Hold on, hold on...this might actually be a good thing.
Think of it like this. Wal-Mart doesn't allow CDs that contain explicit lyrics. This tends to hurt their music sales, but they have so many other things that they can handle the blow. An FYE store, on the other hand, can make more money by offering what the 'restricted' stores can't. And most likely, because they make a little more money on those curse-filled discs, the artists get a little more of a kickback.
The same theory can be applied here. By being told he can do a gore pack, Bond1 has basically been given amnesty by the TGC higher-ups from any restrictions that might have been placed on him. I mean, I VERY SERIOUSLY doubt that if the pack was excluded from the GCS, that TGC would turn around and tell him they'd sell the pack for him. THIS would mean that he can make more money selling the gore packs himself and have a better relationship with the customers. TGC, meanwhile, still has enough products that the loss of one artist will be absorbed rather easily.
Plus, if I'm wrong, that TGC will actually consider this as an official pack for FPSC, that means...guess what? THE PACKS AREN'T DEAD AFTER ALL! Want to bring your ideas to the table, but feel that a theme would feel separated on the store? Petition to make it a pack! I can think of a few adult-natured themes off the top of my head that would be better off as packs than as individual purchases on the GCS. Think about it; while buying exactly what you need from the store is nice, there's also that edge of getting everything you might need for a particular type of game in one pack. BeFUN's packs are selling like crazy, and most of her stuff isn't even on the GCS.
The FPSC boards have always been about the support of their own. And whether TGC realizes it or not, they've only furthered the proof of that fact. So let them do what they do with their executive decisions...we'll do what we do with our pocketbooks.
Gemstone Games is now Cornett Media
