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[tlangston28]

Vince sorry I didn't know you were designing the WWI games. No offense meant!

Its not like I am getting anything out of this, other then spending 200-300 hours on the Korean War games. If gamers don't want my designs anymore, I'll quit doing them, very simple. But I am starting to lose my joy here, I think I'll step back from this web-site for a while and regroup my head or grow thicker skin.

Jay,

I think you have completely mis-read my post.

I am neither designing a WW1 game, nor did I mention that nobody wants your designs. I was stating how APL in 2014 are missing the biggest marketing opportunity to sell a Western Front 1914 100 year anniversary wargame by putting it behind other games, one of which is your Korea 2 ? Not sure how else I could have phrased it ?

Jay - I agree with Vince. I believe the gist of this entire stream of posts is that APL, against all common and practical sense, is doing things that in the normal course of business operation, would easily doom most others. It is, in fact, amazing that despite the lack of commitment to the CUSTOMER, APL is continuing to persevere.

If you look closely, however, you will see that it is not actually APL that is continuing due to any of its own initiative, it is rather the admirable efforts of those who don't get paid (or paid very little - not confirmed just a guess) that keep this "Titanic" afloat.

A few that come to mind.

Jim Stear - a one-man army for the GWAS and most APL titles that keeps these games in the forefront.

Shad - here at PG-HQ, which in my humble opinion, is probably the life-support of APL, for without PG-HQ, there is probably no more PG.

Yourself, Jay, for the outstanding designs and products that you continue to develop around this central core gaming system - and - for the optimism that you bring to the games. If APL put in a tenth of the effort that you do in design, development and promotion, they would not be in the predicament they are in.

In short, I wouldn't take the grumbling about the WW1 games as a criticism of your designs, it is a criticism of the lack of foresight and common sense that gets people up in arms.

Coincidentally, similar to most of the WWI political and military leaders...