The Galactus Kid wrote:Blue Eyes wrote:this makes me a little angry, of course people are gonna complain, i mean we are effectively doing the editing for u guys at palladium.
First let me just say that I AM NOT employed by Palladium. My opinion is NOT the opinion of Palladium, nor do I claim to speak for Kevin or any of the other guys who work for Palladium.
BE: okay i actually thought u were part of the palladium gang, sorry bout that, well i hope some of the people of palladium do occasionally come here to read the posts.
Blue Eyes wrote:if i go and buy a computer (or any product) and find that it is filled with flaws then of course i am going to complain and maybe even ask to get my money back.
Thats the problem. A computer is a tool. While many people see R:UE as a TOOL BOX full of tools that they can use to run their games, it is by no means critical (nor was ANY of the errata) to running a game. Josh has even posted that it has NEVER gotten in the way of running a game for him.
BE: it would not be critical for people who have the earlier books (and josh probably does), i do think rookies who only have the RUE book may be in trouble though.
Role playing is also an ENTERTAINMENT CHOICE. If you go and see a movie but you don't lke the ending, you are going to walk out saying "Well, that was a waste of $8.00" but you aren't going to go complain to the manager, or better yet, to HOLLYWOOD to get them to give your money back because of a flawed product. Hell, I had to read "The Good Earth" by Pearl S. Buck. I hated that book. It's terrible. I didn't go back to the book store and ask for my money back. Thats just stupid.
BE: i think ur example with the movies is way off. again we disagree (which is just fine) because i do consider RUE (or any other RPG book) to be a tool and not a piece of fiction with a storyline, beginning and ending like dan browns famous book. reading a novel is not the same as reading the rules book of a role playing game. if i could get my money back from palladium from the first RUE book to purchase the seconds printing with less flaws i would, point is i shouldnt have to.
Blue Eyes wrote: i dont think that there is any such thing as silly bickering
You would be wrong. There is. While the majority of posters on this original thread were GREAT and simply pointed out errata, as josh said, there were a few who would constantly bicker about the most INCONSEQUETIAL item and carry it out for PAGES!!! THAT is silly bickering, and it derails a thread that was helpful, extremely useful, and a resource that the writers (and sadly the intern) had to wade through.
my point is nothing is inconsequential, dont make so many mistakes and people would have nothing to complain about. hand over the book to some players and have them go through it before it is released.
Blue Eyes wrote:these complaints come from somewhere and most of them address actual problems
Good. Thats not bickering. Thats pointing out errata, which was what the thread was for.
BE:
Blue Eyes wrote:bickering and repeats are what you get when you release an ULTIMATE edition that is so far from being ultimate that it is just sad.
No, bickering and repeats are what you get when you ACCIDENTALY USE A SEMI-COLON INSTEAD OF A COLON and 6 people point it out and rant for 4 pages about how disrespectful it was for palladium to slight their fans because of errors like that. Yet again...it's just stupid.
BE: okay i have to agree that some errata is less important than other, but imo alot of this can be avoided if the editors took their time to do it right.
I want to remind EVERYONE that I do not speak for Palladium, it's editors, Kevin Siemieda, or anyone other than myself.