[UA] Bizarre text distribution model

[Hammons, Jade]

Chip Switches: Downloaded them all... their website had attrocious security...

Jade Hammons
"Nobody realizes that some people expend tremendous energy merely to be normal." - Albert Camus




-----Original Message-----
From: ua-bounces at lists.unknown-armies.com
[mailto:ua-bounces at lists.unknown-armies.com]On Behalf Of James Knevitt
Sent: Wednesday, February 18, 2004 6:47 PM
To: The Unknown Armies RPG Mailing List
Subject: RE: [UA] Bizarre text distribution model


> -----Original Message-----

> One soultion I thought of is to distribute the pages in hardcopy format on 
> paper that is hard to photocopy; film and TV studios do this all the time to 
> prevent unauthorised script copies. You could color-code the pages according 
> to rarity. Sure, such an idea would most likely die a choking stillborn 
> death, but hey, it's a cool concept.

As an addendum to my post, I just remembered a while ago there was a phenomenon circulating around the Invader Zim fan community - the concept of collectable image files. The concept, known as "Chip Switch" was very popular, and was based around a controlled release schedule combined with individual rarities. It also had rules that one had to abide by to participate in the program (ie no post ing images on websites, etc). I can imagine a collectable RPG being based on similar lines -- offer the elusive Chapter 5 as normal, but limit it to 250 copies or less, making it a collectable item. The trick is making the RPG something that hardcore roleplayers with lots of disposable income would actually want to buy. 

Thoughts?

James

-- 
Don't steal a police car unless you're prepared to floor it all the way to Mexico.


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