Post originally by proditor at 2004-04-15 09:19:14
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Heh..that one was amusing actually.

And I wouldn't say I was angry, more annoyed. But after reading your latest post, I can see that it's more from a basic incompatibility of views, not something substantive. Let me lay it out.

We're not going to see eye to eye on this because of the following and hopefully this will end it from my side as well.

1) You see the value (Admittedly you feel it is overpriced) in a $40 rules set that is single use and comes with a setting designed for that single use.

2) I see the value in a $40 rules set that can be used for anything from Sci-Fi to Superheroes to Fantasy to Vampires, etc. etc., but I have to make my own setting.

At this point, we aren't even arguing the same thing, we're arguing differing points and expecting the other to address them.

Sidepoint 1: No, I use Specious in my normal everyday speak.

Sidepoint 2: I'll drop the jibes since you mostly did in your last post.

Sidepoint 3: I typoed by/buy much like you did in your previous post (My, etc.).

Sidepoint 4: I do write for fun and profit, but honestly that doesn't make my setting better than yours, yours better than mine, or a game designer's any better than either of ours (Confusing, eh?) Also, a degree might help clear up those pesky grammar, structure and spelling issues, but it doesn't address the core concept of creativity. Your setting might be leaps and bounds superior to a published one. That's where new RPG's come from after all. After all, none of us, game designers included, majored in "RPG Settings".

Conclusion: This has been one of the more polite "flames" I've gotten over the years, but at this point (assuming you did come back) any further discussion would be just that, us flaming each other. It is refreshing to see things done in a more genteel style as compared to say the old newsgroup flames.

Via con dios EB.