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 Dec 17 2006, 08:52 PM
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Target  Group: Members Posts: 20 Joined: 9-October 05 From: Montreal, Quebec Member No.: 7,825  |
Fanpro. After printing out the Shadowrun Faq I see that there will be no other Shadowrun novels in english. Which imo makes no sense at all. While they will be published in german, that does not help those like myself who do not speak german. I hope things change in the future because that is one of the dumbest things I have seen any gaming company do in a long time.
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Dec 17 2006, 08:57 PM
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Prime Runner Group: Retired Admins Posts: 3,929 Joined: 26-February 02 From: .ca Member No.: 51 |
Neither FanPro LLC nor FanPro GmbH has the _rights_ to publish English-language Shadowrun novels -- WizKids owns Shadowrun and owns those rights, and they haven't decided if they're going to license those rights to someone else after their recent batch of six novels.
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Dec 17 2006, 09:18 PM
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Target Group: Members Posts: 20 Joined: 9-October 05 From: Montreal, Quebec Member No.: 7,825 |
Thanks for the info. I hope Wizkids does publish more as they sell fairly well at the bookstore that I work at. Maybe fanpro can look into getting the rights themselves. As it's extra cash in their pockets for them.
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Dec 17 2006, 09:29 PM
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Running Target Group: Members Posts: 1,011 Joined: 15-February 05 From: Montréal, QC, Canada Member No.: 7,087 |
lol. You don't think much or Fanpro do you? First you think there is no reason except stupidity why they don't publish SR novel in english and then you assume they haven't already looked into getting the rights. If Wizkid license the rights and if the licensing price is right compared to what the Fanpro marketing team expected in sale minus what they expect in expenses then they will most likely do it. Companies are kind of predictible that way. Where they sometime get it wrong and make spectacular mistake is usually in their estimation of the market and real production cost. Then you can laugh at the dumbness of their decisions. |
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Dec 17 2006, 10:40 PM
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Moving Target Group: Members Posts: 600 Joined: 31-August 05 Member No.: 7,659 |
QFT |
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Dec 18 2006, 01:45 AM
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ghostrider Group: Retired Admins Posts: 4,196 Joined: 16-May 04 Member No.: 6,333 |
Who's "laughing" at Fanpro? Not everyone knows how all the behind the scenes stuff works in the industry. I don't think the OP was posting anything out of malice. ;)
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Dec 18 2006, 01:49 AM
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Prime Runner Group: Retired Admins Posts: 3,929 Joined: 26-February 02 From: .ca Member No.: 51 |
You do know that just because a book is released doesn't mean it automatically makes money for the publisher, right? ;-) |
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Dec 18 2006, 02:00 AM
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Target Group: Members Posts: 20 Joined: 9-October 05 From: Montreal, Quebec Member No.: 7,825 |
Thank you. I was not laughing at Fanpro. Not knowing what goes on behind the scenes I thought Fanpro had not done anything with the english translation of the books. |
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Dec 18 2006, 02:03 AM
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ghostrider Group: Retired Admins Posts: 4,196 Joined: 16-May 04 Member No.: 6,333 |
Speaking of translations, I'd like to see translations of the German (and other) sourcebooks and stuff. Anyone gots the goods on that? *nudge nudge*
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Dec 18 2006, 02:04 AM
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Target Group: Members Posts: 20 Joined: 9-October 05 From: Montreal, Quebec Member No.: 7,825 |
Well at my store a book is a hit if it sells well. Outside of the store it maybe different. Considering that most if not all of the older Shadowrun novels are out of print and hard to get. Shadowrun also has a decent fan following I can say that imho the books would do well. As long as the stories are well written. |
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Dec 18 2006, 04:30 AM
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Moving Target Group: Members Posts: 398 Joined: 16-August 06 Member No.: 9,130 |
I think WizKids has a hidden agenda here. They are slowly trying to get every Shadowrun fan to learn German. They first began with the German only source books, and when that wasn't enough, they decided to only print all future Shadowrun novels in German. I'm on to them and I figure all this out faster than you can say, "Bundesrepublik Deutschland" . Next thing you know they will be packaging German language lessons with all future English source books. Man those guys are sneaky.
