What did Monte mean?

[airwalkrr]

Actually, I have inside information that Monte Cook was serious...

 

[librarius_arcana]

I've been seeing that Monte Cook remarked that he never liked d20, and that he thought it was designed by hacks?

Does anyone know where this comes from?

Do you know to what he might have been referring (break-down at high levels, too many save or die, d20 yields too narrow a range of results, etc.) and what was the context of the remark??

Thanks!

No I think what he means by that, was the guys who had final say in how this system would be are hacks, left to Monte it would have been alot better,

 

[librarius_arcana]

Actually, I have inside information that Monte Cook was serious...

I think you are right,

 

[ColonelHardisson]

No I think what he means by that, was the guys who had final say in how this system would be are hacks, left to Monte it would have been alot better,

I remember the thread and his post. It was obviously a joke.

 

[librarius_arcana]

I remember the thread and his post. It was obviously a joke.

And in reply, I refer you to airwalkrr's post

Actually, I have inside information that Monte Cook was serious...

 

[Piratecat]

*snort*

 

[librarius_arcana]

*snort*

What, you saying airwalkrr was joking?

Even so, I still think he was serious, even if in a joke its far easier to talk about something that would be seen as controversial when covered by humor,

never heard the term "A truth said in jest"

 

[Umbran]

never heard the term "A truth said in jest"

Heard the term, sure. But whatever else we may think of him, Monte has repeatedly shown himself to be highly professional in behavior, with far too much class to slight his coworkers in public like that. To do so would be out of character for the man.

 

[Piratecat]

Based on things Monte has written, I have no doubt that he feels a little too much of the rules balance has shifted from DM to player, and AE has shown that he's seen areas to change or streamline (such as skills and spells.)

But actually, I'm saying that Monte was clearly joking, that you shouldn't believe everything you read on the internet, that this is how bad internet rumors get started, that conspiracies aren't actually crouching in the shadows, and that I can't actually believe someone would take that seriously. It's a little embarrassing to have to be explicit about this.

 

[Henry]

ZOMG! Monte was dissing d20! He is teh suck! Oh, wait, wrong thread.

Given in its original context (I remember the thread) he was joking ad absurdium - kind of like portraying Mother Theresa decked out with stakes and crosses and battling vampires a la Blade.