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agent_orange wrote:Discounting first 1/4 of the KS stuff before the rest is completed, that doesn't bode well

this is part of their anniversary sale for Robotech, last weekend it was the Zentraedi stuff, this weekend its the Earth stuff.

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Good maybe you could explain this note Pinnacle sent out then: Pinnacle Entertainment, the publishers of Savage Worlds, Lankhmar: City of Thieves and Deadlands have entered into a licensing agreement with Palladium Books to produce an edition of the Rifts roleplaying game for the Savage Worlds rule...

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Good maybe you could explain this note Pinnacle sent out then: Pinnacle Entertainment, the publishers of Savage Worlds, Lankhmar: City of Thieves and Deadlands have entered into a licensing agreement with Palladium Books to produce an edition of the Rifts roleplaying game for the Savage Worlds rule...

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UGH, okay here are the problems I've ALWAYS had with that... agreement. 1. there's no time frame, look at the bulk of unsolicited work agreements and you'll see a time frame before the agreement expires. One year is the unofficial standard with up to 5 years not being unheard of. They can't hold yo...

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thing is we have yet to see something of that, so until thats a done deal with things out and all I'm not calling anything on that yet. I get that but I know some of the guys working on it and it's moving at a good clip. Like I said I'm taking it as a good sign considering the reputation and track ...

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thing is we have yet to see something of that, so until thats a done deal with things out and all I'm not calling anything on that yet. I get that but I know some of the guys working on it and it's moving at a good clip. Like I said I'm taking it as a good sign considering the reputation and track ...

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I doubt Palladium Books would do this since they would not have any "real" control over what is written other then in a set of guidlines, and from what I'v e seen Palladium wants the control, total control. You might be right, but I would consider such thinking to be inaccurate. Kindle Wo...

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I doubt Palladium Books would do this since they would not have any "real" control over what is written other then in a set of guidlines, and from what I'v e seen Palladium wants the control, total control. You might be right, but I would consider such thinking to be inaccurate. Kindle Wo...

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I doubt Palladium Books would do this since they would not have any "real" control over what is written other then in a set of guidlines, and from what I'v e seen Palladium wants the control, total control.

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i'm sure most of you if not all of you who derided and insulted and made fun of those people coming here for answers would gladly give your money away in return for product which has not showed up after a couple of years. They're used to it. Probably a little too used to it, since a lot of the dram...

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Sorry Alpha, but those mats are neither new or that interesting nothing personal, but can get me mats just as good for cheaper or without shipping, also have a couple of them lying about anyway, not sure if Pro Matz or not though. these just feel like a pre-order kickstarter to me. That's ok. Just ...

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Sorry Alpha, but those mats are neither new or that interesting nothing personal, but can get me mats just as good for cheaper or without shipping, also have a couple of them lying about anyway, not sure if Pro Matz or not though.

these just feel like a pre-order kickstarter to me.

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Well from my opinion and from what I've seen is many of the Robotech tactics game people came here looking for answers, all they got was ridicule and snide comments, all be cause they were not happy with giving their money and PB not talking to them, how dare they be offended by that, i'm sure most ...

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Oh lordy let me try to explain this shall I, yes in most cases kickstarter backers are without recourse, hell they are not even protected by the Jobs act bill, in most cases yes Kickstarter backers are screwed, but that is not to say they are without recourse, there are always options available to t...

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Yes but my problem i'm having trouble wrapping my head around is how is the loss of prints, books and so on (no actual money or works in progress) harmed the company? Er... maybe you didn't read that carefully. According to that copied news report he stole and either gave away or sold various books...

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Pity you can't sell or give those away since it would break the trademark/copyright laws.

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Actually how aware of the facts of the case are you Jorel on the CoT ?, cause I saw the news blurb on it and not sure how or why it would effect their company ? Jorel was referencing how the CoT would have affected Kevin himself - Steve Sheiring was a very long-time friend of Kevin's going back to ...

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I'd guess the CoT made him much less trusting of most except those few he keeps real close. Actually how aware of the facts of the case are you Jorel on the CoT ?, cause I saw the news blurb on it and not sure how or why it would effect their company ? Book publisher employee sentenced in embezzlem...

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Let me interject one major factor here, when Kevin dies or retires, that is the end of Palladium Books, he has not brought in any new blood or anything, so what it comes down to is, the company will die, its just a matter of time.

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I'd guess the CoT made him much less trusting of most except those few he keeps real close. Which is why he should Compartmentalise his operations, seriously he should have 1 project lead for each of the projects, he should have had someone in charge of the RRT and acting as PR and only working on ...

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I do have a feeling PB would have more employees right now to handle the work load were it not for the CoT thing. I disagree what was lost there was not as much as people think, and yet guess most people are not aware that SJG's suffered the same thing back in the 90's when the Secret Service raide...

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ok lets look at Steve Jackson games, started around the same time and yet still doing much better with a bigger fan base then PB in fact their GURPS product is in every store around here that sells RPG books, and they were not bought out by a larger corporation. Again with the fallacious assertion ...

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Then how about this, some companies which started around the same time have grown, while others who started after the 80's have grown, and yet Palladium has a staff of 6, doesn't sound to enterprising to me. Well, a fair few of them grew as a result of being bought out by larger companies... and a ...

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well considering the 100 mile range around me contains a few million people it does say a good amount. Not really... that's a pretty small representative population vs. the entire area in which Palladium is able to distribute its merchandise. Your conclusion only really applies to your specific are...

