D&D Conversion Guide Delay Explanation

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MARSHALL LEMON

Synjin

Mar 25, 2015 10:19:40

Jury Duty!

 

http://www.escapistmagazine.com/news/view/140183-Dungeons-Dragons-Conversion-Documents-Delayed-Due-To-Jury-Duty

 

Where Are The D&D Conversion Guides? Delayed For Jury Duty
MARSHALL LEMON | 21 MARCH 2015 9:53 AM
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Farmer42

Mar 25, 2015 10:43:58

Gotta love that jury duty...

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Zardnaar

Mar 25, 2015 10:54:24

CVould one not get out of jury duty or not get selected by saying stupid stuff like you will always vote someone guilty/innocent regardless of the evidence? 

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FrogReaver

Zardnaar wrote:
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Zardnaar

Mar 25, 2015 11:00:26

FrogReaver wrote:
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AaronOfBarbaria

Zardnaar wrote:
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Ranthalan

Zardnaar wrote:
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Zardnaar

Mar 25, 2015 11:31:30

AaronOfBarbaria wrote:
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Synjin

Mar 25, 2015 11:35:19

Zardnaar wrote:
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AaronOfBarbaria

Zardnaar wrote:
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Adjule

Mar 25, 2015 11:37:46

Depending on the type of court case you get selected for, determines how easy it would be to get out of serving. I got selected once about 15 years ago. It was a malpractice suit between an old lady and a doctor. I easily got out of it when the prosecuting lawyer said "Many people just don't like doctors. Who here is one of them?" I raised my hand, along with about 2 others, and we were told to go home. Of course, not all are that easy to get out of.

 

For it to last ANOTHER 4 months, it's gotta be something bad. So no conversion guides until about a year since 5th edition officially launched (July with the Starter set).

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pukunui

Mar 25, 2015 11:39:50

Zardnaar: What if the WotC employee didn't want to get out of it? Why if he wanted to do his duty?

#13

Zardnaar

Mar 25, 2015 11:40:32

pukunui wrote:
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Zardnaar

Mar 25, 2015 11:40:32

pukunui wrote:
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Ralif_Redhammer

Mar 25, 2015 11:43:53

Oh neat, I somehow missed that this was coming.

 

Jury duty is a drag, no doubt. There must be some law indicating that all courtroom seats have to be designed to be as uncomfortable as possible.

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Ranthalan

Zardnaar wrote:
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RedSiegfried

Mar 25, 2015 12:32:45

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Delazar78

Mar 25, 2015 12:32:40

 

RedSiegfried wrote:
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abs1nth

Mar 25, 2015 12:42:10

pukunui wrote:
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pukunui

Mar 25, 2015 13:02:35

Delazar78 wrote:
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Synjin

Mar 25, 2015 13:44:54

EXACTLY! A free product delayed, and it's all.........Bring wood and oil. LOL

 

Some people...

#22

Reius

Mar 25, 2015 13:50:20

"I'm prejudiced against all races, religions and ideologies." Works every time.

 

I hope that these conversion docs aren't a high priority for WotC, otherwise it would seem pretty short-sighted to just delay a project indefinitely instead of finding someone else to finish things up. They're gonna be free, so hopefully that's the reason. I'm sure they had some degree of advanced warning that this might happen.

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pukunui

Mar 25, 2015 14:07:51

Reius wrote:
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Farmer42

Delazar78 wrote:
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Reius

pukunui wrote:
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Reius

Farmer42 wrote:
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Jenks

Mar 25, 2015 15:31:59

Normally I'm not one to look for the worst in situations, but was there anything that said the conversions were actually complete just awaiting aproval? or was this just an easy out?

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pukunui

Mar 25, 2015 15:38:33

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Nevvur

Mar 25, 2015 16:21:00

I guess the question this brings to my mind is what's involved with "final approval?" If it's just signing off on a finished product, WotC can invest someone else with that authority. If it means some dude needs to apply conversion algorithms to a number of modules from various editions to ensure a consistent outcome, that job isn't so easy to hand off.

 

Or maybe it's just a cover up. I heard Hasbro is run by illithids.

 

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Farmer42

Reius wrote:
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seti

Mar 25, 2015 18:02:42

LMFAO

 

Right.

 

Everyone (at least in the U.S.) knows how easy it is to get out of jury duty. You can:

  • Throw out the summons. There's no real penalty. Unless you already have a warrant out on your ass for parking tickets or something...
  • Act like a hyper racist/conservative/liberal/wacko/whatever and get out of it.

Simple.

 

 

PS: It is a cover-up. Hasbro is run by Illithids. And the Illuminati. And the Reptile People. I think there's a few Aboleths and Beholders there too, down in the basement.

#32

Farmer42

Mar 25, 2015 18:22:46

But not everyone wants to get out of jury duty, and you don't even know what the docket is until you've made it through selection.  You have no idea if you're going to be sitting in on traffic cases for a week or two or spending the next six months hearing about how this guy funnelled millions of dollars out of investment funds.  And that's if you're lucky.  If you aren't lucky, you have to go through a **** or murder trial, which also lasts for months and instead of being hammered with numbers and math you get vivid descritions of the crime.

 

EDIT:  Also, throwing out the summons ends up with a bench warrant in many cases and heafty fees for being in contempt of court.  So the next time you get pulled over for having a tail light out you're instead getting escorted to the country jail.  

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pukunui

Mar 25, 2015 18:34:24

seti wrote:
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joeburgos

Mar 25, 2015 18:39:48

Farmer42 wrote:
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ORC_Cricket

Mar 25, 2015 19:09:08

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#36

CCS

Mar 26, 2015 1:36:49
They do realize that April Fools isn't for a few days yet, right?