>Wolkey has a package arriving late and he is on this board, slamming MMP and threatening to not do business with them anymore, what a load of horse......! He does this all in public, rather than call them and allow them to make things right.
Huh? You've got me confused with someone else. What late package? Where do I slam MMP? All where in public?
What the HELL are you talking about?
>As for this thread, useless, totally useless, what good are HASL's and Action Packs if your market does not have the core modules to play them?
Exactly. Portal should get on his knees and thank MMP for reprinting the core modules Beyond Valor (twice), Doomed Battalions and Hollow Legions. Then for printing the core module Armies of Obilvion. Without the 5000+ reprints of Beyond Valor and the new Rulebook we wouldn't even be having this conversation.
Good call.
They weren't simply reprints, either, but repackaging and in the case of the rulebook a significant revision. The mapboards as well have undergone revision, due to the controversial new format, but that's neither here nor there.
I'd still prefer not to take sides, but it's hard to imagine any other company investing the time to do what MMP has done, given the dire state of wargaming in 1998 or so. Bear in mind that has changed since then - the number of titles since 2000 is kind of staggering, especially in the tactical realm - not just because CH et al are flooding the market with ASL clones, but take a look at Panzer Grenadier also. I see GD '42 (also by MMP) is up for preorder, and a "new" Panzerblitz has been discussed (possibly vaporware on the same order as Up Front v.2). It is easy to look on all this through a current lens, but in 1998 my feeling is the market was very different - ASL was probably a much bigger risk than it would be today now that all you nutcases have proven how big a P# can go and how fast (VOTG anyone?)
I'd have to agree with Robert that MMP's achievements have been considerable, viewed from the lens of a fellow garage businessman. I can't honestly imagine them sitting around thinking of ways to screw with the client base. I do think Portal has concerns that deserve to be aired - whether or not they are legitimate, I'm not an insider. Robert apparently feels they are not legitimate. I'm not sure the conversation can progress any further than that.
My question in all sincerity, though, is whether it is really worth trying to establish that "fact" one way or another. Regardless of what the outcome of that debate is - what would it change?
The problem may be one of perception - MMP's own actions have changed the market - because of its own success, it can do today what it couldn't have done 9 years ago. The market has shown itself willing to exercise patience - for the most part. That minority which feels it is being abused can be safely ignored.
