Louis Porter Jr.'s Apology for my April Fool's Joke

[lmpjr007]

My Apology for my April Fool's Joke

 

[ShinHakkaider]

Wow. For all the hand wringing and anger in the other thread, I'm not at all surprised that no one has responded here.

I'm gonna be the first the respond and say that an apology to those people especially the more vocal ones will mean absolutely nothing. They're going to remember the slight more than the mea culpa. I'm fairly certain that most of them wont acknowledge the apology and maintain their anger and beef with you.

In the other thread you have posters calling other posters flat out SOCIOPATHS because they're offended that someone actually thought that your April Fools Joke was funny and that people are taking this too seriously.

SOCIOPATH?!? REALLY?

So no amount of "i'm sorry" is going to placate these people. You should just take your lumps and keep it moving. I'm pretty sure now you're going also take a beating for issuing an apology as well.

 

[enrious]

Shin, if you're going to summarize something going on in another thread, it helps credibility if you don't make things up.

As it is, I suspect there are people who will not be placated by an apology. There will be others who will figure we all make mistakes and move on.

In other words, life moves on.

 

[Keith Robinson]

Wow. For all the hand wringing and anger in the other thread, I'm not at all surprised that no one has responded here.

Or...

It could just be that people have other things to do and aren't aware of it.

Or...

It could just be that people are considering what their response might be.

Or...

It could just be that people are on different time zones and will respond later.

Or...

It could just be that people are watching the cricket world cup.

Or...

It could just be that people are doing one of a million possible things right now.

Or...

It could just be that people are weighed down by the sneering and callous cynicism of people like you.

Wow. So many possibilities that didn't get the time of day in your, er, thought process.

I wonder why that doesn't surprise me?

Edit: I've responded directly to LMPjr in the other thread, since that is where I've made all my other posts on the matter.

 

[heymitch]

I (and I would hazard to say most of the posters in the other thread) were well aware that this was an April Fool's prank well before Roleplaying Cougars was announced on Friday.

I wasn't offended because I fell for a prank. I was offended because the butt of the joke wasn't Nicolas Logue (who really deserves more than a few jabs at this point). It was the people who pre-ordered and were waiting for this title to come out for several years.

I thought it was mean-spirited to play on (or make fun of) the hopes of gamers (and potential customers) who had been burned by Sinister Adventures and Nick Logue. Why pick at a scab?

After the announcement, Louis went so far as to delete some comments off of his blog that weren't complimentary to him (and were by no means vulgar). If you weren't laughing with him, you weren't to be heard at all.

All of that taken together leads me to believe that Louis showed very poor judgment with regards to the feelings of others, and yet was quite thin-skinned concerning comments made about him.

If in the future, Louis shows as much concern for the feelings of others as he does for himself, he'll be well-served.

All of that being said, Louis apologized, and that's good enough.

In the future, I'd consider buying products from Louis, if they were well-reviewed by others. Unrelated to this whole April Fool's thing, I haven't bought his stuff for a while because I wasn't very impressed with what I had previously bought. If he puts something out that is well-received, I'll probably buy it. The April Fool's thing won't factor into my future buying decisions.

Louis...for your next attempt at public humor, go with self-deprecating. As long as you're okay with it, nobody is likely to object...

 

[carmachu]

Wow. For all the hand wringing and anger in the other thread, I'm not at all surprised that no one has responded here.

You might want to notice that some of us, who were angry, have posted in the orginal thread, not this one, where the apology is also posted....

But if you want responses here.....

I still can believe he couldnt see it coming, given as smart as he says he is...a quick tour around various boards could see hope building fast.

Having said that, he apologized, and more important, took responsibility. Thats good enough and time to move on.

 

[Aberzanzorax]

I've yet to listen to the apology, which is why I haven't posted (using sound on my computer around the family tends to distract my kids)...but I'll say that if the apology is sincere and takes responsibility, it'll be water under the bridge.

Thank you for the apology.

 

[Umbran]

Here's a hint - if you see people behaving badly in one thread, acting to ensure that the issue spreads to other threads is... unwise, to say the least.

Thread closed.