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Hawkins
Great Reader
USA
2131 Posts |
 Posted - 24 Oct 2007 : 03:46:36
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Poll Question:
There are currently no plans for a new Forgotten Realms Interactive Atlas, but if there was, would you buy it?
EDIT: Punctuation.
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He went galumphing back. --Lewis Carroll, Through the Looking-Glass
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* Heroes of the Jade Oath (PFRPG, conversion; Rite Publishing)
* Compendium Arcanum Volume 1: Cantrips & Orisons (PFRPG, designer; d20pfsrd.com Publishing)
* Compendium Arcanum Volume 2: 1st-Level Spells (PFRPG, designer; d20pfsrd.com Publishing)
* Martial Arts Guidebook (forthcoming) (PFRPG, designer; Rite Publishing)
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Edited by - Hawkins on 25 Oct 2007 22:26:07
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scererar
Master of Realmslore
USA
1618 Posts |
Posted - 24 Oct 2007 : 04:16:32
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| This has been brought up before. It would be great to have a new atlas. Maybe with 4E. |
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Jorkens
Great Reader
Norway
2950 Posts |
Posted - 24 Oct 2007 : 06:04:02
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| No. I can definitely see the use for an interactive atlas, but because of the map changes one in 3ed, I will keep to my old Fonstad atlas. |
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Wooly Rupert
Master of Mischief
USA
36805 Posts |
Posted - 24 Oct 2007 : 06:12:25
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I would buy it as soon as it came out. 
I got lucky, myself. I bought the existing Interactive Atlas for half-price, when TSR's Mail Order Hobby Shop was basically dumping the CDs that remained in stock. And though the box and instructions were destroyed in the fire (ditto for the box and instructions for the Dragon Magazine Archive), I had the CD in the CD tower next to my monitor. So I was lucky with buying the programs (it's the same story on the Archive), and I was lucky with keeping the CDs. |
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BARDOBARBAROS
Senior Scribe
Greece
581 Posts |
Posted - 24 Oct 2007 : 16:47:25
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| of course and i would buy it without question !!!!! |
BARDOBARBAROS DOES NOT KILL.
HE DECAPITATES!!!
"The city changes, but the fools within it remain always the same" (Edwin Odesseiron- Baldur's gate 2) |
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Hawkins
Great Reader
USA
2131 Posts |
Posted - 24 Oct 2007 : 17:05:13
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| I'm still put out that I was stupid and did not spend the $50 on it when it was out, because now it is hard to find and way too expensive when I do find a copy. So, in response to my own question, I would love to buy a new FR Interactive Atlas. |
Errant d20 Designer - My Blog (last updated January 06, 2016)
One, two! One, two! And through and through
The vorpal blade went snicker-snack!
He left it dead, and with its head
He went galumphing back. --Lewis Carroll, Through the Looking-Glass
"Mmm, not the darkness," Myrin murmured. "Don't cast it there." --Erik Scott de Bie, Shadowbane
* My character sheets (PFRPG, 3.5, and AE versions; not viewable in Internet Explorer)
* Pathfinder Roleplaying Game Reference Document (PFRPG OGL Rules)
* The Hypertext d20 SRD (3.5 OGL Rules)
* 3.5 D&D Archives
My game design work:
* Heroes of the Jade Oath (PFRPG, conversion; Rite Publishing)
* Compendium Arcanum Volume 1: Cantrips & Orisons (PFRPG, designer; d20pfsrd.com Publishing)
* Compendium Arcanum Volume 2: 1st-Level Spells (PFRPG, designer; d20pfsrd.com Publishing)
* Martial Arts Guidebook (forthcoming) (PFRPG, designer; Rite Publishing)
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BARDOBARBAROS
Senior Scribe
Greece
581 Posts |
Posted - 24 Oct 2007 : 17:11:22
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Originally posted by HawkinstheDM
I'm still put out that I was stupid and did not spend the $50 on it when it was out, because now it is hard to find and way too expensive when I do find a copy. So, in response to my own question, I would love to buy a new FR Interactive Atlas.
i know this very well i paid for it 120$ !!! |
BARDOBARBAROS DOES NOT KILL.
HE DECAPITATES!!!
