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Post by TrueRonin on Oct 18, 2011 8:25:59 GMT -5
Hello? DD crew? Anyone?
I've been watching the forum on a nearly daily basis over the last few months, and forum activity has trailed off into nothingness. I worry that something is wrong with the company and that another great game is about to die, due to financial difficulties or other such similar grim reasons?
Is everything alright? Do I have cause for worry?
Is there something that we, the fans can help you with?
Give us a heads up, please?
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Post by Tiberius on Oct 19, 2011 2:11:09 GMT -5
Semi-related. I have been gone for a while, but I just noticed that the miniatures are no longer in the store, aside from a few new ones. May I ask what happened to all the old minis?
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Post by TrueRonin on Oct 19, 2011 8:03:33 GMT -5
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Post by dijit80 on Oct 19, 2011 12:13:13 GMT -5
Been wondering the same. Not heard anything about new OTW, etc for a while. Duncan
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Post by varagon on Oct 22, 2011 1:12:21 GMT -5
Rob posted a message on Facebook yesterday...let me get the quote for you: Sorry guys I have been slammed with military stuff. Also been looking into going active duty. Darkson has suffered since being dropped by Cipher and it's been hard to get it back up and running to full or any capacity.
If we have any news I will post it here. Please hang in there it's been a very rough year.
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Post by TrueRonin on Oct 22, 2011 10:54:54 GMT -5
Thanks Bob. Yes, we all know that it has been a rough year for Darkson Designs, but the silence has been eerie. We'd all like to know what is going on. Is the company dying? Is there anything we can do to help?
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Post by varagon on Oct 22, 2011 11:38:21 GMT -5
This is all unofficial from me, so take it as you will. At the moment, people just don't have the personal resources- Chris is overworked, and Rob definitely more important things to worry about.
I'm free, barring my teaching job, but I'm still new and learning the ropes, and I haven't been involved with "designing things" or "list building" for IJ, etc, so I wouldn't even know where to start.
We've just got a big hurdle to overcome to get back where we want to be. Remember, none of us are paid employees, so just surviving- House, food, kids, finding or keeping a job, in this day and age come first.
If you want to help, send me an email and maybe we can work something out to get the next Over the Wire out the door. I don't even have a way to "make" an Over the Wire into a publishable format myself.
If you want to help, send an email to ranolan AT gmail DOT com with the subject "DD Help" with any ways you might be able to contribute and get the next OTW out the door. I'll pass the word along that I've got volunteers.
The thing we really need are sales, sales, sales. But, it's hard to do if the shops don't have product and we don't have the stuff in our store. Our issue is remastering the old molds or even making the old molds that may have been damaged or unuseable for the new caster, among other things.
Thanks for the concern everyone. I'm sort of hanging on like the rest of you.
Bob
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Post by TrueRonin on Oct 23, 2011 9:36:04 GMT -5
I've sent you an email.
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Post by leonmallett on Oct 24, 2011 16:25:00 GMT -5
Hi Bob; sorry to hear about the difficulty stuff going on for Darkson, and the guys individually.
Email sent mate.
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Post by Darkson on Oct 25, 2011 21:28:48 GMT -5
We do appreciate the support from you guys. The game and the company will not die with fans like you.
I will have more news about what and where I am going in the next few weeks.
Cheers, Robert
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Post by evernevermore(john) on Oct 26, 2011 16:09:12 GMT -5
As Varagon mentioned - we have some stuff in the works for the short time and it will cover more of what is coming from a semi-official pipeline.
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Post by starboy on Nov 9, 2011 8:08:58 GMT -5
Scary, scary stuff ! Putting up a prayer.
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Post by varagon on Nov 9, 2011 18:06:19 GMT -5
Also, Rob mentioned in a recent post that it looks like Warpath distribution may be taking on the range to get models out to everyone.
Great news!
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Post by mobo on Feb 3, 2012 4:59:37 GMT -5
Any news? I really like AE Bounty and it would be a shame if it just dies out
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Post by CmdrKiley on Feb 3, 2012 8:50:57 GMT -5
I can't say much in detail but for many of the powers that be involved in DD, it's been a long rough year which even includes this past month. Not all of it has been directly DD related and quite a bit of it has been more personal and family related which really takes priority.
Hopefully things start pulling around as some of these issues have settled and put to rest. Then we should see and hear more.
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