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ok then how about the part where many other backers have stated their local areas do not carry PB products too, also considering my area if PB is not present that is not a good thing for them. The definition of "local area" varies from person to person, and the distribution of gaming stor...

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You may have different expectations with what they said. I don't know. I'm also not judging them constantly trying to cry foul of every problem I can conceive of. Didn't start crying foul till I saw the Spartan and the veritech. I'm not going by my area but also basing it on the 3 biggest towns nea...

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I think they will deliver what they said they would. Whether or not that is what you wanted I cannot say. I'd guess by your sky is falling drama that your pretty convinced this is the end of the world. so your saying they are going to deliver Quality product then ? willing to lay odds on that ? Act...

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yes but when dozens upon dozens of game stores around me will not stock their product because it does not sell, tells me a whole lot. Yes, it tells you a lot about the type of games that are preferred in your immediate area... it tells you very little about the broader picture. What you've got ther...

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I'm not saying they are wildly successful. I am saying they are surviving, even if it is meagerly. so the fact they have overreached themselves does not figure in? the fact they used Kickstarter funds for a product none of us backers will get doesn't count? the fact the longer this project goes the...

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They would have to have another issue besides the KS doing poorly to indicate they had another reason to falter. You are judging them based on the KS which hasn't had resolution yet so you are wrong. Stop Lying. They produced NG-1 and I would guess that is selling well and not costing them money. N...

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They would have to have another issue besides the KS doing poorly to indicate they had another reason to falter. You are judging them based on the KS which hasn't had resolution yet so you are wrong. Stop Lying. They produced NG-1 and I would guess that is selling well and not costing them money. N...

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I don't think they are approving stuff repeatedly, but I think a part of the delay could have been they didn't have those approvals before the KS wrapped and are now possibly just some of the ones that were experimental. Or maybe the VFs. Who knows. I hear HG is very controlling of the IP so I woul...

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Jorel wrote:
Asterios wrote:The whole project can be laid on Palladiums doorstep.
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3: Palladium is in deeper trouble financially then have let on.

Stop lying.

i'm sorry to say not a lie

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I'm sure a big part of the unexpected time was also the fact they brought in so much more money. That meant more work and likely they felt the need to oversee it more and quite possibly HG had certain conditions we didn't know about. something tells me other then the initial approvals HG doesn't re...

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The whole project can be laid on Palladiums doorstep. 1: this is their game, they hired ND to sculpt models, but still had final say so on those sculpts, ND's part is already done, now Palladium is working with a company in China (Which if people did not realize that's where PB has been getting all ...

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jreece06 wrote:There are also laws in both countries dealing with tributes and parodies. Weird Al doesn't have to buy the rights to all the songs he mocks.

But it is common held belief that a star does not consider themselves a star until Weird "Al" Yankovic does a parody of one of their songs.

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Also the same can be said of GW's Necrons and Terminators. tell me they both don't look alike.

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Jorel wrote:until you stop with all the crazy drama, I don't really plan on it. Your made up statistics trying to act like you know what 64% of the Backers want cemented that.

not made up, but based on facts available.

more to the point you have any evidence to deny it?

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Jorel wrote:Rick is as much of a problem as their poor business decisions.

lets agree to disagree shall we ?

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I for one hope QC is done well on wave two. I would rather wait a little to make sure everything goes together well if I have to. By that I mean with no highly noticeable seems on the front of the main body, if you please. As to Gencon, I think it would be good for the company if they had some stuf...

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Ok for starters I'm still hoping that phase one ships this year, let alone by GenCon, furthermore for being ready to go into production in a week or two they sure haven't shown much or enough to show they are that far along.

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Ninjabunny wrote:Why it deals with an all things palladium subject.

so did the other posts that got moved.

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I'm sure that everyone knows that Palladium sometimes 'borrows' ideas from popular movies. I usually see this as a sort of tribute to the movie in question. However, I wonder how this translates legally. For example, the Rianthor Warriors are (very obviously) a rip-off of the Predator Warriors from...

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Palladium cannot afford to refund all discontenters , since right now I believe they cannot afford to do Wave 2 production and are having problems with wave 1 production. You do not know this for fact, nor has anything been said to even be led to this wild speculation. Now if you began this "b...

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Don't forget there Han Solo...that they plan on having volunteers packing and helping to ship those goods. Not professional packers and shippers. Well unless you include the 6 staff at Palladium as professional packers and shippers...I really hadn't thought of that one. You do realize your not help...

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Wait a minute you say Palladium is going to be doing the packaging? I thought Palladium was smart enough to get a packager to do the packaging, if Palladium does it, I got a very bad feeling about this. That's what's been inferred. It's POSSIBLE that they'll be delivered in "Battle Cry" b...

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That doesn't mean that what you are saying in the earlier post is anything but speculation. Jorel is not wrong. well in the point about Palladium not having the money that is my opinion and I stated that's what I believe, did not say it is fact, or even stated it was fact, just that I believe it, b...

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To be honest, 10 minutes PER package seems a bit much, I think I could pack one in 5 if I were doing it and getting paid but I haven't done so for professional work. But using the equation above 10 minutes per package would be 48 packages a day, for an 8 hour work day. That seems a bit light. Actua...

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He makes up lies to spread gossip and has been doing it constantly on the Kickstarter pages. His story themes change week to week, but the fox news world is ending chicken little drama is constantly there. Really go check my posts before the Spartan update had nothing but positivity for the project...

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Wow just wow, the new update hasn't even reached 50 comments and it already has a few new faces voicing their displeasure with Palladium and the product, this is not boding well for Palladium.

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