Psuderman
Member
Ok, this will be MY last word on the subject. I appreciate everyone's comments here, because they have been interesting to me. Furthermore, I think that everybody's ideas are valid - even mine! They may not be valid at the same time, mind you :wink:
So here it is, and I'm going to focus on my main point, which is that there should be an archive of out-of-print ASL scenarios, widely distributed. Why? So that those scenarios will always be there.
I love ASL, and support it. Sure I moan about lack of new content in FKaC and moan about the cost of AoO, but so do a lot of people, and in the end, I still shell out for them. I have every core module, the DASLs, and most of the HASLs and HS's. I've paid money, like all of us.
I don't want things to vanish. For example, Tim Kitchen's DYO Assistant, a program designed to assist with the purchasing of forces in DYO games. It's mentioned in the ASL FAQ - it does not exist on the net. I spent three days SOLID trying any number of search engines to cough up a location for that puppy - no luck. (More on this later)
I don't want the same thing to happen with some of these (presumably) great home-grown scenario packs. Things CAN vanish, and I'm using Tim Kitchen's DYO Assistant as an example. When things like that vanish, it's my opinion that the whole ASL community loses. Perhaps you don't play DYO games. Fine, no problem. But it seems certain that someone else in the future WILL want to play DYO games - why should that future person be denied this tool, which once existed?
I imagine an ASL library - with every scenario ever made stored safely therein. The more copies that exist in different people's hands decrease the chances of that scenario ever being lost.
Mr. Pitcavage - I doff my hat to you. Your website is one of the very best ASL web sites out there. Your play aids are well done and much used by many, including me! You are providing a true service to the ASL community. May I say that you have misread my motives in this matter - you felt that "I want something for nothing," while I would say that "I want something for everyone, forever."
I agree with you that it is the author's choice of whether or not to give away their materials - my opinion of that, anyway, has changed since beginning this discussion. I hope that if the TOT folks decide to release their scenarios into the public domain, you will not think any worse of them, even though you paid good money for their scenarios.
And in fact it is to you and your website that will address the end of my comments, by returning to Tim Kitchen's DYO Assistant. I had the privilege of talking to Mr. Kitchen about his program. He most graciously decided then and there to release his (formerly shareware) program into the public domain as freeware. Would you consider hosting this freeware program on your web site as another playaid?
Thanks everyone,
Paul out
So here it is, and I'm going to focus on my main point, which is that there should be an archive of out-of-print ASL scenarios, widely distributed. Why? So that those scenarios will always be there.
I love ASL, and support it. Sure I moan about lack of new content in FKaC and moan about the cost of AoO, but so do a lot of people, and in the end, I still shell out for them. I have every core module, the DASLs, and most of the HASLs and HS's. I've paid money, like all of us.
I don't want things to vanish. For example, Tim Kitchen's DYO Assistant, a program designed to assist with the purchasing of forces in DYO games. It's mentioned in the ASL FAQ - it does not exist on the net. I spent three days SOLID trying any number of search engines to cough up a location for that puppy - no luck. (More on this later)
I don't want the same thing to happen with some of these (presumably) great home-grown scenario packs. Things CAN vanish, and I'm using Tim Kitchen's DYO Assistant as an example. When things like that vanish, it's my opinion that the whole ASL community loses. Perhaps you don't play DYO games. Fine, no problem. But it seems certain that someone else in the future WILL want to play DYO games - why should that future person be denied this tool, which once existed?
I imagine an ASL library - with every scenario ever made stored safely therein. The more copies that exist in different people's hands decrease the chances of that scenario ever being lost.
Mr. Pitcavage - I doff my hat to you. Your website is one of the very best ASL web sites out there. Your play aids are well done and much used by many, including me! You are providing a true service to the ASL community. May I say that you have misread my motives in this matter - you felt that "I want something for nothing," while I would say that "I want something for everyone, forever."
I agree with you that it is the author's choice of whether or not to give away their materials - my opinion of that, anyway, has changed since beginning this discussion. I hope that if the TOT folks decide to release their scenarios into the public domain, you will not think any worse of them, even though you paid good money for their scenarios.
And in fact it is to you and your website that will address the end of my comments, by returning to Tim Kitchen's DYO Assistant. I had the privilege of talking to Mr. Kitchen about his program. He most graciously decided then and there to release his (formerly shareware) program into the public domain as freeware. Would you consider hosting this freeware program on your web site as another playaid?
Thanks everyone,
Paul out