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:All of which is odd because my grandmother on my father's side (with whom I had no relationship really) was Roma. She had referred to herself as a "Gypsy" for all the time that I knew her. My Dad, up until I explained the above, thought I had named the company that as a nod to my grandmother and as some sort of reconciliation ... which, really, wasn't the case at all. | :All of which is odd because my grandmother on my father's side (with whom I had no relationship really) was Roma. She had referred to herself as a "Gypsy" for all the time that I knew her. My Dad, up until I explained the above, thought I had named the company that as a nod to my grandmother and as some sort of reconciliation ... which, really, wasn't the case at all. | ||
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:So I'd never really heard the term used as a pejorative nor did I think it could ever be offensive to anyone. I'd never heard it used as any sort of negative term, so it somewhat took me by surprise when folks began telling me that it was around 2015 or so. As I looked into it, I determined that it seemed to be a pejorative in Europe and the UK, so I started taking time to kind of look at changing the name... something I had considered since the first paragraph of this story became true. The troubles with Mongoose and all of the resulting problems of changing 30+ books at the time, resulted in me shelving the name change idea for a while as I had to retool everything for Cepheus. | :So I'd never really heard the term used as a pejorative nor did I think it could ever be offensive to anyone. I'd never heard it used as any sort of negative term, so it somewhat took me by surprise when folks began telling me that it was around 2015 or so. As I looked into it, I determined that it seemed to be a pejorative in Europe and the UK, so I started taking time to kind of look at changing the name... something I had considered since the first paragraph of this story became true. The troubles with Mongoose and all of the resulting problems of changing 30+ books at the time, resulted in me shelving the name change idea for a while as I had to retool everything for Cepheus. | ||
:By 2019, it became obvious that a name change was not only something I wanted to do, but something that was needed as we continued to be more popular in places that might find the name somewhat offensive. So I started looking for replacement names and was shocked that the name I wanted all along "Independence Games" was not taken. So I acted rather quickly and changed the name of the company within a day or two of this realization. | :By 2019, it became obvious that a name change was not only something I wanted to do, but something that was needed as we continued to be more popular in places that might find the name somewhat offensive. So I started looking for replacement names and was shocked that the name I wanted all along "Independence Games" was not taken. So I acted rather quickly and changed the name of the company within a day or two of this realization. | ||
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:I'm in the business to sell games. I want people to have fun. I've no intent or desire to offend anyone, so that coupled with my earlier desire to change the name anyway made the name change a no-brainer. | :I'm in the business to sell games. I want people to have fun. I've no intent or desire to offend anyone, so that coupled with my earlier desire to change the name anyway made the name change a no-brainer. | ||
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:However, I still cannot afford to change all of the books again. I already went through those losses thanks to Mongoose in 2016. So, slowly, over time, replacement products will come along that will have the new name on it. You'll never see a new product with the name "Gypsy Knights Games" on it again. | :However, I still cannot afford to change all of the books again. I already went through those losses thanks to Mongoose in 2016. So, slowly, over time, replacement products will come along that will have the new name on it. You'll never see a new product with the name "Gypsy Knights Games" on it again. | ||
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:Which, BTW, brings me to the other reason I wanted to change the name. "Gypsy Knights Games" has an error built right into the name. As I intended to have the company be a group effort of my gaming group, it was originally intended to be "Gypsy Knights' Games". As it became unclear if this would be the case, I left out the apostrophe. Over time, folks thought I was the "Gypsy Knight" and it was "Gypsy Knight's Games". | :Which, BTW, brings me to the other reason I wanted to change the name. "Gypsy Knights Games" has an error built right into the name. As I intended to have the company be a group effort of my gaming group, it was originally intended to be "Gypsy Knights' Games". As it became unclear if this would be the case, I left out the apostrophe. Over time, folks thought I was the "Gypsy Knight" and it was "Gypsy Knight's Games". | ||