Публикую топик, посмотрим чем все закончится в очередной раз
The topic pretty much says it all. Again we are at the end of a month and there is not a story in sight, and now the re-published novels that are suppose to take up the slack are absent for the second month in a row. We have a total of eight ... EIGHT new stores in six months. Really?!?!? What the heck are you guys doing with the money we pay you? You sure as heck are not using it to give us what you are suppose too .... new fiction. I am beginning to think I am being ripped off. You folks smile to my face while you punch me in the gut.
In the first six months of 2007 we had 50 stories, 32 stores in the first six of 2008, 22 stories in the first six of 2009 and 16 stories in the first six of 2010. And now the first half of this year and we get 8 entire stories.
What is it going to take for Battlecorps to quit all this crap and get back to what you are suppose to do ..... publish new fiction!
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5 pictures from new sourcebook not worth $ 9 a month, news is also not needed. Where the new book?
As I said in the other thread, its to the point where I seriously have to consider not resubbing here at renewal time. Said time was last week for me, and while I decided to bite the bullet again, I cant say im going to do it again at Christmas when renewal is due. Not as things are now anyways.
I came here for the fiction. This was the only place to be for those of us that own and have read all 93 battletech/mechwarrior/mwda novels to get something new to read in canon fiction. And at first it was great. I came somewhat late to the party, and such had missed a year or twos fiction, which I then bought entirely from the battleshop. So that means ive got a total investment in this site to the tune of several hundred dollars. But I didnt mind because the fiction was worth it. This is no longer the case.
While im not adverse to getting something other then fiction for my subscription (as I said in my post in the other thread, a higher battleshop discount would be nice), some of the other things we have been getting are not worth the subscription price for me. Unit digests, while a nifty idea, dont do anything for me as I can care less about some tiny commands that have zero bearing on any fiction ive seen sofar. The news fiction, also while a nifty idea, will probably never get read by me as I detest reading on the computer. I actually print out everything in the fiction section (or at least did, now I have a kindle) to the tune of 25 400 page binders sitting on my shelf. So if you think about it, counting printing supplies, my investment in this site is probably near a grand at this point.
At any rate, to cut my rambling short, something needs to be done. Ive seen this sites potential, and id hate to see it go away because people stop subbing due to lack of content.
I'm just a regular chap who regularly reads the forums and occasionally posts in some other location aside from the Regiment board. So what I have to say is this:
1) If you don't like it, don't sub. Vote with your dollar.
2) Do something about it - write. I believe they've mentioned there's a distinct lack of writing being submitted.
The end.
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Your points are fine, freaktrain, but you must admit that the endemic lack of stories has us uneasy.
No one wants Battlecorps to fade out. As Nazgvl says, this site has a lot of potential, and people unsubscribing just to press the staff wouldn't add anything positive to the problem (though it's an option perfectly valid for people who considers they're getting nothing for their money). As adventurous as it may seem with the current matters as they are, I restate what I said recently, I might consider to pay a bit more for my subscription if that would guarantee a steady flux of stories, if that would make writers more interested in writing for us.
On the second point, I can't wait they start accepting submissions en español
I'm not suggesting that people simply stop paying as a way to press the staff for more stories - because that wouldn't solve the issue, it would mean less revenue for writer stories. I'm suggesting that if you're not happy with the service, don't pay for it. I pay for the service primarily for the Regiment - I don't often read the canon fiction. That's my motivation for being here.
Si hay gente que quieren un artículo en español, pregunta "el Herb" (jaja... yerba) y despues... escribelo!
Voting with your dollar, as it may, is not a solution for a small subscription based service as Battlecorps. All it does is compound issues that may already be causing this situation in the first place. And it also prevents said user for being able to see these forums, so as to not have any direct way (classicbattletech.coms forums notwithstanding) to see if anythings changed for the better, or even what (if anything) is going on. Which is one of several reasons im still subbing (for the moment) despite the lack of content.
As to your other point, im sorry, but thats ridiculous. Just because I love the universe and love to read about it, doesnt mean I have the will, ability or time to try my own hand at writing (besides the point that me writing a story doesnt solve the fact that I have none to read).
And besides all that, im paying for a subscription/service, I shouldnt have to lend a hand to see new content released. If I have to pitch in, then im not paying, its that simple.
The Battlecorps site was set up for the purpose of providing cannon battletech fiction. A group of aspiring writers were signed up to write fiction for the site.
Those writers have left and Battlecorps has not sought any new writers. And I say writers in the sense of people who are skilled at writing novels, not what is little more than the glorified fanfiction writers we seem to have ended up with.
Proper sustained writing requires constant disciple and creativity, which is not something you can expect from a glorified fan fiction writer (who can only write a handful of good stories).
So why did the proper writers leave? Why have we not seen any written fiction from Herb, Randall, Loren or Bones in years?
Where has all the subscription money gone? It certainly is not being spent on Battlecorps? All we seem to be getting is cheap news articles which require little creativity or effort to produce compared to the complexities of a novel.
Further, I fail to see why we, as paying customers, have to provide fiction for a commercial site that is supposed to source the fiction. With all that subscription revenue, how hard could it be to hire proper writers?
The battlecorps site has been on a long steady decline. I don't understand how they can treat loyal fans with such contempt.
Administration bc.com prefers to remain silent( Raise the price for the month, but give more stories!!!
Raise the price?
Sorry, but the cash I pay is already a steep price for nothing.
I hoped to the last for some big bang at the end of the month, something that made waiting worth it.
But nothing.
Con season does not count as I don't pay less these months nor do I get any other form of compensation.
Maybe we hear something from the guys in charge after con season is over. 8 stories in 6 months is really low for this site.