"The city changes, but the fools within it remain always the same" (Edwin Odesseiron- Baldur's gate 2) |
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sparhawk42
Learned Scribe
104 Posts |
Posted - 24 Oct 2007 : 18:20:19
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| I would certainly buy it. But I think HawkinstheDM is right about there not being any current plans for a new Interactive Atlas. Kuje posted Richard Baker's response about this in the 4e thread and he said they didn't have any plans for one. I guess we can keep our fingers crossed though. |
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Wooly Rupert
Master of Mischief
USA
36805 Posts |
Posted - 24 Oct 2007 : 18:34:10
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quote:
Originally posted by BARDOBARBAROS
quote:
Originally posted by HawkinstheDM
I'm still put out that I was stupid and did not spend the $50 on it when it was out, because now it is hard to find and way too expensive when I do find a copy. So, in response to my own question, I would love to buy a new FR Interactive Atlas.
i know this very well i paid for it 120$ !!!
Seeing comments like this makes me so happy I jumped on it when I had the chance. 
Honestly, I think the original high price is part of what killed it. It was simply too early to ask for that kind of money for non-vital software. We were just getting into the era of having a computer in every home when they came out with both programs. I was just getting used to Win98, myself, when I got both programs... They were asking $50 for a program with rather limited applications, when people were just starting to get into computers and AOL was still kinda cool. They basically jumped the gun. Had they waited until around 2002 or so, the sales of those programs would have been dramatically better. Or so thinks I. |
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Hawkins
Great Reader
USA
2131 Posts |
Posted - 24 Oct 2007 : 18:37:48
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quote:
Originally posted by sparhawk42
I would certainly buy it. But I think HawkinstheDM is right about there not being any current plans for a new Interactive Atlas. Kuje posted Richard Baker's response about this in the 4e thread and he said they didn't have any plans for one. I guess we can keep our fingers crossed though.
That is part of the reason I made the poll. Since I cannot make polls on the D&D forums, I make them here. I know that some of the WotC staff frequents here, so if they see a poll like this with good results, maybe they will realize what we (the true and hardcore Realms fans) really want instead of what they think we want. |
Errant d20 Designer - My Blog (last updated January 06, 2016)
One, two! One, two! And through and through
The vorpal blade went snicker-snack!
He left it dead, and with its head
He went galumphing back. --Lewis Carroll, Through the Looking-Glass
"Mmm, not the darkness," Myrin murmured. "Don't cast it there." --Erik Scott de Bie, Shadowbane
* My character sheets (PFRPG, 3.5, and AE versions; not viewable in Internet Explorer)
* Pathfinder Roleplaying Game Reference Document (PFRPG OGL Rules)
* The Hypertext d20 SRD (3.5 OGL Rules)
* 3.5 D&D Archives
My game design work:
* Heroes of the Jade Oath (PFRPG, conversion; Rite Publishing)
* Compendium Arcanum Volume 1: Cantrips & Orisons (PFRPG, designer; d20pfsrd.com Publishing)
* Compendium Arcanum Volume 2: 1st-Level Spells (PFRPG, designer; d20pfsrd.com Publishing)
* Martial Arts Guidebook (forthcoming) (PFRPG, designer; Rite Publishing)
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Wooly Rupert
Master of Mischief
USA
36805 Posts |
Posted - 24 Oct 2007 : 19:26:24
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Originally posted by HawkinstheDM
quote:
Originally posted by sparhawk42
I would certainly buy it. But I think HawkinstheDM is right about there not being any current plans for a new Interactive Atlas. Kuje posted Richard Baker's response about this in the 4e thread and he said they didn't have any plans for one. I guess we can keep our fingers crossed though.
That is part of the reason I made the poll. Since I cannot make polls on the D&D forums, I make them here. I know that some of the WotC staff frequents here, so if they see a poll like this with good results, maybe they will realize what we (the true and hardcore Realms fans) really want instead of what they think we want.
I hate to burst your bubble, but... Online polls and petitions and such aren't regarded all that seriously. And before I was banned from the WotC forums, I once suggested that WotC take a poll about what we wanted on the website. A WotC staffer was quick to tell me they weren't interested in doing that -- they only looked at the page hits. If they don't want our opinion on something that is relatively cheap for them to produce and publish, then they certainly aren't interested in our opinion on more expensive products -- especially a newer version of what they obviously considered a failed product. |
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Hawkins
Great Reader
USA
2131 Posts |
Posted - 24 Oct 2007 : 19:48:34
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quote:
Originally posted by Wooly Rupert
I hate to burst your bubble, but... Online polls and petitions and such aren't regarded all that seriously. And before I was banned from the WotC forums, I once suggested that WotC take a poll about what we wanted on the website. A WotC staffer was quick to tell me they weren't interested in doing that -- they only looked at the page hits. If they don't want our opinion on something that is relatively cheap for them to produce and publish, then they certainly aren't interested in our opinion on more expensive products -- especially a newer version of what they obviously considered a failed product.
