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scererar
Master of Realmslore
USA
1618 Posts |
 Posted - 30 Nov 2008 : 02:39:51
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it was there the other morning, but when I went back yesterday, it was not, hmmm...
I was thinking I was crazy for a moment, but I am absolutely positive it was there. it was specifically for short fiction. |
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Lord Karsus
Great Reader
USA
3738 Posts |
Posted - 30 Nov 2008 : 03:10:41
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| -If it's of any relevance, the short story written by Rosemary Jones was recently released on e-format, revealing the origins of the back-and-forth banter by the Siegebreakers, concerning exploding pigs, from the Crypt of Moaning Diamonds, as I am sure most are aware of. I don't know if it is supposed to be indicative of anything, but... |
(A Tri-Partite Arcanist Who Has Forgotten More Than Most Will Ever Know)
Elves of Faerūn
Vol I- The Elves of Faerūn
Vol. III- Spells of the Elves
Vol. VI- Mechanical Compendium |
Edited by - Lord Karsus on 30 Nov 2008 03:11:00 |
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Wooly Rupert
Master of Mischief
USA
36782 Posts |
Posted - 30 Nov 2008 : 19:05:55
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Originally posted by scererar
it was there the other morning, but when I went back yesterday, it was not, hmmm...
I was thinking I was crazy for a moment, but I am absolutely positive it was there. it was specifically for short fiction.
I saw it, too. |
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Markustay
Realms Explorer extraordinaire
USA
15724 Posts |
Posted - 30 Nov 2008 : 19:11:57
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Self-Editted because it was a bit over-the-top.
Sorry.  |
"I have never in my life learned anything from any man who agreed with me" --- Dudley Field Malone
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Mr_Miscellany
Senior Scribe
545 Posts |
Posted - 30 Nov 2008 : 21:06:13
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Wooly Rupert
Master of Mischief
USA
36782 Posts |
Posted - 30 Nov 2008 : 21:14:30
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Originally posted by Mr_Miscellany
Is this a DDI discussion?
It was.
Flip answer aside, it remains a DDI discussion. Since all Dragon content is part of the DDI, discussing such content -- whether proposed or actual -- is valid. |
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imis999
Acolyte
USA
30 Posts |
Posted - 30 Nov 2008 : 21:26:49
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| When someone subscribes to DDI, do they get access to all the previous subscriber only content or only new subscriber content? |
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scererar
Master of Realmslore
USA
1618 Posts |
Posted - 30 Nov 2008 : 21:37:14
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Originally posted by imis999
When someone subscribes to DDI, do they get access to all the previous subscriber only content or only new subscriber content?
the question can probably be answered in the forum at WOTC better, but from what I have read up on over there, I believe it is only from the month you subscribe forward. |
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Ashe Ravenheart
Great Reader
USA
3240 Posts |
Posted - 01 Dec 2008 : 04:37:38
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I recall that as well, Scererar. The line of thought is that they want you to subscribe now and forever and if you don't subscribe, you'll miss out on stuff and will never be able to see it at all.
Sorry, IMO, it reminds me of the kids that would bring the toys and threaten to take them home if you didn't play the way they wanted. |
I actually DO know everything. I just have a very poor index of my knowledge.
Ashe's Character Sheet
Alphabetized Index of Realms NPCs |
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Mr_Miscellany
Senior Scribe
545 Posts |
Posted - 01 Dec 2008 : 05:03:11
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Originally posted by imis999
When someone subscribes to DDI, do they get access to all the previous subscriber only content or only new subscriber content?
You can access backward in time as well. |
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Dalor Darden
Great Reader
USA
4211 Posts |
Posted - 01 Dec 2008 : 08:43:19
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Originally posted by Mr_Miscellany
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Originally posted by imis999
When someone subscribes to DDI, do they get access to all the previous subscriber only content or only new subscriber content?
You can access backward in time as well.
You can gain access back in time to all facets of DDI?
Well...that is a little better on our end; but will that have a bad effect on them for folks that pop in every few months for only a month? |
The Old Grey Box and AD&D for me! |
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arry
Learned Scribe
United Kingdom
317 Posts |
Posted - 01 Dec 2008 : 11:55:43
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Originally posted by Mr_Miscellany
quote:
Originally posted by imis999
When someone subscribes to DDI, do they get access to all the previous subscriber only content or only new subscriber content?
You can access backward in time as well.
