So apparently that Giantlands KS is already 1 1/2 years late on delivery
The author is claiming COVID-19 set him back.
I worked from home all last year and got quite a bit done, including some long technical documents with diagrams, custom graphics, etc. that had to be publication-quality. I don't recall the virus shutting down all computer systems and the Internet for 12 months.
Every time these guys (a select crowd of dudes who like to make money through crowd funding and then fail to deliver) are late on anything, there are excuses: "I had to go to the doctor"! "My dog needs an operation"! (remember that one from Ernie?), "the virus"!
and speaking of Gygax family fiascos, we also have the cancellation of Garycon last year.
They sold over $150,000 in badges and merchandise, and when COVID-19 hit, they promptly cancelled the convention, and told everyone "sorry no refunds for anything"
then attendees found out that the Grand Geneva Hotel had refunded all monies involved with reserving the room block and equipment back to the organizers, meaning that they suffered no financial damages. When pressed on this, they said "we had to buy swag, so we can't refund any money"
150k went to swag and merchandise? Bullshit. Not even 10k went towards that. Every other convention in the US that was cancelled because of the virus either fully refunded badges, let attendees use the badges for the next year, or at the very least offered partial refunds.
When some attendees got pissed and started pushing back, the organizers moved the convention to a virtual platform, but kept the money. So people ended up getting a Rol20 game for $75 - $2000 (platinum badge) that lasted one day.
And then we have the Gygax memorial statue that Gail is promising. How long has that been going for now? 11 years? Money is long gone and no statue was ever erected.
What are we up to now? 250k? makes Ken Whitman look like an amateur as far as this stuff goes.
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Honestly guys, stop giving money to people because they have a "famous" last name. Stop assuming that they can produce a decent RPG or supplement, even though they have no credits to their name, and have never published a thing. Don't give piles of cash to a guy fo 3-4 years straight because he lost some personal items in a fire (and had insurance), when you don't even know that dude. Don't let people walk off with your money with some flimsy excuse because his last name is Gygax. You wouldn't do any of this for other people, and there would be accountability.