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Tycho

There was some sort of roiling tempest on the WoW boards, something about GM abuse, or maybe a gamemaster was just a member of a guild when he was off work, or maybe it wasn’t a gamemaster at all but just a Blizzard employee, or some other scenario completely inextricable from the noise all forums generate.  I could not reconstruct the trajectory of the complaint, though it has been suggested that a person did something bad, which (obviously!) I’m opposed to.

In any case, real gamemaster abuse looks like this.  If you are cowering and afraid, prostrate and shoeless on the cobblestones in Stormwind, some kind of abuse has occurred.  That is how you will know.       

Those Goddamn forums are an unceasing wall of useless jungle sounds.  While we’re on the topic.

Fuck only knows what’s going on in there.  Every class specific board has its own cadre of misunderstood prophets, leading their /signatories to a statistically equitable promised land.  Each profession crawls toward a unique doom which only they can perceive!  That is why it is critical that their grim revelations be bumped at fifteen minute intervals, lest their potent visions lose rank to fresher jeremiads.   

Perhaps it is true that outside my awareness, mathematical proofs of my deficiencies throb wetly.  It would not surprise me.  My official proclamation is as follows:  they are allowed to fix each profession’s debilitating and potentially imaginary bugaboos after they get their server downtime and performance under control.  I’ve never played a game where the servers were more stable when it was a beta, but eventually the novelty of that fact ceases being delightful.  Whimsy recedes and the amount on the monthly bill seems to rise off the paper like braille, growing in stature.

I’m satisfied that we made a good pick for Game of 2004.  But there is a reason Blizzard has the reputation they do, and it’s because they’re supposed to be better than this.

(CW)TB out.

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Gabe

Well it finally happened. The limited edition laser cut cells are now available for purchase at our store. We made five hundred of the Twisp and Catsby “Tea with the Moon” cells and we won’t be making anymore…ever. We might make more collectible cells but we’ll never print “Tea with the Moon” again. See that’s what makes it limited edition. Now we kept the first one for ourselves, I hope you don’t mind. Then we took numbers two through fifty and we are keeping those for conventions. That means if you want one of those you’ll need to come see us at the Emerald City comic-con. Numbers 51 through 500 are available for purchase online through our store, and the number you receive depends on how quickly you get over there and buy one. I’m telling you guys this is an honest to God collector’s item and when you get it you will be knocked on your ass by the quality. I mean check this shit out:

Laser Cels are a lithograph technology where the image is actually printed on industrial grade Mylar. Unlike traditional animation cels and paper; Mylar will not fade, chip, crack or deteriorate. Additionally, this synthetic is immune to heat, light and moisture. However, similar to its counterparts, images printed using this process still retain the same high quality and brilliant colors found in any animated cell. To complete the presentation and further define each piece as collectible, the Laser Cell prints are mounted in a double mat. Each print has a uniquely numbered laser etched medallion, as well as a signature card embedded within the mat itself. The result is a limited edition, pre-matted print that excels in beauty and quality.

See what did I tell you? Once again Penny Arcade refuses to fuck around. I know these prints are late and we apologize. I get mail every single day from people asking for updates on the prints so I know how bad you want them. Keep in mind there are only 450 available online so if you want one you better move on it. We appreciate you guys being patient with us while we developed these. Now we have a better understanding of the process so when/if we make any other prints things should go much smoother.

-Gabe out

Gabe

I just wanted to let you all know that 270 of the prints have already been sold, so that means as of right now there are only 180 prints left. Think Geek tells us they expect them all to be gone by tomorrow. I hope that some of you will send me an email once you get your print and let me know what you think.

-Gabe out

Tycho

We’re sorry if you weren’t able to get one, but yesterday we were trying to figure out what we’d do with all the ones that didn’t sell.  I’m sort of shocked.

Future prints - clearly it’s something we need to think about - will have larger runs, advance warning, that kind of stuff.   

(CW)TB