandable.
"UPDATE: Rifts® Book of Magic – Ships Next Week"
Um....you do know that a reprint isn't the same as a release and you could just note it is available for order again right? This comes across as more of a smoke and mirrors to what is getting done than anything else.
"UPDATE: Chaos Earth® Rise of Magic – February release
We hope to get this fan favorite finished and to the printer in a week or two for a February release."
Finished? Isn't this a book that has been out for YEARS? Seriously what is there to finish unless there are so many glaring errors that in needs such significant work that you need to mention it getting "finished" or rather "re-finished"? See above about the perception of smoke and mirrors as to things getting done.
"UPDATE: Bizantium & the Northern Islands™ – Ships February, 2015"
You have 3 weeks to get this done and to the printer to prove that it will indeed be a February release. I still say April. Prove me wrong. Please.
"UPDATE: The Rifter® #69 – February release"
See above about proving this statement to be true.
"Meanwhile, about half the book has undergone editing and prepping for typesetting."
Dude. Typesetting? Really? I think I hurt my eyeroll muscles.....
"UPDATE: The Rifter® #70 – Spring release"
Well I won't say unlikely but you have until the end of May to get this to the printer in order to technically release it during "spring"
"UPDATE: Chaos Earth® Resurrection – Spring release"
Really? Please tell me you are NOT bumping the Robotech Marines books AGAIN?
"UPDATE: Advertising and promoting"
Uh-huh
"We did five advertisements this week; three for a trade magazine, one for Mark Dudley’s Kickstarter-backed comic book, and the card advertisement that is going into the AdeptiCon Swag Bag"
So nothing that the larger general customer base can actually see or notice? Great.......you do know for advertising to actually have any effect you MUST get as many eyeballs on the ads as possible? Marketing 101 man. I learned that in highschool over 20 frackin years ago....
"plus work on, and planning for, several other promotions"
If it is like the above.....yeah see above to my thoughts on that.
"We have also been working with Palladium’s Megaversal Ambassadors "
And here I sit having not heard one damn word from you OR Jeff and last I checked my name, Megaversal Ambassador I am, is persona non grata not to mention people have been told to not interact or communicate with me because, to paraphrase "he's not the type of person you should communicate with". That's fine. I'll still demo the game over an area of 100s of 1000's of people. I didn't need your help in the past and I am sure I can manage going forward. Too bad the reputation of what many would call inability to do proper customer relations will follow with me.
"UPDATE: More good stuff to be added to DriveThruRPG.com"
Who wants to bet it will be BtS 2nd ed as no one buys it anymore, and another batch of Rifters with maybe the origianl Rifts Source Book One and Conversion Book One as they are not loner for sale either?
"UPDATE: Robotech® RPG Tactics™"
All i can say is wow...just wow, you cannot be that oblivious as to what is going on with this can you?
"including an ongoing FAQ to be posted online, much more detailed and elaborate building instructions, other useful information and tools,"
You guys do know that this should not be some monumental undertaking right? An ongoing FAQ should be already up and edited and corrected as it goes. Not sitting in the ether being "developed". Same goes for the assembly instructions (though I note you call the building instructions...)
"UPDATE: Palladium Books at AdeptiCon – March 19-22"
Good. I really hope RRT sells well....for everyone's sake.
"UPDATE: Robotech® RPG Tactics™ Tournament at AdeptiCon, March 19-22,"
I was glad to see the clarification on the prizes. I hope it does well, just as sales, for everyone's sake.
"Another Robotech® RPG Tactics™ Event – Arcticon – Saturday, March 7 at Valparaiso University "
Sounds pretty cool actually.
"UPDATE: Gen Con Indy – July 30 to August 2, 2015"
They never should have stopped going and I am glad they have gone in consecutive years now and will continue to do so in the future by the looks of it.
"UPDATE: 2015 Palladium Open House (POH) – May 15-17, "
Day trip still planned.....whether I am allowed into the warehouse or not is another story LOL
"REMINDER: Price Increase for the Heroes Unlimited™ 30th Anniversary Gold and Palladium Fantasy® 30th Anniversary Elemental Green Hardcover"
No issue with this. The fewer there are the more they will cost. Simple.
