That is certainly doable. I would be glad to help in any way. In fact, I've thought of doing this myself for some time.
Counterfeiters are always a problem. If the images are of high quality enough (which we all want them to be), I'm sure we'd run into problems. The only real way to solve it is by crippling the image in some way, either by introducing some watermark or just insert a logo at a crucial spot - however this makes it less enjoyable for the rest of us.. Same goes with the idea of having the pics in such a quality that it would look like crap if printed (low quality jpeg's, for instance). Nobody really wants that either. Though, the biggest problem with logos et al is that given enough Photoshop skills you can always get rid of them, or even make a low quality jpeg look exactly like the real thing. I guess the only real solution is to make it a "closed" project, where you would have to apply to get access, and only "real" collectors would be admitted. But I fear that's just delaying the inevitable, really. Any ideas? - Peo -----Original Message----- From: C.E. Forman [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: den 18 januari 2004 15:26 To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [SWCollect] Need advice regarding a Wasteland purchase This reminds me. Awhile back Sarinee Achavanuntakul (of Underdogs) and I were talking about setting up a site for cataloguing the exact contents of game packages. Gameprops.com, I believe it was to be called. It was to be something like a more specialized version of Moby, concentrating on package variations and lists of what was in them. Possibly scans too, though with all the counterfeiting lately I'm nervous about an undertaking like that now. I did some fundamental database design, and we got as far as actually registering the domain name, but it just never went anywhere from there. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Per-Olof Karlsson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Friday, January 16, 2004 6:12 AM Subject: RE: [SWCollect] Need advice regarding a Wasteland purchase > >Well, I kinda see it as preserving a legacy. How many originally > >shrinked versions of a game will be around in fifty years? > > Yeah, of course I understand this view. :) I'd much rather "preserve" the > whole package though. I like to make scans of the contents for instance, > which is rather hard when it's shrinkwrapped. ;) I think one of the more > important tasks we as collectors have is to document history. > > - Peo > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > This message was sent to you because you are currently subscribed to > the swcollect mailing list. To unsubscribe, send mail to > [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of 'unsubscribe swcollect' > Archives are available at: http://www.mail-archive.com/[EMAIL PROTECTED]/ ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This message was sent to you because you are currently subscribed to the swcollect mailing list. To unsubscribe, send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of 'unsubscribe swcollect' Archives are available at: http://www.mail-archive.com/[EMAIL PROTECTED]/ ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This message was sent to you because you are currently subscribed to the swcollect mailing list. To unsubscribe, send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of 'unsubscribe swcollect' Archives are available at: http://www.mail-archive.com/[EMAIL PROTECTED]/
