West End Games for sale.

[samaritan1975]

So, this won't really mean much to some of you, but others will probably be all "Huh?".  Still others will know the story behind it.

At any rate, the owner of West End Games (makers of the primary d6 System RPG products) has put the company and its assets up for sale.  This comes on the heels of an explosive blowout on RPG.net due to some mismanagement, trolling/harassment/badgering/complaining (depending on how you see it, and to be fair, the complaints were warranted) by posters, and so on.

On one hand, I think of it being a business, and know there's not really room for poorly managed businesses.  On the other, it's sad to see someone want so badly to wash their hands of something they once loved because of the shrill voices of people who actually have no stake in the matter.

Comments

[marcochacon.livejournal.com]

He's done it to other people to--I don't for a moment believe it's about "uncovering a con"--I think it's his own issues (getting to tear someone down).

That doesn't mean it's okay for WEG to take people's money and not deliver--that isn't right either--but just because you are going after someone in the wrong doesn't make you righteous.

It can mean your self righteous too.

-Marco

[samaritan1975.livejournal.com]

He did the same thing, back with R. Tal. Of course, then, it wasn't a 'con', or distinct customer service issue- he just didn't like the lack of product as I recall.