Comments on: Preorder "The Blender Gamekit 2nd Edition"!

By: Olaf

Olaf — Fri, 19 Dec 2008 16:06:28 +0000

I got mine too! Thanks and happy Chrismas!

By: Carsten

Carsten — Fri, 19 Dec 2008 09:04:05 +0000

It ships! I got my ones yesterday.

By: Olaf

Olaf — Wed, 17 Dec 2008 20:28:33 +0000

When is it going to ship?!! I just noticed that the shipping date of 15th of December has been removed. Are they shipping or has publication been postponed? Keep us up to date!

By: BlenderBroadCast BBC

BlenderBroadCast BBC — Mon, 08 Dec 2008 14:21:47 +0000

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That would be a cool story if blendenzo here was a fake!
Anyone willing to contact him on BA?

By: Dim

Dim — Sun, 07 Dec 2008 23:44:19 +0000

Oh, and I certainly plan on this purchase. Thank you Carsten.

By: Dim

Dim — Sun, 07 Dec 2008 23:41:41 +0000

I have spoken to Blendenzo at length on a number of separate occasions, and to be honest, these posts do not sound like him, and in fact directly contradict some of the points he has told me in confidence (he told me specifically that was in fact planning to purchase the book). Perhaps the comments here need to be taken with a grain of salt given that there is no reliable authentication system for commenting here. I for one am skeptical that these are his comments. I would not put too much weight in these comments until BN has a sort of authentication process. It would be a shame if words not posted by the real Blendenzo damned him.

By: joeri

joeri — Tue, 25 Nov 2008 00:43:39 +0000

hmm.

wauw.

I alway understood blender to be open and free, not "gratis". Everybody who can should try to make a living out of blender.

Now… blendenzo… I see your point. Years of hard work without turning that into revenues.
That must feel cruel.
But in this case it's pointed at the wrong people. If you want I can rant a word or two about blenders (in)famous NaN period, a period Ton for some reason never talks about. I can tell you he lost a friend or two, and some stayed to support blender. In my opinion this support is a little bit more valuable because it hold a tint of friendship.

Giving and Altruisme are nice topics, a little bit too hard for me to discuss in a foreign language on some blog.
I've been around blender for a while now, it's to big a part of me to let go, but it's not only gems. The world is not all "Happy happy, Joy joy".
My only real advice would be to try to do as much as you enjoy, if you no longer enjoy maintaining a help site for blender then just stop doing it. Somebody else will take over, or not. The people not only get the king they deserve, the king also gets the people he deserves. :)

Cheers, joeri

By: banor

banor — Mon, 24 Nov 2008 20:26:08 +0000

@Ton: thanks for clearing things up. ;)
@: blendenzo: Thank you, Blendenzo… your apology was very appropriate and means a lot. If I try more game designing (which I probably will) I will try to remember to check out your site to find some answers. :)

Oh boy, free content on the wiki! ;) Maybe I will start buying Blender materials someday… then I can make a digital smoothie… OK, that's off-the-wall. :)

God bless!

By: banor

banor — Mon, 24 Nov 2008 20:18:04 +0000

@Samo: what DTP (DeskTop Publishing) software did you use? Scribus? Open office? What software did you use in conjunction with it? Inkscape (for vector illustrations and diagrams) and the GIMP (for general image manipulation)? I am very interested to know!

Thanks,
-b

By: Duranial

Duranial — Mon, 24 Nov 2008 14:33:48 +0000

I'd like to know if it will be also available from amazon, cause I bought all my blender book that way