tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11153231.post5686335394762547778..comments2023-10-21T22:10:53.015-05:00Comments on Design Notes: Not to rant but... business mattersChuckhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05334071256551332865noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11153231.post-54303027135563184162007-01-19T07:31:00.000-05:002007-01-19T07:31:00.000-05:00Yeah, I read that thread after Charles Ryan's comm...Yeah, I read that thread after Charles Ryan's comment was highlighted on the front page of EN World, and I had to laugh (because the alternative would have been to rant like you did and I was just having a crappy day as it was).Daniel M. Perezhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17925361410965684491noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11153231.post-48239886752092235792007-01-17T09:21:00.000-05:002007-01-17T09:21:00.000-05:00Heh, you might be right. If someone gave me two mi...Heh, you might be right. If someone gave me two million dollars I sure as hell wouldn't start a non-random minis business with it.<br /><br />I might, as Kid Rock once advised me (not me personally, but in the course of one of his tasty jams) start an escort service "for all the right reasons", but I wouldn't start a non-random minis business.<br /><br />My larger point was that yes, everyone, Chuckhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05334071256551332865noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11153231.post-87259164463045985462007-01-17T09:03:00.000-05:002007-01-17T09:03:00.000-05:00So you're going with option C, then? :)
And anyw...So you're going with option C, then? :)<br /><br />And anyway, I bet he's lying: if you <b>gave</b> him $2 million, he <b>still</b> wouldn't start a non-random mini business, he'd a) go pay his bills, and then b) move to Tahiti. (And (a) is only optional.)Larry Clapphttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09056791619989601236noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11153231.post-46714704359622744462007-01-17T08:46:00.000-05:002007-01-17T08:46:00.000-05:00Yeah, at some point someone says to the original p...Yeah, at some point someone says to the original poster "you think non-random minis are the thing, get a business plan, get a loan, start a business".<br /><br />And he replies "I can Monday morning QB all I want! And besides, I have bills to pay! If you give me 2 million I'd try it though".<br /><br />So he has bills to pay, unlike the people who run businesses. <br /><br />But if you give him Chuckhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05334071256551332865noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11153231.post-20887463981390093272007-01-17T08:42:00.000-05:002007-01-17T08:42:00.000-05:00Oh, and remember, most gamers aren't, um, our age....Oh, and remember, most gamers aren't, um, our age. :)<br /><br />(Or are they? Has the hobby aged <b>that</b> much?)<br /><br />Anyway, my theory is: Many gamers a) haven't had to support themselves by the sweat of their brow, and have unrealistic expectations for businesses, and/or b) are awash in free software (Open Source or what-have-you) and other easily copiable digital content, have Larry Clapphttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09056791619989601236noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11153231.post-1098833806250555482007-01-17T08:29:00.000-05:002007-01-17T08:29:00.000-05:00So I read a couple of Ryan's posts. He argues tha...So I read a couple of Ryan's posts. He argues that the distribution channel is part of the problem. I thought, maybe WotC could offer direct sales, online only. Then people could get their non-random minis, and it wouldn't choke the distribution channels. But then I thought, So then WotC has to deal with all the problems with keeping an inventory and dealing directly with Joe Consumer, <b>andLarry Clapphttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09056791619989601236noreply@blogger.com