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Message: <blockquote data-quote="the_redbeard" data-source="post: 7752683" data-attributes="member: 22644">This kind of vague character assassination is pretty low.  He failed to fulfill a kickstarter.  That demonstrates he's untrustworthy at fulfilling a project, or handling money, or things of that nature.  (As I understand it, his father died and he had a breakdown.)  However, unlike others who have done the same, he delivered what he had done to others who did then fulfill it.  Was there something else he did or failed to do?I don't see what bearing that has on the nearly 3000 (2857) posts of his blog, Grognardia, that remain on the net as a insightful commentary on early D&D and other RPGs.  His work contributed to the community and play style of the OSR.You really do need to read the definition of Ad Homenim, which your posts in this thread certainly are.  You've made vague assertions about his character but haven't said anything about the truth or falseness of what he said or challenged his credentials as a commentator (not publisher) of the game.<a href="https://www.thoughtco.com/ad-hominem-fallacy-1689062" target="_blank">Ad hominem is a logical fallacy that involves a personal attack: an argument based on the perceived failings of an adversary rather than on the merits of the case. Also called argumentum ad hominem, abusive ad hominem, poisoning the well, ad personam, and mud slinging. </a><a href="https://www.thoughtco.com/ad-hominem-fallacy-1689062" target="_blank"></a><a href="https://www.thoughtco.com/ad-hominem-fallacy-1689062" target="_blank">In their book Commitment in Dialogue: Basic Concepts of Interpersonal Reasoning (SUNY Press, 1995), Douglas Walton and Eric Krabbe identify three types of argumentum ad hominem:</a><a href="https://www.thoughtco.com/ad-hominem-fallacy-1689062" target="_blank"></a><a href="https://www.thoughtco.com/ad-hominem-fallacy-1689062" target="_blank">    1) The personal or abusive ad hominem alleges bad character for veracity, or bad moral character generally.</a><a href="https://www.thoughtco.com/ad-hominem-fallacy-1689062" target="_blank">    2) The circumstantial ad hominem alleges a practical inconsistency between the person and his or circumstances.</a><a href="https://www.thoughtco.com/ad-hominem-fallacy-1689062" target="_blank">    3) A third type of ad hominem, the bias or ' poisoning the well' variant, alleges that the person has a hidden agenda or something to gain and is therefore not an honest or objective arguer.</a></blockquote>

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