From my perspective its about truth and integrity. Which one thing these threads have shown me, mean pretty much nothing to many people.
Whoa there Tex, no need to start casting aspersions at those that disagree with you (although, to be frank, you started with these comments some time back). You might consider that
truth and integrity mean plenty to many of these people you're referring to, but that their perspective on the situation is far different than yours. In fact, the sheer number of people that seem to view this in a different perspective might encourage you to try to step back, take a deep breath and look at the situation from another angle yourself.
Plus remember, like the many threads about "game problems" that came before this, I didn't name names, I didn't "out" anyone, and I certainly did not lie to anyone about anything.
Well, at least on one site, it was clear who you were talking about to at least several posters. But that's not the point. There's no reason you shouldn't have posted this thread
and named names;
but you should have talked to "Other DM"
first. It's clear from his posts that there
was miscommunication of some degree, even if just about what his intentions were.
The whole issue here of COMMUNICATION, imho, trumps concerns about honesty- because if you can't agree on what the discussion is about, how can you be honest?
My "friend" is a liar, but I am not the one who made themselves known, he decided to do this. I "protected the involved parties" as is expected for thread topics of this nature. So don't go painting me in a light I do not deserve. I followed the proper rules for threads like this.
I'm not sure what "rules" you're talking about. Surely not rules of etiquette, because if you wanted to be polite, courteous or respectful, you would have talked to New DM first. And Doug wasn't painting you in any light, just pointing out that calling your friend a liar all over the Internet is only exacerbating the problem. I imagine that you can see that he is correct if you just step back and think about it, instead of
saying it again in response.
Seriously, dude, if you want to stay friends with New DM you need to chill out. He's probably pretty upset and angry at this by now, what with you continuing to call him a liar despite his (very civil imho) attempts to explain his side of the story and his very public apologies. What exactly do you want from him? Surely at this point you know better than to ask him to step up and continue your campaign; so
what are you trying to achieve? Because it looks to me like you're going to destroy your friendship and maybe shatter your gaming group by making all these waves.