Well, they can take it or leave it. I like to feel as if I am doing something that is contributing to the 4e Realms, even if the chances of it actually helping are slim.  I wish they would give us a customer feedback survey or something that would make us feel like they are listening to us. Right now I feel rather ignored. Rich answers questions, but never asks any. 
Just wondering, how did you get yourself banned from the D&D forums? |
Errant d20 Designer - My Blog (last updated January 06, 2016)
One, two! One, two! And through and through
The vorpal blade went snicker-snack!
He left it dead, and with its head
He went galumphing back. --Lewis Carroll, Through the Looking-Glass
"Mmm, not the darkness," Myrin murmured. "Don't cast it there." --Erik Scott de Bie, Shadowbane
* My character sheets (PFRPG, 3.5, and AE versions; not viewable in Internet Explorer)
* Pathfinder Roleplaying Game Reference Document (PFRPG OGL Rules)
* The Hypertext d20 SRD (3.5 OGL Rules)
* 3.5 D&D Archives
My game design work:
* Heroes of the Jade Oath (PFRPG, conversion; Rite Publishing)
* Compendium Arcanum Volume 1: Cantrips & Orisons (PFRPG, designer; d20pfsrd.com Publishing)
* Compendium Arcanum Volume 2: 1st-Level Spells (PFRPG, designer; d20pfsrd.com Publishing)
* Martial Arts Guidebook (forthcoming) (PFRPG, designer; Rite Publishing)
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Rinonalyrna Fathomlin
Great Reader
USA
7106 Posts |
Posted - 24 Oct 2007 : 19:57:57
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| Yes, definitely. |
"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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Wooly Rupert
Master of Mischief
USA
36805 Posts |
Posted - 24 Oct 2007 : 21:09:58
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quote:
Originally posted by HawkinstheDM
Just wondering, how did you get yourself banned from the D&D forums?
Rather than retype it, I will direct you to where I last scribed the tale of my banning.
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Alisttair
Great Reader
Canada
3054 Posts |
Posted - 25 Oct 2007 : 12:10:13
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| An update would be useful and it would have to contain a LOT more maps to make it even more interesting 9and the last one already had a lot so double that and sweeeeeeeeeeet) |
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Wooly Rupert
Master of Mischief
USA
36805 Posts |
Posted - 25 Oct 2007 : 17:15:55
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Originally posted by Alisttair
An update would be useful and it would have to contain a LOT more maps to make it even more interesting 9and the last one already had a lot so double that and sweeeeeeeeeeet)
Truth. The update would also have to make sure the software is fully compatible with XP and Vista, too. I know there have been some people complaining that the globe feature doesn't work in XP (though I've had no issue with it, the last few installs). |
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Alisttair
Great Reader
Canada
3054 Posts |
Posted - 25 Oct 2007 : 18:27:18
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Originally posted by Wooly Rupert
quote:
Originally posted by Alisttair
An update would be useful and it would have to contain a LOT more maps to make it even more interesting 9and the last one already had a lot so double that and sweeeeeeeeeeet)
Truth. The update would also have to make sure the software is fully compatible with XP and Vista, too. I know there have been some people complaining that the globe feature doesn't work in XP (though I've had no issue with it, the last few installs).
Good point. I don't recall if the globe worked on my XP computer. It would be sweet to have a real globe (non-digital) of Toril (I think I made a topic about this at one time) |
Karsite Arcanar (Most Holy Servant of Karsus)
Anauria - Survivor State of Netheril as penned by me:
http://www.dmsguild.com/m/product/172023 |
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Hawkins
Great Reader
USA
2131 Posts |
Posted - 25 Oct 2007 : 18:32:22
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Originally posted by Alisttair
It would be sweet to have a real globe (non-digital) of Toril (I think I made a topic about this at one time)
I want one! I love maps in all of their forms! Gimme, gimme, gimme! |
Errant d20 Designer - My Blog (last updated January 06, 2016)
One, two! One, two! And through and through
The vorpal blade went snicker-snack!