"Books slated for the next 5-6 months of 2015
Rifts® Book of Magic – Back in print end of January – at the printer.
The Rifter® #69 – Winter – ships February – in production right now.
Rifts® Chaos Earth®: Rise of Magic™ Sourcebook – Back in print, ships February.
Bizantium & the Northern Islands™ – ships February – in final production right now.
Robotech® Expeditionary Force Marines™ Sourcebook
Chaos Earth® Resurrection (the dead rise, zombies attack)
Chaos Earth® First Responders (more than you may imagine)
Dead Reign® Sourcebook: Hell Followed™ (a large, juicy sourcebook)
The Rifter® #70 – Spring"
Excuse me... BAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA. Ahem. Carrying on...
"Other titles for 2015 and Beyond
Robotech® RPG Tactics™ Advanced Rule Book
Splicers® Sourcebooks – several
Beyond the Supernatural™ – Tomes Grotesque™ Volume One
Beyond the Supernatural™ – Beyond Arcanum™
Palladium Fantasy® Land of the Damned 3: The Citadel (probably 2016)
Palladium Fantasy® Land of the South Winds
Heroes Unlimited™ sourcebooks
Dead Reign® sourcebooks
Rifts® Secrets of the Atlanteans™
Rifts® Heroes of Humanity™
Rifts® The Disavowed™
Rifts® Antarctica
Rifts® Sovietski
Rifts® New Navy™
Rifts® Delta Blues™
Rifts® Dark Woods™
Rifts® Voodoo
Plus Robotech® RPG Tactics™ Wave One and Wave Two releases worldwide."
Yeah. Right. As for RRT...Kevin, you might want to take a look around. It seems your distributors are eitehr ignoring some agreement you had to not ship outside of North America or you never had one in place. WAVE ONE RRT IS ALREADY GETTING WORLDWIDE.
"The Rifter® Super-Subscription Drive – Low Price – Free Gift"
Addressed this above.
"Robotech® RPG Tactics™ – Available now in the USA and Canada – coming to other parts of the world soon"
Wake up. Too late. Already around the world.
"Dead Reign® Sourcebook 5: Graveyard Earth™ – Available now"
I've not heard overly good things bout this splat book.
"Rifts® Book of Magic – Back in Print – Ships January 30"
You really shouldn't make statements that make it look like it's anew book being shipped out....but that is my perception of it to be sure.
"NEW! The Rifter® #69 – February"
I'll believe it when it happens.
"Rise of Magic™ – Rifts® Chaos Earth® Sourcebook – February"
Again you should be more open about this being a reprint in my opinion.
"NEW! Palladium Fantasy RPG® Sourcebook: Bizantium and the Northern Islands™ – Ships February"
I am still betting April. Prove me wring. Please. I REALLY want you too.
"Robotech®: Expeditionary Force Marines Sourcebook One"
Considering my stance on Bizantium.... say this MIGHT be out by June, but likely July.
"Rifts® Sourcebook – The Coalition States: Heroes of Humanity"
Paraphrase "I know Megaverse In Flames was SUPPOSED to be the ast Minion War book but....nope. Sorry. Too much ZOMGAWESOMESAUCE IN MY BRAIN so I had to add an additional book"
"Rifts® Secrets of the Coalition States: The Disavowed"
While i want this and it sounds REALLY cool....for the love of god and all that is holy can you just work on and talk about what you ALREADY HAVE ON YOUR PLATES? Avoids frustration and things becoming vapourware as has happened previously (Void Runners, Mechanoid Space, Deep South or Scotland anyone?)
"Rifts® Secrets of the Atlanteans"
See above....
"Rifts® Chaos Earth® Sourcebook: First Responders"
Paraphrase "I know we have had this on our desks for a couple of years now but hey we work so damn hard and so are damn busy that we will still tell you it's coming even though we have as much as really looked at it or anything yet and have no idea when we might if at all get to it."
"Rifts® Chaos Earth® Sourcebook: Resurrection"
"Winter/Spring 2015 (tentative)"
See above....
"PDF downloads from DriveThruRPG.com"
Nothing of current value. My opinion is largely known about how poorly they are going about this so I will not reiterate it here.
