on 1/26/03 10:37 AM, Doug Meerschaert at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Faustus von Goethe wrote: > >> So you think the authors who were screwed out of credit for their work >> should go ... hat in hand ... and humbly BEG them to maybe, just maybe >> give them credit in the next volume? > > No. I think they should politely TELL Mongoose what they want done.
We've done this. We were polite and not at all unreasonable in our request, In my opinion. I didn't want to start a flame war, or use abusive language which would only piss off Mongoose and make them never want to work with any netbook material again. We weren't looking for monetary compensation, simply credit. Let's face it, most of the people doing d20 publishing are gamers first, business people second. Don't tell me it didn't positively thrill you to see your name listed in the credits on your first published project. I know I got a glow when my artificer prestige class was chosen as the first featured class for the website, and every time my classes were published in the netbook of classes. But, satisfying though that was, it didn't compare to my first printed credit in Interludes: Brief Expeditions to Bluffside. I know that, had Mongoose seen fit to do a proper section 15 and credit each author, seeing their names in a published product would have been plenty of compensation. We're talking about bragging rights in a gaming group. Being able to point to a product and say, my stuff is in there, at a convention. Mongoose stole that pleasure from our authors. >> The ONLY thing that these guys even ASKED for their efforts initially >> was to get credit for their work. Nothing else. The NETBOOK people >> are the HEROES! While everybody else was talking trash and protecting >> their own interests, these guys were there giving to the commmunity. >> >> I think they deserve our support a little here. > > Yes, they do. The netbook folk are cool, dedicated, and work incredibly > hard for a no-revenue work. > > I'm just a bit more idealistic than you, Dave--but you knew that allready. > > > DM Thank you. But again, we do it because we *want* to. We do it because we would do it anyway. Becky Netbook of Classes _______________________________________________ Ogf-l mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mail.opengamingfoundation.org/mailman/listinfo/ogf-l
