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WDS

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Dec 6, 2009, 10:47:47 AM12/6/09
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http://www.emass-web.com/

"I'm sorry to inform you that this site is no more.
Wizards of the Coast asked me to take it down, and I complied.

I'm sorry for all the fans who will miss it - I will miss it, too - but
it was the right thing to do.

Time to move on...

Ema. "

Fricking great. Way to go WotC/Hasbro!

Does anyone have a copy of his 3.5e sheets that I could get? I have an
older version I saved off but I know there was a later one because I
printed and used that for my last character.

decalod85

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Dec 6, 2009, 11:28:31 AM12/6/09
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Looks like this happened back in February.

Tetsubo

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Dec 6, 2009, 1:22:36 PM12/6/09
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Maybe WotC execs are taking PR lessons from Games Workshop...

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Myrmidon

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Dec 6, 2009, 7:14:08 PM12/6/09
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In article <hfgsp1$q93$1...@news.eternal-september.org>,
tet...@comcast.net says...

> WDS wrote:
> > http://www.emass-web.com/
> >
> > "I'm sorry to inform you that this site is no more.
> > Wizards of the Coast asked me to take it down, and I complied.
> >
> > I'm sorry for all the fans who will miss it - I will miss it, too - but
> > it was the right thing to do.
> >
> > Time to move on...
> >
> > Ema. "
> >
> > Fricking great. Way to go WotC/Hasbro!
> >
> > Does anyone have a copy of his 3.5e sheets that I could get? I have an
> > older version I saved off but I know there was a later one because I
> > printed and used that for my last character.
>
> Maybe WotC execs are taking PR lessons from Games Workshop...
>
>
Good Lord, I hope not. I like GW's minis, but the upper
management at Corporate are total dickwads through and through.

Myrmidon

--
"I'm already impoverished from buying wargames minis,
and I'm too knackered for riotous living..."

-- Moramarth

Gutless Umbrella Carrying Sissy

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Dec 6, 2009, 10:18:30 PM12/6/09
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Myrmidon <Im...@home.com> wrote in
news:MPG.258612dc7...@news.eternal-september.org:

> In article <hfgsp1$q93$1...@news.eternal-september.org>,
> tet...@comcast.net says...
>> WDS wrote:
>> > http://www.emass-web.com/
>> >
>> > "I'm sorry to inform you that this site is no more.
>> > Wizards of the Coast asked me to take it down, and I
>> > complied.
>> >
>> > I'm sorry for all the fans who will miss it - I will miss it,
>> > too - but it was the right thing to do.
>> >
>> > Time to move on...
>> >
>> > Ema. "
>> >
>> > Fricking great. Way to go WotC/Hasbro!
>> >
>> > Does anyone have a copy of his 3.5e sheets that I could get?
>> > I have an older version I saved off but I know there was a
>> > later one because I printed and used that for my last
>> > character.
>>
>> Maybe WotC execs are taking PR lessons from Games
>> Workshop...
>>
>>
> Good Lord, I hope not. I like GW's minis, but the upper
> management at Corporate are total dickwads through and through.
>

Their minis suck, too.

--
Terry Austin

Terry Austin: like the polio vaccine, only with more asshole. -
David Bilek

Yeah, I had Terry confused with Hannibal Lecter. - Mike Schilling

Jesus forgives sinners, not criminals.

Justisaur

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Dec 6, 2009, 11:49:08 PM12/6/09
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You could try one of the internet archives.

- Justisaur

Bryant Durrell

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Dec 7, 2009, 8:25:45 AM12/7/09
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In article <hfgsp1$q93$1...@news.eternal-september.org>,

Tetsubo <tet...@comcast.net> wrote:
>WDS wrote:
>> http://www.emass-web.com/
>>
>> "I'm sorry to inform you that this site is no more.
>> Wizards of the Coast asked me to take it down, and I complied.
>>
>> I'm sorry for all the fans who will miss it - I will miss it, too - but
>> it was the right thing to do.
>>
>> Time to move on...
>>
>> Ema. "
>>
>> Fricking great. Way to go WotC/Hasbro!
>>
>> Does anyone have a copy of his 3.5e sheets that I could get? I have an
>> older version I saved off but I know there was a later one because I
>> printed and used that for my last character.
>
> Maybe WotC execs are taking PR lessons from Games Workshop...

