Comments on: State of the Stew, 2008 http://www.gnomestew.com/gnome-gnews/state-of-the-stew-2008 The Game Mastering Blog Sat, 11 Feb 2012 00:00:43 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Kurt "Telas" Schneider http://www.gnomestew.com/gnome-gnews/state-of-the-stew-2008/comment-page-1#comment-3496 Kurt "Telas" Schneider Sat, 03 Jan 2009 05:38:23 +0000 http://www.gnomestew.com/?p=2087#comment-3496 <a href='#comment-3481' rel="nofollow">@Troy E. Taylor</a> - I pretty much have to give a strong second to Troy's comments: Martin's got the vision, and has been a great leader. And writing for the Stew has been a lot of fun! Here's to the ENnies!<div class="comment-remix-meta"><a href="#" class="replyto" onclick="replyto('3496','Kurt \"Telas\" Schneider'); return false;">Reply</a> </div> @Troy E. Taylor – I pretty much have to give a strong second to Troy’s comments: Martin’s got the vision, and has been a great leader. And writing for the Stew has been a lot of fun!

Here’s to the ENnies!

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]]> By: Martin Ralya http://www.gnomestew.com/gnome-gnews/state-of-the-stew-2008/comment-page-1#comment-3494 Martin Ralya Fri, 02 Jan 2009 20:10:08 +0000 http://www.gnomestew.com/?p=2087#comment-3494 <a href='#comment-3492' rel="nofollow">@The Stray7</a> - I'm hoping to snag us a nomination for 2009, but we weren't nominated (or entered, for that matter) in the 2008 ENnies. Maybe you're thinking of Dungeonmastering.com? Yax won Best Fan Product for 2008. :) If memory serves, that spike in July was when FeedBurner started recognizing Google Reader hits. I'd bet that most of those folks were actually reading before July, but not being recorded. Several other RPG blogs noticed the same spike.<div class="comment-remix-meta"><a href="#" class="replyto" onclick="replyto('3494','Martin Ralya'); return false;">Reply</a> </div> @The Stray7 – I’m hoping to snag us a nomination for 2009, but we weren’t nominated (or entered, for that matter) in the 2008 ENnies. Maybe you’re thinking of Dungeonmastering.com? Yax won Best Fan Product for 2008. :)

If memory serves, that spike in July was when FeedBurner started recognizing Google Reader hits. I’d bet that most of those folks were actually reading before July, but not being recorded. Several other RPG blogs noticed the same spike.

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]]> By: The Stray7 http://www.gnomestew.com/gnome-gnews/state-of-the-stew-2008/comment-page-1#comment-3492 The Stray7 Fri, 02 Jan 2009 19:39:57 +0000 http://www.gnomestew.com/?p=2087#comment-3492 I came because of the Ennie nomination, and I suspect by that big spike there near July that I wasn't the only one.<div class="comment-remix-meta"><a href="#" class="replyto" onclick="replyto('3492','The Stray7'); return false;">Reply</a> </div> I came because of the Ennie nomination, and I suspect by that big spike there near July that I wasn’t the only one.
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]]> By: DocRyder http://www.gnomestew.com/gnome-gnews/state-of-the-stew-2008/comment-page-1#comment-3482 DocRyder Fri, 02 Jan 2009 00:35:55 +0000 http://www.gnomestew.com/?p=2087#comment-3482 I've been gaming for extremely close to 30 years now (January 16th to 19th is the anniversary of my first game), and I've been GMing off and on through most of that. This board (and I see it more as a board than a blog) has really given me a lot to think about, even stuff I thought I knew pretty well, or had all of the answers about. Thanks, gnomes, for all the hard work and great articles!<div class="comment-remix-meta"><a href="#" class="replyto" onclick="replyto('3482','DocRyder'); return false;">Reply</a> </div> I’ve been gaming for extremely close to 30 years now (January 16th to 19th is the anniversary of my first game), and I’ve been GMing off and on through most of that. This board (and I see it more as a board than a blog) has really given me a lot to think about, even stuff I thought I knew pretty well, or had all of the answers about.

Thanks, gnomes, for all the hard work and great articles!

