Seeley wrote on 10/07/10 at 12:54:14:
TalJechin wrote on 10/07/10 at 12:17:50:
How about promising to pay them, but not send any money, and when they complain, promise again?!
I like that idea!
Hmm, I might start trying that - if I don't pay anyone then the company will make lots more money!
Seeley wrote on 10/07/10 at 14:35:00:
I used to work managing a team of freelances, and one method I employed to deal with persistent stragglers was to give them deadlines a few weeks ahead of when I actually needed the work from them.
I think that would be a bit tricky, as the updates would then be out-of-date when I finally put them online!
There are substitutes (believe it or not lots of GMs want to write for the site!), but getting them to come and do lots of late updates in short order is not always easy, and I don't like the idea of continually firing people because they are late.
Anyway, I do like John's material, he's a good writer, a strong GM who knows the Antis inside-out, so I prefer to be a little patient.
As soon as the September one goes online anyone whose sub ran out in the last couple of months can simply email support and get their sub extended.