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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Mouseferatu" data-source="post: 1769291" data-attributes="member: 1288">Okay, let's slow down for a minute. In fact, let's come to a screeching halt entirely.First, I've known C.A., personally and professionally, for over three years. And I can assure that if he gives an opinion on a product, it's his honest opinion of the product, any conflict with the company aside. Trying to dismiss his opinions on this book because he may or may not have a conflict with Mongoose is, while perhaps understandable if you don't know him, completely flawed thinking.Second... You know how, in courtrooms (or at least courtrooms on television), something that's considered inadmissable can be brought in despite that fact, if it directly contradicts a claim made by a defendant on the stand? Well, I'd never have brought any of the following up, Matt, if you hadn't come on here and claimed to have "no idea" why C.A. has a beef with you or your company.Could it be because you've gone on record in other communities claiming that writers are an unimportant part of the process, and that "there's always more" where we come from?Could it be because C.A. believes (as do many others) that your massive release schedule is a major contributor to the current poor state of the D20 market--an opinion he's expressed to you before, so it shouldn't come as a surprise?Could it be because when C.A. has expressed negative opinions of some of your products before in public forums--opinions he's backed up with valid criticism--he's been accused of bias there, too?I understand your desire to defend one of your books, Matt, but please don't come on here pretending ignorance and trying to convince others that C.A.'s opinions are the product of some unwarranted and inexplicable grudge. He's never made any bones about exactly what problems he has with you, and he's never publically "slated" one of your products based on those problems.Why is it so hard to accept that someone might dislike your company based on actions you and your company have taken? Why assume it must be personal? Assuming that it's a personal chip, rather than actual professional concerns--and even worse, going around on public forums and attempting to invalidate his concerns by claiming that there must be some unknown personal concern behind it--is a pretty cheap tactic.</blockquote>

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