Are you certain of this? It's not that I'm doubting you, but I seem to remember that WotC specifically said that backward access wasn't going to happen unless you paid for the previous months' downloads separately. Have WotC changed their stance or have I just got it wrong? |
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Ashe Ravenheart
Great Reader
USA
3240 Posts |
Posted - 01 Dec 2008 : 14:06:24
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I believe it's a temporary thing:
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Wizards of the Coast
Magazine Back Issues
Weve changed our short-term policy with respect to full issue compilations. Until we launch our long-term solution (which will give you access to exactly those magazine PDFs from the months when you were a subscriber), were just going to make all issues available to all subscribers. In other words, were not going to pull down the October issues when the November compilations go up at the end of this month.
You can see the complete article here. |
I actually DO know everything. I just have a very poor index of my knowledge.
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Alphabetized Index of Realms NPCs |
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Rinonalyrna Fathomlin
Great Reader
USA
7106 Posts |
Posted - 01 Dec 2008 : 15:22:41
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That's great, thanks for letting us know Ashe. |
"Instead of asking why we sleep, it might make sense to ask why we wake. Perchance we live to dream. From that perspective, the sea of troubles we navigate in the workaday world might be the price we pay for admission to another night in the world of dreams."
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danbuter
Seeker
USA
74 Posts |
Posted - 01 Dec 2008 : 23:56:14
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Originally posted by Markustay
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Originally posted by George Krashos
Have there been any Dragon articles by the fans yet? I'm most likely wrong, but my perception is that the same names are popping up all the time.
-- George Krashos
Interesting that you bring this up - about a year ago there was supposedly an 'open call' for Dragon authors, when the magazine went all-digital. I had high hopes of seeing some new talent showcased... and then all the articles that did appear were by WotC designers. 
So I thought to myself... everyone (including me) was sending lists of their wonderful article ideas off to wotC, and then the designers themselves were writing all the articles.
hmmmm... that just didn't sit right with me AT ALL. 
Now, in retrospect I realize that it was just plain BS - all of the articles that have appeared have either been 4e or 4e previews - NONE of which could have been written by fans. In order to write for them, you need to have a copy of their '4eFR manifesto' (or whatever they are calling their uber-secret plans).
Think about it... they ask US to send them article ideas, knowing full well we couldn't write 4e articles (have no knowledge of the setting at all back then). The ONLY articles fans could have written at the time they asked for ideas were 3e articles - which they weren't accepting.
You do the math. 
If WotC actually took other people's ideas and wrote them up as articles, without getting the submitters permission to do so, it would be illegal as hell. |
Nothing beats the gray box!
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Mr_Miscellany
Senior Scribe
545 Posts |
Posted - 02 Dec 2008 : 00:44:40
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Originally posted by Ashe Ravenheart
You can see the complete article here.
I am defeated by the fine print, sort of.
Regardless of whether you can access (Dragon) back issues or not, a user should always be able to get their hands on the rules content from those back issues through the D&D Compendium search feature.
Just key in the magazine name and issue number in the search field. |
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imis999
Acolyte
USA
30 Posts |
Posted - 03 Dec 2008 : 22:48:24
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Wooly Rupert
Master of Mischief
USA
36782 Posts |
Posted - 03 Dec 2008 : 23:30:15
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Originally posted by imis999
Wonder what the layoffs mean for DDI?
I doubt it means anything good... I am more than ready to admit I could be wrong, but seeing some of the positions let go really makes me wonder. |
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Brimstone
Great Reader
USA
3286 Posts |
Posted - 04 Dec 2008 : 04:05:50
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-I was going to, but after hearing about the Layoffs decided against it for now.
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"These things also I have observed: that knowledge of our world is
to be nurtured like a precious flower, for it is the most precious
thing we have. Wherefore guard the word written and heed
words unwritten and set them down ere they fade . . . Learn
then, well, the arts of reading, writing, and listening true, and they
will lead you to the greatest art of all: understanding."
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Ikki
Seeker
Finland
57 Posts |
Posted - 07 Dec 2008 : 19:07:45
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Originally posted by imis999
Wonder what the layoffs mean for DDI?
Simple maths, how many registered people on the forums... excluding pornbots and people never posting.. 5000 ?
Active posters/readers? (once a month) ~1000 ?
And if 100 of those actives decided they want the digital d&d, that would be 100*$5.
$500 does not pay for very much personel.
