Recent content by Midnight Rider

I enjoyed posting this metareview. We should have more discussion, not less. I'm happy to see NG posting. Orcus does a great job. And no, I'm not affiliated with NG, Orcus or Rob Kuntz in any way. If my posts were to also bring Mr. Kuntz to respond, I would be even more satisfied. I don't see...

I'm simply posting my opinion for the pleasure of showing how Psion's points aren't the entire story. Psion has not been objective. The journalistic standard for objectivity requires a thorough and broad reading in addition to a broad critique. He broadly critiques the work. He does not give it...

Re: Re: Re: Re. EN World staff reviewers and good/bad reviews I'm sorry, but we're not allowed to talk about moderators in ENworld. Therefore, if you don't see it yourself, it doesn't exist. and you can ignore that part of my post because it refers to something which doesn't really exist...

This is not posted in the conversation about reviews being good or bad. This responds to a large number of inaccuracies found in Psion's review. I would have posted this as a comment to the review, but I could nto find such a button to comment with. So I post it here, believing it balances...

This eliminates the possibility of better products because anything which is creative, but ignores the current trend, will get a bad review, even if it is a really good product. If a journalist were reviewing a product which goes against the typical crap that is out there, they'd recognize what...

Yes, well, you would think this. ENworld continues to become a less interesting place, less supported by a breadth of publishers, and is running straight downhill for anyone with an opinion. Fanboy raving is acceptable in the message area, but not strong opnions. Yet ironically, sharp critiques...

1) Fantasy Worlds usually have little to do with modern day biological sciences, so nobody would usually know that it wasn't a multi-celled creature. 2) Over the centuries of human progress, we have taken pigs to court and fined them, and we have also claimed animals have no intelligence...

I think he may be stating one area is nice while the rest, in his opinion, not necessarily mine, is "goofy." I was simply stating, trolls are meant to raise disagreement, so anything which raises disagreement could be a troll. Therefore, in a place where there are a lot of trolls, anytime you...

That's because anything you disagree with trolls you even if it isn't a troll doing it.

Yes, Eric, it's true. Some topics on the boards are no longer taken seriously due to the Flame Wars. I'm just wondering whether ENWorld was better before the Flame Wars, and while I don't want to be labeled old-school, I sometimes wish we could roll back the clock to the years before 576, when...

Someone told me there are a lot of other messageboards, and I'm wondering where they are and what each of them are like. What role-playing/game industry messageboards do you go to and what experiences have you had there? Do they have lots of messages, are they lightly moderated, are they full...

What do you expect for someone who created a website named after himself? You get these types of ranting ditties from people who stand on their own soap box. He apparantly doesn't know about the early internet admonishment against websites named after their creator. It is rather tacky. Go there...

In the campaign next door, one of the PCs, a 19th level Monk, is fighting gaining experience. He has heard tales that if he advances to 20th level any mage able to cast protection from Law will be able to avoid his unarmed attack, rendering him entirely ineffective for advancing in experience...

Done to the tune of “What the world needs now, is love, sweet love!” By Monte (old school) Cook ;) What the world needs now, Is drow Sweet drow! They’re the thing beneath your feet And ya don’t Even Know it! (Chorus) They’ll be creepin up on you they’ll be in your hall closet! (Chorus)...