Pdf's

Posts: 2635 · Posted: Wed Sep 17, 2008 8:29 am

mbassoc2003 wrote:

But whilst I know I have never distributed the PDF, there is the possibility of it then 'going wild'.

Unless you assume the rest of the world does not possess PDF scanning technology, I'm not sure how this puts you on poor moral footing. Wink

Posts: 2525 · Posted: Wed Sep 17, 2008 12:52 pm

I suppose if someone put in the time to create their own backup PDF of a book worth $150 say, they would then be less inclined to pass that information along to a third party, than they would say iff they received the PDF with no effort. And at least I can rest assured it isn't my PDF of something rare that is flying around the internet.

I know for sure that ST1 and one or two other $1000+ TSR rarities are freely available online, but luckily they are extremely hard to find. The moral issue is do I want to contribute a tiny trickle to what could become a flood?

I am positive that a large number of collectors make their own backup copies of their own stuff. There is the obvious insurance against loss, fire, flood, theft etc, and they are far more readable when the item in question is worth many hundreds of dollars. And for those who are lucky enough to own unique items, manuscripts, etc. The backup copy, even if it is a xerox, is an absolute necessity.

Posts: 2525 · Posted: Tue Oct 28, 2008 6:58 am

mbassoc2003 wrote:

R3 is hard to find, but the compilation Reloaded is much more than the sum of its parts. Having just flicked through it again and then repacked away safely, I'm leaning towards keeping it unless I have a serious reason to sell it. Every time I read parts of it I am impressed at how well it is put together.

At the other extreme, The Worlds Largest Dungeon is completely shite and I'd sell that without hesitation, except the world seems to be swamped with overstock of that doorstop.

Does anyone know if The Worlds Largest City is as bad as Dungeon?

I guess this review shows that AEG really pulled outh the stops to make sure they maintained the same level of crap across their product range. The fact that the company continues to push out this quality of products shows that the vast majority of RPG players are truely ignorant.

L. Wilhelm II wrote:

The single most amazing aspect of this book is the incredible consistency with which it creates such tributes to shame on each and every page. Indeed the writing skill and style of this text is what we have come to expect from barely literate blue-green algae.

In this book you will not find any world information, overarching plot lines, maps of interior spaces, logic, or reason. Things you will find include special paper designed to absorb the blood and tears of the reader, shallow and stereotypical NPC descriptions with levels chosen to be more extreme than a Mountain Dew commercial, the explicit and sadistically detailed location of every single coin and magic item in the city at all times, and monotonous page art so bleak it would scare the cast of Orwell's 1984.

Editing and formatting problems serve to enhance the books profane aura. Lines of text are occasionally wrapped to the left and right of images for maximum seizure induction and grammatical errors can be found decorating the text with staggering frequency. While a few worthy pieces of art may be found by those adventurous enough to read the entire unholy tome they are on average exceedingly poor and placed in locations which I may only assume make sense in some non-euclidean alternate universe.

On the plus side the book functions as a fairly effective bludgeoning weapon. Also the feeling of joy and liberation one feels when putting down the book is akin to being freed from the Spanish inquisition.

Thank the Gods I didn't drop money on this. I already have one pile of shite, and don't need another. Maybe by some miracle these will torn out to be the most amazingly rare collectables, but I doubt it.