D&D 4E Comment about 4E designers loving D&D

[RFisher]

I've been in corporate sales for 7 years now, and I know when I see a sales pitch I don't like.

See, I find it hugely refreshing that the designers are just stepping forward & participating in the community rather than just giving us a sales pitch. I'm glad that they are not carefully considering everything they say for fear that we'll formally analyse it to draw wildly different conclusions from what they meant even if they didn't phrase it well. I'm glad that they've shown us the respect of believing that we'll give them the benefit of the doubt & look beyond individual statements.

...but that's just me...

Edit: Or perhaps I should say, "...the extent to which..." I know they are carefully considering what they are saying & giving a sales pitch...to a degree. It's the extent to which they aren't that impresses me.

 

[green slime]

"Because" is not synonymous with "necessitated by".

It was clearly to my mind a logical implication between the two statements. To suggest otherwise is rediculous. Read the original statement again.

B because of A. In other words: From A, follows B.

If A, then B. (A => B)

Which incidently is not the same as "If A and only if A, then B" ( A <=> B ), which would be required for your malaria <=> mosquito comparisson. This is obviously false.

John MacKie would do well to stay away from matches, methinks. His chain of logical and philosophical thought leaves me less than impressed.

 

[JRRNeiklot]

With respect to a news item posted this afternoon was this quote:

""I can say with confidence that anyone who attests that 4th edition is a “money grab,” or just a “3.75 edition,” need only speak to one of those architects to realize the truth: that 4th edition will be the best yet because the people working on the game, like the fans, love Dungeons and Dragons.""


Banshee

Gods, I love baseball. But if only, we got 10 strikes instead of 3, and if the bases were closer, and if we moved the fences in to 200 feet, and put trampolines in the outfield, so diving catches would look more cinematic, and the pitcher should be a monkey, because, well, everyone loves monkeys. That would so, improve the game because, well, I love baseball, so I couldn't possibly screw it up, right?

 

[Charwoman Gene]

trampolines in the outfield

SONIC Trampolines?

 

[Lonely Tylenol]

GAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Witness the importance of clarity of writing.

Someone mentioned Strunk & White in another thread...

 

[Wormwood]

Gods, I love baseball.

Gods I love tennis.

So much so that I believe that its traditions should be maintained and protected. Therefore, outdoor tennis courts should immediately be torn down and the game moved back indoors. Yes, I understand that development of lawn tennis broadened the game's appeal outside of those able to afford the long halls necessary to play the game...but tradition should trump popular appeal.

Racquets shall of course be banned, since 'real' tennis players used their palms (jeu de paume). Racquets are a late adulteration of the pure sport, allowing poorer players to contact make contact with the ball. Honestly, we should avoid all attempts to dumb-down our pure sport!

Naturally, servants will once more introduce the ball into the game court. Granted, this may be seen by some as a barrier to play, but tradition must be aknowledged!

 

[Henry]

Folks, let's avoid the political commentary from here out, OK? Thanks.

 

[Simia Saturnalia]

Gods, I love baseball.

Gods I love tennis.

So much so that I believe that its traditions should be maintained and protected. Therefore, outdoor tennis courts should immediately be torn down and the game moved back indoors. Yes, I understand that development of lawn tennis broadened the game's appeal outside of those able to afford the long halls necessary to play the game...but tradition should trump popular appeal.

Racquets shall of course be banned, since 'real' tennis players used their palms (jeu de paume). Racquets are a late adulteration of the pure sport, allowing poorer players to contact make contact with the ball. Honestly, we should avoid all attempts to dumb-down our pure sport!

Naturally, servants will once more introduce the ball into the game court. Granted, this may be seen by some as a barrier to play, but tradition must be aknowledged!

My pee-pee does not love you, good sir, but I think the rest of me does.

 

[Lonely Tylenol]

Gods, I love baseball.

Gods I love tennis.

An apt pair of demonstrations of why we should not confuse impassioned dedication with good ideas.

 

[Kae'Yoss]

I like swords.