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Dec 18 2006, 05:33 AM
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Moving Target Group: Members Posts: 223 Joined: 6-December 06 Member No.: 10,259 |
Donnerwetter! Ze ammie iz onto uz! Iniziate plan Zagor Albert Prussia! Vor zee fazerlandt!
Seriously though, having a limited love of metaplots, and only bad experiences with professional fan-fic (OMG, Forgotten Realms! Good evil-elves! Gandalf the Red!) I don't mind the stuff being in a language I don't understand... However, if anyone actually wants to speak up for some of the Shadowrun fiction, I'll be willing to listen! |
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Dec 18 2006, 09:18 AM
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Hoppelhäschen 5000 Group: Members Posts: 5,807 Joined: 3-January 04 Member No.: 5,951 |
Don't worry too much - some of those novells are nice to read, but usually, they aren't exactly worth remembering. |
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Dec 18 2006, 09:34 AM
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Running Target Group: Members Posts: 1,498 Joined: 4-August 05 From: ADL Member No.: 7,534 |
Negative on that. There are some very good ones. (Pesadillas for example is excellent, and from pure writing style the best SR Novell Ive ever red. The Markus Heitz stuff, though not very dystopian, is fun to read, too)
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Dec 18 2006, 09:40 AM
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Hoppelhäschen 5000 Group: Members Posts: 5,807 Joined: 3-January 04 Member No.: 5,951 |
It's good, but not that good... it is quite rough on the literaric side and sometimes reads more like a game report - even though the story is refreshingly non-generic. The story itself is a bit problematic, though... it was completly unnecessary for the main twist to be based on non-canon material. |
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Dec 18 2006, 05:06 PM
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Moving Target Group: Members Posts: 223 Joined: 6-December 06 Member No.: 10,259 |
Except it probably boosted the writer's ego. ;)
I'll add Pesadillas to my list of books to take a look at. Thanks. |
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Dec 18 2006, 09:12 PM
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Moving Target Group: Members Posts: 870 Joined: 2-October 06 From: Athens Ga Member No.: 9,517 |
I think that it is thier attempt to reduce the number of rules questions we ask them. We will be spending all of our time just trying to translate the new rules we get and we will be thinking that it is OUR translation problems when we don't understand something.
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Dec 18 2006, 11:22 PM
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Great, I'm a Dragon... Group: Retired Admins Posts: 6,699 Joined: 8-October 03 From: North Germany Member No.: 5,698 |
And then we take over the world! :wobble: |
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Dec 18 2006, 11:29 PM
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Running Target Group: Members Posts: 1,150 Joined: 19-December 05 From: Rhein-Ruhr Megaplex Member No.: 8,081 |
But in a subtle, polite and political correct manner, this time.
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Dec 18 2006, 11:38 PM
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Great, I'm a Dragon... Group: Retired Admins Posts: 6,699 Joined: 8-October 03 From: North Germany Member No.: 5,698 |
Yeah.... sure.... :D
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Dec 18 2006, 11:51 PM
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Moving Target Group: Members Posts: 223 Joined: 6-December 06 Member No.: 10,259 |
And they start this process by Germanifying the nerds? If they want it peaceful, they've already lost...
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Dec 19 2006, 12:03 AM
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Running Target Group: Members Posts: 1,498 Joined: 4-August 05 From: ADL Member No.: 7,534 |
hehe |
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Dec 19 2006, 12:04 AM
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Target Group: Members Posts: 4 Joined: 26-November 06 Member No.: 10,025 |
Mann kann nie wissen!
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Dec 19 2006, 11:22 AM
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Great, I'm a Dragon... Group: Retired Admins Posts: 6,699 Joined: 8-October 03 From: North Germany Member No.: 5,698 |
Who said that we started with the nerds? ;) |
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Dec 19 2006, 04:48 PM
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Moving Target Group: Members Posts: 223 Joined: 6-December 06 Member No.: 10,259 |
Oooo. The plot thickens...
What will the United States of America, defenders of the Imperial System (man, that sounds so...evil!) do now!? |
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