Palladium Weekly Update April 10 2015

[Jaymz]

Here we go with another weekly installment...

www.palladiumbooks.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=778:palladium-booksr-weekly-update-april-10-2015&catid=52:weekly-updates&Itemid=183

"We have been working at such a breakneck speed on so many projects"

HAHAHAHA...oh...you were being serious.....HAHAHAHAHA

"A lot of this week was spent on Robotech® "

Very little of which was shipping to ROW which will apparently take weeks to send out a hundred or so packages...see below for more on that.

"I also spoke with Mark Dudley, Mike Leonard, and Ben Rodriguez"

The first two are competent artists....not GOOD but competent. No idea who Ben is...

"Excitement is rising as we get to a place where we can start making a few announcements"

More dice bags? Post cards maybe? Malcontent dice for RRT which you actually asked a guy NOT to do on his own for him and a few others and have yet to actually do yourselves even though it could have been done in very little time and with very little effort?

"I’ll be working all weekend, and most of the guys are planning to come in to work for at least one day over the weekend. Busy is the operative word. Good things are coming."

WE WORK SO HARD!!!! Good things are coming they just haven't fucking clue when.....if ever.

"UPDATE: Palladium Open House (POH) – May 15-17, 2015 – Westland, Michigan at the Palladium Books Warehouse

I regret not being able to go now. If for nothing else to see how much shit I can give Kevin et al before getting tossed out....

"Auction Goodies at the Palladium Open House"

Why does this smack of a need for immediate cash......and I swear I have seen some of this stuff up on ebay garnering ZERO interest...

"UPDATE: Bizantium and the Northern Islands™ – Available now"
"UPDATE: The Rifter® #69 – Available now"

Good

"UPDATE: The Rifter® #70 – in production – ships end of April"

*cough* BULLSHIT *cough* You realize you have about a week to be able to actually get this out by end of April right?

I won't get into the fact you are more and mroe making this into a source of Official Material. If that is what you are turning it into then I am not interested. I WANT fan material. If you cannot get any then shut it down. You can;t even seem to get this product out in a timely manner anymore so just stop. Make 70 the last. It was good run.

"UPDATE: Chaos Earth® Resurrection™ sourcebook – spring release"

7 weeks and counting to make this possible. With Penguincon and The POH on the horizon as well as his supposed work on UEEF Marines for the Robotech RPG.....

"UPDATE: Robotech®: Expeditionary Force Marines™ Sourcebook – in production"

and has been for.......

"NEW! Robotech® Dice Bag – Gold imprint on a black bag"

Whoop dee fuckin doo da.

"UPDATE: Robotech® RPG Tactics™"
"Shipping the last hundred or so to the rest of the world has begun and will continue over the next few weeks."

Ok here we go. How fucking stupid do you think we all are? A few weeks to ship a hundred packages? WTF is wrong with you people? You were shipping hundreds over a few days. Get your asses in gear and get that fucking shit done. Seriously, that is all that is left and you can't be bothered to get it done? Jesus H Christ why did you wait until now to fucking do it anyway? Once the Aussie and Euro stuff was gone, it never occurred to you to do the last hundred and get them out the fucking door? Talk about gross incompetence and mismanagement of time and priorities.

"UPDATE: DriveThruRPG.com – previews, new products and fun"

My usual post. Catch up to your competitors and join the 21st century of selling your current product (as opposed to largely "free previews" or shit no one really wants anyway that is out of print and has been for years) to a wider base instead of the die hard hard copy people like myself.

"UPDATE: Four new sets of Palladium Fantasy RPG® “Paper Miniatures” coming over the next few weeks – Volumes 1-6 are available now"

About the only thing useful to me and most of us that is even on DtR that they are willing to sell.

"Closing Thoughts"

"This week has seemed to zoom by in a heartbeat, but it has been a very exciting one. Getting a lot done and projects moving forward. I expect to be writing my heart out on books over this weekend."

And effectiely ZERO to show for any of this zoomed by exciting week of getting stuff done. As usual. Bravo.

"I don’t think you ladies and gents realize that we look forward to the POH as much as you do."

So much so you have already hinted you won't do another one after this.....again.


See you next week.

[Adam of The Old Kingdom]

last week flew by for me too.
we researched, sampled, organised and finalised.
1: furniture for a coming convention.
2: travel and accommodation
3: main publicity hook (a masseuse to take the stress out of "what we do")
4: uniforms (because it's our 1st we need to have these)
5 main poster

to do: air travel to the state (1000km), art and layout for event posters (tied to massage stuff) and fliers.

and that was 2 days. out of 5.

I think you covered everything else. it seems to have been a light on update. the only thing lighter is one of those we'll an update next few days updates.

[Sci-Fi]

Uniforms?

[Adam of The Old Kingdom]

yeah, it's our 1st convention and the Massage lady is getting a company polo over her work clothes so we got some of us (the boss and me).
our day cloths are shirt and pants.
I didn't count the lanyards as they were sorted a week earlier.

the main point, I suppose, is that we used a project tool to set out the tasks, delegate them and made the shit happen. ultimately is we junior research to the point that the boss needs to rubber stamp styles and colours or the acceptance of a quote.

The perception is that PB does not do this stuff. that the executives do not focus on the big ticket work. or that some how things do not get moved forward without heavy supervision.

[Sci-Fi]

I was envisioning jump suits in snazzy colors or actual 'uniforms'. I guess the masseuse should have tipped me off I was on the wrong path. lol

[Sci-Fi]

On further thought..... the masseuse is still throwing me off.

But now I need a Uniform if I go to a convention. Hurm..... time to design a uniform for my own armed forces, just in-case I ever declare a sovereign nation. We already have a flag....

[Adam of The Old Kingdom]

we are exhibitors, not visitors. thus the need for branding.

[Sci-Fi]

I need a company like Northern Gun that will make me MDC uniform clothing in patterns and color of my choosing. I want some digi camo, much like CADPAT but with some purple mixed in....