Former WEG Staff - Contributors to The Rancor Pit?

Red 331

I was just wondering how many (if any) former West End Games staff are currently on the member list for The Rancor Pit? I thought I remember hearing there were at least a couple who participated in the forums, and it would be great to ask questions about game design/rules/etc. directly to those people who were involved with the game creation. Anyone have any insight with respect to this? Thanks!

cheshire · Posted: Sun Mar 11, 2012 10:18 pm Post subject:

If there have been any former contributors then they have been quiet for some time. Peter Scweighofer used to contribute at the WEG Fanforums, and I know that Sterling Hershey used to be an active user at the Holonet. But I don't recall anyone being here and broadcasting it. You can still see Schweig at RPGNet, but that's the only place I've seen him for a while now.
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Orgaloth · Posted: Mon Mar 12, 2012 7:59 am Post subject:

I'm probably the been on this board the longest. Well active poster anyway.

I don't remember anyone mentioning that they worked for WEG.
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Fallon Kell · Posted: Mon Mar 12, 2012 8:23 am Post subject:

We have Cheshire, Gry Sarth, Grimace, and Whill, which is just as good.
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cheshire · Posted: Mon Mar 12, 2012 8:28 am Post subject:

Bren · Posted: Mon Mar 12, 2012 11:04 am Post subject:

cheshire · Posted: Mon Mar 12, 2012 12:17 pm Post subject:

Raven Redstar · Posted: Mon Mar 12, 2012 1:44 pm Post subject:

Just because you haven't gotten around to it yet, doesn't mean that it won't happen in the future. Who knows? Maybe Gry will come back to us trumpets sounding and be ready to roll on new projects. Or maybe someone else will have the kind of pdf know-how that he does and the dream can be realize. Smile

I have to admit having the conversions & stat compilations is a godsend at times.
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Red 331 · Posted: Mon Mar 12, 2012 8:46 pm Post subject:

I think you're probably right, Fallon - there are some people (Gry, etc.) here who would probably give any WEG ex-staff a run for their money. Smile

Thanks for the info everyone (Cheshire, Orgaloth) - I've seen Schweighofer's web page:
http://www.griffonpubstudio.com/
but didn't know he used to post on The Rancor Pit.

For those people with the old institutional knowledge from when WEG was still around, who would people say was most responsible for establishing the core game mechanics for Star Wars d6? Eric Goldberg, Paul Murphy, Bill Slavicsek, Bill Smith, others? Has someone written an unofficial history of the origins of d6 Star Wars?

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cheshire · Posted: Mon Mar 12, 2012 9:08 pm Post subject:

Clarification: I've seen Peter post on WEG Fanforums and RPGNet, but I have not seen him post on the Pit.

I don't anticipate that we'll see anyone from the old guard come in here. I think the closest that I've seen is Rod Thompson (from WotC) HAD an account here, but then he deliberately decided never to come back. Though back in that day there was some pretty blatant book pirating going on here. Since then this place has tidied up its act, though I think it may still have a touch of the reputation for being not as clean a neighborhood as some other forums. I could be wrong on that, though.
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Red 331 · Posted: Mon Mar 12, 2012 9:37 pm Post subject:

Thanks for the clarification, Cheshire.

Bren · Posted: Tue Mar 13, 2012 1:26 pm Post subject:

I can't speak to any issues from before my time, but I have found the atmosphere here almost uniformly pleasant without a requirement for direct moderation. And the signal to noise ration of the posts is high. And that is not something a lot of forums can say. Very Happy

jmanski · Posted: Tue Mar 13, 2012 4:42 pm Post subject:

Bren · Posted: Wed Mar 14, 2012 10:31 am Post subject:

Or too rebellious. Yeah, we're rebels. Yay!

jmanski · Posted: Wed Mar 14, 2012 6:34 pm Post subject:

Well, if you put it that way.... Very Happy

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