Incivility on the forums.

[Henry]

Merric, I'd rather have you bringing that stuff to my attention (with the positive light that you put on it) than someone who might bring it up negatively and not tell all the facts surrounding it. I'd rather hear, "Guess what? WotC's [putting out this product, which has X, Y, and Z!" than someone saying, "have you heard that WotC's putting out this product? Sounds like total crap, and I bet it'll flop!"

Admittedly, none of those products sound like they';re gonna thrill me, either, but it's nice to know about 'em! I'm more interested in what Charles had to say about the Greyhawk situation, myself, and had I not read that, I wouldn't have heard it, or worse, I'd have heard someone's filtered version of it more likely.

 

[Joshua Randall]

Yo, Merric, I got your back. Meet me out front after school and we'll lay the smack down on these playa-haters.

As my dad used to say: illegitimus non carborundum -- don't let the b*astards grind you down. Just laught it off or ignore them (or even Ignore them, if you know what I mean) and move on.

 

[Arnwyn]

I saw nothing uncivil in the linked post.

 

[Crothian]

Merric, you do good work. I'd hate to see a few little problems like this cause you to stop. I very much appriciate the informaiton you bring over here abotu what Wizards is doing.

 

[DungeonmasterCal]

Heck...if a WotC product comes out and I DON'T hear from Merric, I think something's wrong. I've come to expect and rely on Merric's views on products!

 

[diaglo]

Merric, you do good work. I'd hate to see a few little problems like this cause you to stop. I very much appriciate the informaiton you bring over here abotu what Wizards is doing.

i could let you know what WotC is doing if Merric doesn't want to anymore.

 

[Varianor Abroad]

While I don't think it was personally aimed at Merric, I do think that those comments were unnecessary and borderline uncivil. Should you guys be politeness cops too? I would hate for it to go to that level. But it would certainly behoove people to keep their mouths shut and fingers off their keyboards if they have nothing nice to say.

 

[Turjan]

i could let you know what WotC is doing if Merric doesn't want to anymore.

I'd bet the tenor would change quite a bit !

@Merric: I like your announcements. It's always interesting to hear what WotC are up to, and that's why I appreciate those posts. I'm pretty sure that I don't like a product if you like it and that I like a book if you find it uninteresting, but that's also valuable information for me . Don't let your optimism slip !

 

[Arnwyn]

But it would certainly behoove people to keep their mouths shut and fingers off their keyboards if they have nothing nice to say.

I think you meant to say "constructive", as opposed to "nice". At least, I sure hope you did.

 

[Varianor Abroad]

Given comments like "I saw nothing uncivil in the linked post." then yeah, I meant nice. But I would certainly accept "constructive" as well. Posting a snore comment is hardly constructive or nice.