Dear Paizo, you dropped my "Contributor" handle from my messageboard persona. Is this because I asked for my refund? ;-) Seriously, would like it back as I don't have much else to be proud of. 8-) Thanks.
Chief Technical Officer
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Dear Paizo, you dropped my "Contributor" handle from my messageboard persona. Is this because I asked for my refund? ;-) Seriously, would like it back as I don't have much else to be proud of. 8-) Thanks.
Pete,
No offense to you personally—we just revisited our contributor tags last week; our new policy is to only apply them to folks who are contributors to our current product lines. Accordingly, I've removed them from people who haven't contributed since the days of Dungeon and Dragon, and I've added them to people who have recently contributed to Pathfinder and the GameMastery Modules.
Dear Paizo, you dropped my "Contributor" handle from my messageboard persona. Is this because I asked for my refund? ;-) Seriously, would like it back as I don't have much else to be proud of. 8-) Thanks.Pete,
No offense to you personally—we just revisited our contributor tags last week; our new policy is to only apply them to folks who are contributors to our current product lines. Accordingly, I've removed them from people who haven't contributed since the days of Dungeon and Dragon, and I've added them to people who have recently contributed to Pathfinder and the GameMastery Modules.
Please know that I mean no offense here.
I have not contributed anything to Paizo in any way,
I'm just a sometime lurker and sporadic poster on these boards,
but this seems like a petty move on Paizo's part - albeit unintentionally so.At least give Pete and the others credit as a Dungeon or Dragon contributor.
I can understand that companies change and policies have to change with them, but I only learned of the messageboards (and Paizo in general) from the fine work that was being done in Dungeon Magazine. As a sometime lurker and sporadic poster, I enjoy seeing the credentials of other posters. Especially when I can thumb through past issues and see their work firsthand.
I have come to believe that this is the finest web community out there. These messageboards include a myriad of people from different cultures, lifestyles, political views, and interests. It can be hard to stand out in any crowd. Is it too much to ask that those who have contributed be given their due?
Its a really small thing. I'm sure that the greater impact of removing these "handles" wasn't given much thought. But obviously (as Pete has verified) it does have special meaning to these people - and (as I can attest) it has meaning to the rest of us.
Please give them their due.
Thanks.
I second that.
Contributor
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I too lost my contributor tag. While it saddens me a bit, I expected it sooner or later. For me it was one of those "end of an era" events like getting my last magazines in the mail.
But it is the end of an era. Paizo no longer publish the Dragon or Dungeon, and don't even hold the rights to the material. They certainly have a leg up on other stores (online or otherwise) that carry these products, but the product rights belong to WotC. We are no longer Paizo contributors, no matter whether Paizo or we wish otherwise.
Further, Paizo needs to support their current product line. Those tags are a small part of that support, as are these boards. Actually, these boards are a large part, and the tags are a small part of that. They tell people that the authors that write this stuff really come here and answer questions etc. Unfortunately, it would be misleading to suggest that former contributors like me have anything to do with their current products.
Would I like the tag back? Damn right. Do I understand why I don't have it? Damn right.
I'll just have to keep trying to earn a new one.