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11:13am: SFWA - 1, Publish America - 0
I was wondering if this qualified as a fandom, but previously, sci-fi magazine disputes have been featured on FW, and I think there is a fandom of these authors, including me.

Sequence of Events

1. Vanity Publisher Calls Itself Real Publisher
2. Vanity Publisher Insults Science Fiction Writers.
3. Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers Association Decides to Go After Vanity Publisher.

Science Fiction Authors Hoax Vanity Publisher

One of the participants explains further. PublishAmerica Sting: Would they publish the worst book ever written?

Make sure to read the blurbs.

ATLANTA NIGHTS makes the legendary EYE OF ARGON read like Asimov!"

--Nick Pollotta

NM

12:56pm: Sam & Max, Freelance...Wankers?
First, a little backstory: A long time ago in a galaxy far far away, LucasArts made a game called Sam & Max Hit The Road, and it was good. And then there was to be a sequel, Sam & Max: Freelance Police, and it was also good. But then LucasArts woke up on the wrong side of the bed and cancelled Freelance Police, and it was not good. Rioting in the forums and the streets occurred, petitions were signed, etc. But things slowly settled down...until along came Bad-Brain Entertainment, a German publisher/developer which popped up out of nowhere and began throwing about rather specific hints that they were in negotiations with LucasArts for the Holy Grail of Adventure Gaming Freelance Police. And some of the fanboys thought it was good, but some did not.

And then a few days ago BBE announced that negotiations had failed. Whereupon the shit hit the fan, big time.

It all starts with a thread created by BBE at the Inventory's forums (which was officially endorsed by said forum in a mass-e-mail sent out by the admin) asking people to post and ask Steve Purcell to give BBE the rights to Sam & Max. In between the whining and pleading, some infighting begins as the anti-BBE folks show up. bigj unintentionally sets off a BBE vs. TellTale Games wank and also insinuates that the folks on the TellTale forums eat their own on a regular basis (he must have them confused with F_W). TellTale supporters are not happy.

But as if a bunch of bickering fanboys wasn't good enough, the press gets involved. It seems that both GameSpot and Aventura y CÍA were led by BBE to believe that negotiations had concluded positively. BBE denies this, repeatedly.

( And then comes the rebuttal. And more spooge, now containing conspiracy theories! And ass. )

The insanity is discussed more rationally at the Adventure Gamer forums, where you can witness kelmer's initial posts about the negotiations, which get ignored as the shit continues to hit the fan, and some relatively sane "what the shit is this, BBE?" discussions.

I believe The Silent Dude at Adventure Gamers said it best: "Internet Drama at its best." My baby fandom's gone and gotten spooge all over everything. I'm so proud.