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<blockquote data-quote="Shemeska" data-source="post: 4308592" data-attributes="member: 11697">In addition to what others have said:I wouldn't have mocked previous editions' fluff, and even more so I wouldn't have gotten my facts on those things wrong when I mocked them. Bytopia is not the the primary NG plane, nor were mezzoloths/mezzodaemons ever associated with demons or CE to justify making them CE in 4th. That just looks bad when you're paid to know those sort of things, and it doesn't bode well for public relations when a lot of people enjoyed the flavor you're 'putting a bullet in the head' of to replace with something new.I would have handled the drama over on Gleemax better (it's difficult to see how it could be worse). For the past year things have gone steadily downhill, with tons of regulars dropping out, WizOs getting fired or leaving en masse over various issues, really ugly and petty politics in the VCL program, and people openly calling for the resignation of the Gleemax community liason who has become a polarizing figure to a large portion of that community. This isn't the sort of thing they want from their flagship/money pit website when they're trying to entice people with the promise of DDI.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Shemeska, post: 4308592, member: 11697"] In addition to what others have said: I wouldn't have mocked previous editions' fluff, and even more so I wouldn't have gotten my facts on those things wrong when I mocked them. Bytopia is not the the primary NG plane, nor were mezzoloths/mezzodaemons ever associated with demons or CE to justify making them CE in 4th. That just looks bad when you're paid to know those sort of things, and it doesn't bode well for public relations when a lot of people enjoyed the flavor you're 'putting a bullet in the head' of to replace with something new. I would have handled the drama over on Gleemax better (it's difficult to see how it could be worse). For the past year things have gone steadily downhill, with tons of regulars dropping out, WizOs getting fired or leaving en masse over various issues, really ugly and petty politics in the VCL program, and people openly calling for the resignation of the Gleemax community liason who has become a polarizing figure to a large portion of that community. This isn't the sort of thing they want from their flagship/money pit website when they're trying to entice people with the promise of DDI. [/QUOTE]

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