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Backfire wrote:

 Harriticus wrote:
This debacle is actually making bbc now, and since GW looks,so,bad in this this is bad publicity. Maybe they could,advertise their point, like a FB page or something....

There is no such thing as "bad publicity".

Contrary to those that constantly repeat that statement: it's untrue.

If you are seeking name recognition, then yes any publicity at all is good. However, the caveat is that if it's bad enough people will associate your name not with a product but rather with the bad idea. In this case, GW is now associated in the much larger public mind as being TFG. In 6 months most won't remember any of the details. However, if you utter the words Games Workshop then they will have a negative feeling towards the company.

This isn't a good situation to be in when they are depending on people to spend exorbitant sums of money for pieces of plastic. If all mom or dad remembers is a general bad feeling when little timmy asks for a DV set, then you can be sure that any fence sitters won't bite.

To counteract this GW needs to make quite a few positive gestures to the overall community quickly. Unfortunately because they don't have a marketing department this is going to be really tough.

Didn't see this here and thought everyone would enjoy this.

From over at ENWorld, courtesy of Morrus.

Basically, Morrus posted on this same topic of this thread. He references, and posts, an article from WD #5 that talks about the drawbacks of being over strict in the enforcement of copyright laws and the damage it does.

 ProtoClone wrote:
Didn't see this here and thought everyone would enjoy this.

http://www.enworld.org/forum/showthread.php?334349-Hey-so-you-know-this-quot-space-marine-quot-thing
From over at ENWorld, courtesy of Morrus.

Basically, Morrus posted on this same topic of this thread. He references, and posts, an article from WD #5 that talks about the drawbacks of being over strict in the enforcement of copyright laws and the damage it does.

Good 'ol Irony

For those that didnt follow the link this is white dwarf #5 Feb 1978 written by the co-founder of GW

GW is not what once it was.

Among other things, it is no longer a company that I spend much money on.

I do not know how typical I am, but I spend around $1,500 a year on gaming material - that's both RPGs and wargames.

This year past I mostly bought into Kickstarters - Kings of War, Reaper Bones, Dwarven Adventurers.

And I kept up on Pathfinder.

But I have not spent more than $100 in a year on GW stuff for about ten years now.

The money that went to Kickstarters this year would likely have gone to Reaper miniatures and Mantic in any event.

GW just isn't on the list any more.

The Auld Grump

 ProtoClone wrote:
Didn't see this here and thought everyone would enjoy this.

From over at ENWorld, courtesy of Morrus.

Basically, Morrus posted on this same topic of this thread. He references, and posts, an article from WD #5 that talks about the drawbacks of being over strict in the enforcement of copyright laws and the damage it does.

AHAHAHAH!

That's amazing.

As an aspiring author, this kind of thing both inspires, yet evokes utter dread in me.