I wish WotC was still using the OGL (well, I wish they were using a
Creative Commons license, since that's a far superior license), but
it's worth noting a couple of things about Ema's case...

1. He'd started charging people money.
2. He was using the D&D logo on his sheets.
3. He was providing verbatim rules text from the books.
4. The C&D didn't ask him to take down his entire site.

So you /could/ still have his 3.5 character sheets, but he elected to take
them away.

There's a guy who's a volunteer community lead over at the LFR boards on
WotC's site. His signature advertises http://www.dungeoncrawl.us/, which
has a pretty complete set of power cards including the rules. He doesn't
charge anything for the service; he's never gotten a C&D.

So, you know. I don't like unwritten rules, because it's too easy for them
to change or be misunderstood. On the other hand, I'm not a huge fan of
charging money for work other people have done, either.

Oh, and this may help: http://pdfdatabase.com/index.php?q=ema+s+character+sheets

--
Bryant Durrell // dur...@innocence.com // dur...@gmail.com

WDS

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Dec 7, 2009, 9:48:46 AM12/7/09
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On 12/7/2009 7:25 AM, Bryant Durrell wrote:
> Oh, and this may help: http://pdfdatabase.com/index.php?q=ema+s+character+sheets

Thank you. Unfortunately that sheet is an even older version than the
one I archived.

Bryant Durrell

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Dec 7, 2009, 9:59:39 AM12/7/09
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In article <hfj4k7$pci$1...@news.eternal-september.org>,

Foo. There were a few there, so I was optimistic.

Jasin Zujovic

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Dec 7, 2009, 12:14:04 PM12/7/09
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Myrmidon wrote:
>>> http://www.emass-web.com/
>>>
>>> "I'm sorry to inform you that this site is no more.
>>> Wizards of the Coast asked me to take it down, and I complied.
>>>
>>> I'm sorry for all the fans who will miss it - I will miss it, too - but
>>> it was the right thing to do.
>>>
>>> Time to move on...
>>>
>>> Ema. "
>>>
>>> Fricking great. Way to go WotC/Hasbro!
>>>
>>> Does anyone have a copy of his 3.5e sheets that I could get? I have an
>>> older version I saved off but I know there was a later one because I
>>> printed and used that for my last character.
>> Maybe WotC execs are taking PR lessons from Games Workshop...
>>
> Good Lord, I hope not. I like GW's minis, but the upper
> management at Corporate are total dickwads through and through.

I think that was the general thrust of the comment.


--
Jasin

Peter Knutsen

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Dec 9, 2009, 7:55:24 PM12/9/09
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Bryant Durrell wrote:
> I wish WotC was still using the OGL (well, I wish they were using a
> Creative Commons license, since that's a far superior license), but
> it's worth noting a couple of things about Ema's case...
>
> 1. He'd started charging people money.

Seeing as D&D isn't the only roleplaying gaming rules system in
existence, it *is* extremely rude to publish material specific for D&D
(or d20) without clearly indicating that the material is of no use to
people who use other kinds of roleplaying gaming rules systems.

> 2. He was using the D&D logo on his sheets.
> 3. He was providing verbatim rules text from the books.
> 4. The C&D didn't ask him to take down his entire site.

[...]

--
Peter Knutsen
sagatafl.org

Bryant Durrell

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Dec 9, 2009, 9:19:08 PM12/9/09
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In article <4b2046fa$0$276$1472...@news.sunsite.dk>,

Peter Knutsen <pe...@sagatafl.invalid> wrote:
>Bryant Durrell wrote:
>> I wish WotC was still using the OGL (well, I wish they were using a
>> Creative Commons license, since that's a far superior license), but
>> it's worth noting a couple of things about Ema's case...
>>
>> 1. He'd started charging people money.
>
>Seeing as D&D isn't the only roleplaying gaming rules system in
>existence, it *is* extremely rude to publish material specific for D&D
>(or d20) without clearly indicating that the material is of no use to
>people who use other kinds of roleplaying gaming rules systems.

Yes, of course. But there is a difference between saying "D&D" and using
the logo.

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