Talk:Kevin Siembieda

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Contents 1 Genuinely Neutral Voice? 2 Megaverse? 3 Sign Your Names Please 4 Does this article qualify as a stub? 5 Judges Guild art

[edit] Genuinely Neutral Voice?

The claim that Palladium "became the first commercially successful attempt to create an all-encompassing, "megaversal" role-playing system" seems like a canard because "commercially successful" is pretty subjective. GURPS could make this claim, as could Hero System. And while Palladium uses a single system for all its sourcebooks, unlike GURPS it wasn't initially designed with a single sourcebook to encompass multiple genres. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by Steveg99 (talk • contribs) 04:19, 17 April 2007 (UTC)

Agreed. This statement would genenrally be viewed as false and if you were going to be loose with the definition, you'd even have to give this distinction to AD&D 1 edition, from the point that the Barrier Peaks module came into print. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 68.3.205.13 (talk • contribs) 16:25, 6 July 2007 (UTC)

I am inclined to disagree based on 1) the dates of publication along with 2) the longevity of the gameline itself. Since the Palladium Megaverse is still active today and has been ongoing, it is synonymous with commercial success. If the date of publication of more than one cross-genre compatible setting books precedes other cross-genre setting books and game systems, then it is, indeed, the first commercially successful megaversal gameline. These are verifiable facts. 74.56.141.219 (talk) 12:12, 9 June 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Megaverse?

"Megaverse"? If that is a trade term from the publisher in question, then it should be marked as such by formatting or quotation marks. If it's the article author's coinage, it should be disposed of. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by T3knomanser (talk • contribs) 19:09, 20 September 2006 (UTC)

It's a term the publisher created.Kairos 23:49, 6 March 2007 (UTC)

"Kevin Siembieda is a pen name of Steve Jackson" - That's factually incorrect. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 83.65.94.2 (talk • contribs) 10:19, 29 October 2006 (UTC)

What are your sources for this statement?Kairos 23:49, 6 March 2007 (UTC)

Wrong approach. The initial claim must be supported with proof. An opinion contrary to the claim needs not be supported.74.56.141.219 (talk) 12:14, 9 June 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Sign Your Names Please

For the love of God man sign your name(s) please. The Tilde key isn't booby trapped. Kairos 23:49, 6 March 2007 (UTC)

Indeed. :-) [1] --Kralizec! (talk) 01:03, 7 March 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Does this article qualify as a stub?

It seems kind of short to me. Also, the tag might encourage someone to expand it.... —The preceding unsigned comment was added by Metatron's Cube (talk • contribs) 18:55, 6 March 2007 (UTC)

Yes, and done! --Kralizec! (talk) 01:03, 7 March 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Judges Guild art

I'm going to add a bit to the line about Siembieda's art - he earned a reputation as an artist (and cartographer) from his contributions to early Judges Guild products. --DestroyYouAlot (talk) 16:59, 22 January 2008 (UTC)