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]]> By: Troy E. Taylor http://www.gnomestew.com/gnome-gnews/state-of-the-stew-2008/comment-page-1#comment-3481 Troy E. Taylor Fri, 02 Jan 2009 00:15:28 +0000 http://www.gnomestew.com/?p=2087#comment-3481 Martin has always freely praised his contributors for the success of the site -- but I have to say that Martin's leadership/guidance/vision is the combination that really stirs the stew. Martin understood from the beginning what Gnome Stew needed to become to be a good service to the gaming community. He's always been clear about expectations/goals of the contributors. Moreover, the mix of contributors has been a key part of the recipe. Clearly, we bring different perspectives/experiences to the table, and Martin has been keen to recognize the different roles we fill. Plus, writing for the Stew has been a blast.<div class="comment-remix-meta"><a href="#" class="replyto" onclick="replyto('3481','Troy E. Taylor'); return false;">Reply</a> </div> Martin has always freely praised his contributors for the success of the site — but I have to say that Martin’s leadership/guidance/vision is the combination that really stirs the stew.

Martin understood from the beginning what Gnome Stew needed to become to be a good service to the gaming community. He’s always been clear about expectations/goals of the contributors.

Moreover, the mix of contributors has been a key part of the recipe. Clearly, we bring different perspectives/experiences to the table, and Martin has been keen to recognize the different roles we fill.

Plus, writing for the Stew has been a blast.

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]]> By: Martin Ralya http://www.gnomestew.com/gnome-gnews/state-of-the-stew-2008/comment-page-1#comment-3478 Martin Ralya Thu, 01 Jan 2009 17:40:53 +0000 http://www.gnomestew.com/?p=2087#comment-3478 Thanks, everyone! There's been some chatter about these stats on our internal mailing list -- we're all pretty surprised by the numbers. Happy New Year!<div class="comment-remix-meta"><a href="#" class="replyto" onclick="replyto('3478','Martin Ralya'); return false;">Reply</a> </div> Thanks, everyone!

There’s been some chatter about these stats on our internal mailing list — we’re all pretty surprised by the numbers.

Happy New Year!

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]]> By: ChattyDM http://www.gnomestew.com/gnome-gnews/state-of-the-stew-2008/comment-page-1#comment-3476 ChattyDM Thu, 01 Jan 2009 10:24:55 +0000 http://www.gnomestew.com/?p=2087#comment-3476 You guys achieved so much in so little time I'm impressed! Keep up the excellent work!<div class="comment-remix-meta"><a href="#" class="replyto" onclick="replyto('3476','ChattyDM'); return false;">Reply</a> </div> You guys achieved so much in so little time I’m impressed! Keep up the excellent work!
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]]> By: Yax - DungeonMastering.com http://www.gnomestew.com/gnome-gnews/state-of-the-stew-2008/comment-page-1#comment-3475 Yax - DungeonMastering.com Wed, 31 Dec 2008 23:08:57 +0000 http://www.gnomestew.com/?p=2087#comment-3475 You guys are great! Keep up the good work!<div class="comment-remix-meta"><a href="#" class="replyto" onclick="replyto('3475','Yax - DungeonMastering.com'); return false;">Reply</a> </div> You guys are great! Keep up the good work!
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]]> By: Patrick Benson http://www.gnomestew.com/gnome-gnews/state-of-the-stew-2008/comment-page-1#comment-3474 Patrick Benson Wed, 31 Dec 2008 18:01:07 +0000 http://www.gnomestew.com/?p=2087#comment-3474 Freaking awesome! We haven't even finished up our rookie year! :)<div class="comment-remix-meta"><a href="#" class="replyto" onclick="replyto('3474','Patrick Benson'); return false;">Reply</a> </div> Freaking awesome! We haven’t even finished up our rookie year! :)
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]]> By: Jonathan Drain http://www.gnomestew.com/gnome-gnews/state-of-the-stew-2008/comment-page-1#comment-3472 Jonathan Drain Wed, 31 Dec 2008 16:49:44 +0000 http://www.gnomestew.com/?p=2087#comment-3472 Good work, gnomes!<div class="comment-remix-meta"><a href="#" class="replyto" onclick="replyto('3472','Jonathan Drain'); return false;">Reply</a> </div> Good work, gnomes!
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]]> By: wampuscat43 http://www.gnomestew.com/gnome-gnews/state-of-the-stew-2008/comment-page-1#comment-3471 wampuscat43 Wed, 31 Dec 2008 14:43:46 +0000 http://www.gnomestew.com/?p=2087#comment-3471 Thumbs up to you guys for a great year, and looking forward to much more of the same in 2009!<div class="comment-remix-meta"><a href="#" class="replyto" onclick="replyto('3471','wampuscat43'); return false;">Reply</a> </div> Thumbs up to you guys for a great year, and looking forward to much more of the same in 2009!
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