Waitaminit.. zimbs speak english thanks to the british empire, some can likely even read and write (20-25%?), offering some $50/month ( 200 trillion zimbabwe dollars) to 10 such to write about magic and monsters..? :D
Guess the penissnatching witch will soon be canon.. lol |
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Alisttair
Great Reader
Canada
3054 Posts |
Posted - 04 Mar 2009 : 19:17:17
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| I am currently considering it, since the Character Builder is quite useful if you play 4E (my DM has it and we all got to make our chars on his account - but I don't want to be a Leech and plus I need some of the Dragon articles) |
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Brimstone
Great Reader
USA
3286 Posts |
Posted - 04 Mar 2009 : 21:57:14
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-I subscribed two weeks ago. I got the year subscription. This Friday the Ecology of the Sharn article will released. Some food for thought. 
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"These things also I have observed: that knowledge of our world is
to be nurtured like a precious flower, for it is the most precious
thing we have. Wherefore guard the word written and heed
words unwritten and set them down ere they fade . . . Learn
then, well, the arts of reading, writing, and listening true, and they
will lead you to the greatest art of all: understanding."
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scererar
Master of Realmslore
USA
1618 Posts |
Posted - 05 Mar 2009 : 01:43:19
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If you like/ playing with 4E, a DDI subscription is a good thing in my opinion. lot's of good stuff and the character generator is quite useful. I especially am digging the dragon and dungeon magazines. many like the compendium, but I for one have not found much use for it yet, that I can't get from my PDF's.
Now the next step is for me to figure a way to get everything compatible for an Ereader I will be getting soon. |
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Alisttair
Great Reader
Canada
3054 Posts |
Posted - 05 Mar 2009 : 11:40:54
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| If I subscribe now, do I get access to all past Dragon and Dungeon articles??? |
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Anauria - Survivor State of Netheril as penned by me:
http://www.dmsguild.com/m/product/172023 |
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Ashe Ravenheart
Great Reader
USA
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D-brane
Learned Scribe
United Kingdom
140 Posts |
Posted - 05 Mar 2009 : 13:29:54
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What? That's pathetic!
I was thinking of signing-up the other day just to get access to Ed Greenwood's "Returned Abeir" article. But that looks unlikely now.
So just how are new members supposed to get access to the older material? |
"Absence of evidence is not evidence of absence." |
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Alisttair
Great Reader
Canada
3054 Posts |
Posted - 05 Mar 2009 : 13:37:59
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| ???? Can you buy old articles??? |
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Anauria - Survivor State of Netheril as penned by me:
http://www.dmsguild.com/m/product/172023 |
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Brimstone
Great Reader
USA
3286 Posts |
Posted - 05 Mar 2009 : 15:07:59
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quote:
Originally posted by Alisttair
If I subscribe now, do I get access to all past Dragon and Dungeon articles???
-I did. 
BRIMSTONE |
"These things also I have observed: that knowledge of our world is
to be nurtured like a precious flower, for it is the most precious
thing we have. Wherefore guard the word written and heed
words unwritten and set them down ere they fade . . . Learn
then, well, the arts of reading, writing, and listening true, and they
will lead you to the greatest art of all: understanding."
Alaundo of Candlekeep |
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Brimstone
Great Reader
USA
3286 Posts |
Posted - 05 Mar 2009 : 15:35:10
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quote:
Originally posted by Brimstone
quote:
Originally posted by Alisttair
If I subscribe now, do I get access to all past Dragon and Dungeon articles???
-I did.
BRIMSTONE
-Just double checked and I got it all!!!!  I guess that is a perk of a ONE Year subscription.
-The March 16th Dragon Article looks very interesting. Codex Betrayal: The Butcher of Nessus. 
BRIMSTONE |
"These things also I have observed: that knowledge of our world is
to be nurtured like a precious flower, for it is the most precious
thing we have. Wherefore guard the word written and heed
words unwritten and set them down ere they fade . . . Learn
then, well, the arts of reading, writing, and listening true, and they
will lead you to the greatest art of all: understanding."
Alaundo of Candlekeep |
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Alisttair
Great Reader
Canada
3054 Posts |
Posted - 05 Mar 2009 : 15:40:31
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quote:
Originally posted by Brimstone
quote:
Originally posted by Brimstone
quote:
Originally posted by Alisttair
If I subscribe now, do I get access to all past Dragon and Dungeon articles???
-I did.
BRIMSTONE
-Just double checked and I got it all!!!! I guess that is a perk of a ONE Year subscription.
-The March 16th Dragon Article looks very interesting. Codex Betrayal: The Butcher of Nessus.
BRIMSTONE
So you don't have to pay for any retroactive content then? |
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Anauria - Survivor State of Netheril as penned by me:
http://www.dmsguild.com/m/product/172023 |
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