He left it dead, and with its head
He went galumphing back. --Lewis Carroll, Through the Looking-Glass
"Mmm, not the darkness," Myrin murmured. "Don't cast it there." --Erik Scott de Bie, Shadowbane
* My character sheets (PFRPG, 3.5, and AE versions; not viewable in Internet Explorer)
* Pathfinder Roleplaying Game Reference Document (PFRPG OGL Rules)
* The Hypertext d20 SRD (3.5 OGL Rules)
* 3.5 D&D Archives
My game design work:
* Heroes of the Jade Oath (PFRPG, conversion; Rite Publishing)
* Compendium Arcanum Volume 1: Cantrips & Orisons (PFRPG, designer; d20pfsrd.com Publishing)
* Compendium Arcanum Volume 2: 1st-Level Spells (PFRPG, designer; d20pfsrd.com Publishing)
* Martial Arts Guidebook (forthcoming) (PFRPG, designer; Rite Publishing)
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Hawkins
Great Reader
USA
2131 Posts |
Posted - 25 Oct 2007 : 22:24:07
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I was just checking out prices on ebay, and wishing I had $140 just to grab a copy. |
Errant d20 Designer - My Blog (last updated January 06, 2016)
One, two! One, two! And through and through
The vorpal blade went snicker-snack!
He left it dead, and with its head
He went galumphing back. --Lewis Carroll, Through the Looking-Glass
"Mmm, not the darkness," Myrin murmured. "Don't cast it there." --Erik Scott de Bie, Shadowbane
* My character sheets (PFRPG, 3.5, and AE versions; not viewable in Internet Explorer)
* Pathfinder Roleplaying Game Reference Document (PFRPG OGL Rules)
* The Hypertext d20 SRD (3.5 OGL Rules)
* 3.5 D&D Archives
My game design work:
* Heroes of the Jade Oath (PFRPG, conversion; Rite Publishing)
* Compendium Arcanum Volume 1: Cantrips & Orisons (PFRPG, designer; d20pfsrd.com Publishing)
* Compendium Arcanum Volume 2: 1st-Level Spells (PFRPG, designer; d20pfsrd.com Publishing)
* Martial Arts Guidebook (forthcoming) (PFRPG, designer; Rite Publishing)
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ddporter
Acolyte
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Posted - 26 Oct 2007 : 01:33:22
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| When searching e-bay, I recommend typing in terms such as "forgoten," "relms" or "altas" because sometimes things will hide that way. You just might find a bargain. |
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Wooly Rupert
Master of Mischief
USA
36805 Posts |
Posted - 26 Oct 2007 : 02:13:31
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Originally posted by ddporter
When searching e-bay, I recommend typing in terms such as "forgoten," "relms" or "altas" because sometimes things will hide that way. You just might find a bargain.
Indeed. It doesn't happen oft, but I have nailed a couple of real bargains because of misspellings and typos. |
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Xysma
Master of Realmslore
USA
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Xysma
Master of Realmslore
USA
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Asgetrion
Master of Realmslore
Finland
1564 Posts |
Posted - 27 Oct 2007 : 15:36:24
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Originally posted by sparhawk42
I would certainly buy it. But I think HawkinstheDM is right about there not being any current plans for a new Interactive Atlas. Kuje posted Richard Baker's response about this in the 4e thread and he said they didn't have any plans for one. I guess we can keep our fingers crossed though.
They have ignored many such ideas offered by the fans -- some of them which would have been great sources of Realmslore and probably would have been bought by the majority of FR DMs. |
"What am I doing today? Ask me tomorrow - I can be sure of giving you the right answer then."
-- Askarran of Selgaunt, Master Sage, speaking to a curious merchant, Year of the Helm |
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Brynweir
Senior Scribe
USA
436 Posts |
Posted - 28 Oct 2007 : 00:22:14
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From the perspective of someone who played a looong time ago and who is now getting back into FR, I would love to get my hands on such a product. It is just too difficult not to have all the maps in one place!
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Anyone who likes to read something that's really dark and gritty and completely awesome ought to read The Night Angel Trilogy by Brent Weeks. You can check out a little taste at www.BrentWeeks.com I should probably warn you, though, that it is definitely not PG-13 :-D
He also started a new Trilogy with Black Prism, which may even surpass the Night Angel Trilogy in its awesomeness.
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Brynweir
Senior Scribe
USA
436 Posts |
Posted - 28 Oct 2007 : 00:28:19
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| I noticed in the thread where you discussed getting banned that people were discussing what FR topics might make a good movie. I couldn't find a thread on this topic - does one exist? |
Anyone who likes to read something that's really dark and gritty and completely awesome ought to read The Night Angel Trilogy by Brent Weeks. You can check out a little taste at www.BrentWeeks.com I should probably warn you, though, that it is definitely not PG-13 :-D
He also started a new Trilogy with Black Prism, which may even surpass the Night Angel Trilogy in its awesomeness.
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GRYPHON
Senior Scribe
USA
527 Posts |
Posted - 21 Nov 2007 : 15:07:11
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| I would buy it without hesitation. |
'Everyone dies...I only choose the time and place for a few.' --Eric Destler |
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