Grand Moff Boris wrote:
LoboStele wrote:
But I think WOTC is smart enough to know that doing that could kill the game just as easily as anything else.
Aaron, you are forgetting something (or maybe didn't know since you haven't been here from the beginning). WotC never intended SWM to be a competitive game.
It's IMO a big part of why there has been so much resistance to DCI involvement. The SW product line has always been the ugly step-child of WotC games, and will continue to be in all likelihood. Look at how they've treated the game this year, regionals and Championship aside.
And then look at how they have treated their other games and how those product lines are doing. In truth they are not doing much better than SWM but those lines are the bread-and-butter of not just the company but the industry.
If this is the end of SWM (and I'm not saying it is, but it's ignorant to recognize the collapse of similar products and think SWM is immune to that) I will still play the game when I can and still enjoy my stuff. Hell it will probably be better when I have house-ruled everything that is wrong with the game right now.
Good points, and thanks for the reminder. I do realize that the Minis were only ever intended as a tie-in to the RPG to some degree. My guess is that LFL came to WOTC and said "Hey, you are taking over the RPG license, and we see you have a successful minis line that ties into the D&D RPG, so what do you think about giving Star Wars minis a shot?" And yeah, it's quite likely that they never expected to be anything more than a tie-in to the RPG. So I honestly won't be the least bit surprised to see SWM go the same way as DDM if that's what it comes down to. I will be sad, but not surprised.
Grand Moff Boris wrote:
I have a question: why is Nickname being consulted in this? Isn't this Rob's call?
Dean and I were discussing this last night a bit. Could be because NickName and Rob have discussed this issue before to some degree. Could be because NickName already has some knowledge about an upcoming piece/ability? Could be because NickName understands the rules interactions better than Rob sometimes?
Not sure, could be any number of things, but I Dean was upset that whatever conference call or something that is supposed to happen was including both Jim and NickName, but not Dean, which seemed dumb since Dean is the DCI Rep now, and since this has a LOT to do with DCI, would make sense to have him involved.
BTW...whenever this 'announcement' is made, or the floor rules do go up, would one of you guys who has my phone number give me a ring? I'll be out of town next week, and probably not on the computer much, but I'd like to what happens and when.