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<blockquote data-quote="Raven Crowking" data-source="post: 3891132" data-attributes="member: 18280">&quot;I have concerns&quot; is not spewing poison.&quot;Your concerns are stupid/not interesting/not worth it/shut up&quot; is.&quot;I'd like this information&quot; is not spewing poison.&quot;We're bending over backwards to give you information, and, BTW, no to all requests&quot; is.IMO, of course.&nbsp; YOMV.Now, me, I don't equate asking for information with &quot;spewing poison&quot;.&nbsp; I tend to think that, if you don't ask for information, then you shouldn't complain about not getting it.&nbsp; I tend to think that the init rules, in particular, aren't likely to be so Top Secret that the information isn't releaseable.Of course, if might be that WotC doesn't release any information.&nbsp; But (again IMO) uncovering that &quot;we're bending over backwards&quot; is untrue isn't spewing poison; saying &quot;we're bending over backwards&quot; when you are not is.Now, I'm willing to give WotC the benefit of the doubt.&nbsp; I've asked for information.Some folks on this thread seem to think &quot;we're bending over backwards&quot; is untrue; they're already &quot;apologizing&quot; for WotC.&nbsp; They seem to think that WotC wants an appearance of willingness to supply information without actually doing so.&nbsp; And, they seem to think that anything which points out that &quot;The Emperor Has No Clothes&quot; is &quot;spewing poison.&quot;I tend to believe that an apology/explaination will be unnecessary.&nbsp; I tend to think that WotC does want to release what it can, and that it just needs some direction about what might be welcome that isn't so &quot;big&quot; that it might cut sales of their &quot;WotC Presents&quot; holiday books.&nbsp; IOW, I am willing to believe that the Emperor is dressed.I might be wrong, of course.&nbsp; But thinking that WotC will respond is hardly spewing poison.RC</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Raven Crowking, post: 3891132, member: 18280"] "I have concerns" is not spewing poison. "Your concerns are stupid/not interesting/not worth it/shut up" is. "I'd like this information" is not spewing poison. "We're bending over backwards to give you information, and, BTW, [i]no[/i] to all requests" is. IMO, of course. YOMV. Now, me, I don't equate asking for information with "spewing poison". I tend to think that, if you don't ask for information, then you shouldn't complain about not getting it. I tend to think that the init rules, in particular, aren't likely to be so Top Secret that the information isn't releaseable. Of course, if might be that WotC doesn't release any information. But (again IMO) uncovering that "we're bending over backwards" is untrue isn't spewing poison; saying "we're bending over backwards" when you are not is. Now, I'm willing to give WotC the benefit of the doubt. I've asked for information. Some folks on this thread seem to think "we're bending over backwards" is untrue; they're already "apologizing" for WotC. They seem to think that WotC wants an [i]appearance[/i] of willingness to supply information without [i]actually doing so[/i]. And, they seem to think that anything which points out that "The Emperor Has No Clothes" is "spewing poison." I tend to believe that an apology/explaination will be unnecessary. I tend to think that WotC does want to release what it can, and that it just needs some direction about what might be welcome that isn't so "big" that it might cut sales of their "WotC Presents" holiday books. IOW, I am willing to believe that the Emperor is dressed. I might be wrong, of course. But thinking that WotC will respond is hardly spewing poison. RC [/QUOTE]

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