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<blockquote data-quote="Tao" data-source="post: 4361647" data-attributes="member: 62326">Like I said, his assessment of the situation was a good one.&nbsp; However, publicly using words like &quot;moron&quot; and &quot;sucks&quot; to describe what is essentially a competitor and former employer is considered unprofessional at best.&nbsp; It is one thing to make a professional assessment of a situation.&nbsp; It is quite another to do so while using emotionally charged words and publicly questioning the ethics and intelligence of the people you are criticizing.I've had complaints about Wizards of the Coast's message boards that extend well into Morris' tenure.&nbsp; Acting like he was the duct tape that was single handily holding the boards together might be patting himself on the back a bit too hard.&nbsp; I'm not saying he was responsible for them, but he may be forgetting that it is a lot easier to run a site like this without the layers and layers of executive oversight and interference.&nbsp; Many of the problems over there are not new... some of them are.&nbsp; All of them need to be fixed.I am not going to sugarcoat these problems.&nbsp; They're extremely unfortunate, and they could have and should have been avoided.&nbsp; They most likely would have been avoided if WotC really valued the forums in anything other than a support role.&nbsp; However, there is a fine line between criticism and insults.&nbsp; Once you begin to cross that line, your input becomes increasingly likely to be ignored by anyone who can fix the problem.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Tao, post: 4361647, member: 62326"] Like I said, his assessment of the situation was a good one. However, publicly using words like "moron" and "sucks" to describe what is essentially a competitor and former employer is considered unprofessional at best. It is one thing to make a professional assessment of a situation. It is quite another to do so while using emotionally charged words and publicly questioning the ethics and intelligence of the people you are criticizing. I've had complaints about Wizards of the Coast's message boards that extend well into Morris' tenure. Acting like he was the duct tape that was single handily holding the boards together might be patting himself on the back a bit too hard. I'm not saying he was responsible for them, but he may be forgetting that it is a lot easier to run a site like this without the layers and layers of executive oversight and interference. Many of the problems over there are not new... some of them are. All of them need to be fixed. I am not going to sugarcoat these problems. They're extremely unfortunate, and they could have and should have been avoided. They most likely would have been avoided if WotC really valued the forums in anything other than a support role. However, there is a fine line between criticism and insults. Once you begin to cross that line, your input becomes increasingly likely to be ignored by anyone who can fix the problem. [/QUOTE]

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