Necromancer Games Under Fire?

[Bedrockgames]

Its not that. Even if you were to strip RPGs out of that context a lot of his stuff would be incredibly stupid to have posted like flirting on the internet. Though I have to say I'm actually more surprised this hasn't happened more often given the preponderance of incredibly stupid stuff people open themselves to in this industry.

I think if it had been other things, it wouldn't be a story. As far as i can tell from the article, the things he was using it for were all permissible uses of the internet connection he was using. If there are laws or rules he is breaching by making comments online, that is certainly deserving of attention, but the article doesn't indicate this was the case (it mentions briefly commenting on upcoming games, which is a possible problem but then never really explores that). Now maybe there are broader concerns here that need to be addressed. Maybe i am missing something he was doing that he wasn't supposed to. But the article doesn't really make that case. It just lists off a bunch of game related stuff he was doing online, never giving you a context to assess it in. My impression, is readers are just supposed to assume its bad because it is a wierd hobby. But i dont honestly think the article would had done the same if he was commenting on baseball league message boards.

 

[mach1.9pants]

Only in the US

Best wishes to Orcus in all his endeavours, a great guy who made some awesome stuff.

 

[Scorpio616]

I think if it had been other things, it wouldn't be a story. As far as i can tell from the article, the things he was using it for were all permissible uses of the internet connection he was using. If there are laws or rules he is breaching by making comments online, that is certainly deserving of attention, but the article doesn't indicate this was the case (it mentions briefly commenting on upcoming games, which is a possible problem but then never really explores that).

If any of the comments on message board include links to his company, like say in a signature, that is a commercial use because he is advertising his company in a quasi public message board. Heck if his Screen Name / Avatar is connectable to his company, any post he makes is arguably advertising.

EDIT:

Judicial branch employees may use state-owned computers and email and Internet services for personal use on their personal time, according to department policy. But that personal use may not include political or commercial purposes, the policy states.

 

[Bedrockgames]

If any of the comments on message board include links to his company, like say in a signature, that is a commercial use because he is advertising his company in a quasi public message board. Heck if his Screen Name / Avatar is connectable to his company, any post he makes is arguably advertising.

EDIT:

Again, like I said, the article raised the issue (the quoted text is what I had in mind) but doesn't follow through with any exploration of that subject to help the reader conclude anything. Certainly possible his sig or screen name had a link to the company, but the article doesn't say. He spends is all his research on finding the guys posts and post count, where he should have had legal experts weigh in on points like this. I am still left with the impression that the point of he article is the issue is the guy is a gamer.

 

[Morrus]

I also find it hard to believe this far into the 21st century that there are people on the Western world not fully familiar with basic concept of a messageboard username. To even begin to suggest that they think that Clark thinks he's the namesake of his username on a messageboard doesn't speak well of their ability to navigate this modern world. I can't imagine the array of challenge and confusion they might find at, say, an ATM or a vending machine.

 

[Lord Rasputin]

I'm sorry but I don't see how anyone with even a smidge of writing talent could conceivably believe this article meets ANY journalistic standards.

As someone with a journalism degree, I can confirm that it does not.

 

[Nightfall]

I also find it hard to believe this far into the 21st century that there are people on the Western world not fully familiar with basic concept of a messageboard username. To even begin to suggest that they think that Clark thinks he's the namesake of his username on a messageboard doesn't speak well of their ability to navigate this modern world. I can't imagine the array of challenge and confusion they might find at, say, an ATM or a vending machine.

Well not that I don't agree with you Morrus (cause I do!) but sometimes I think I'm my name sake for this username...

That being said, even I realize he's not Orcus. But he does a great impersonation of one!

Also I want to thank Lord Rasputin for his insight. I might have only attempted an English degree, but I'm glad someone with a Journalism degree can at least see that I'm right.

 

[GameDaddy]

Well, I'm pleased he a Judge these days. That a GM could become an actual Judge, that's pretty awesome!

Don't envy his job though... putting up with every shade of stupid from a group of his former peers (attorneys) who have nothing better to do than to pick apart his public and private life, and (they are...).

What he does with his personal time (and hobbies) is his business, and not the folks that are in his court room because the folks that are in his courtroom are the ones that can't (or won't) get along well enough to reach an agreement. If they can't get along well enough to reach an agreement without him, why should anyone believe anything they would have to say, about the schedule that is setup for Judge Peterson. Not the Judges fault the Lawyers are playing namby-pamby games with the court-room schedule, filing new motions for this, and that, and often nothing at all, in a ploy to gain more time for their client to pray up a case out of thin air.

Not his fault he has a staggering and crushing load of court cases from a bunch of retards that can't get along, sometimes the folks in his courtroom can't even get along with their own attorneys, the ones they hired to represent them.

...just sayin'

 

[Le Noir Faineant]

Just saying...

If Clark is as great a judge as he is a game designer... He is one of the very best judges out there.

 

[Scrivener of Doom]

Just saying...

If Clark is as great a judge as he is a game designer... He is one of the very best judges out there.

If you can master 1E then you have a massive headstart on mastering the law.

Seriously.