Mearls Blog: PHB2 is his best ever
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Man writes book.
Man really likes book even though he has written countless others.
Man shares his enthusiasm with the RPG community.
Some annonymous people on the internet are unimpressed.
News at eleven.
I'm not a published RPG designer, but I've done design work (of various sorts - both programming and RPG design) I thought was totally awesome when I finished, and done work I thought was passable when I finished, and done work I thought was a pile of crap when I finished. I don't see why it would be different for Mike Mearls there, except that he might not want to say that he thinks his crappy work is crap 'cuz he still wants to... you know, actually sell it.
Also I'd like to suggest that anyone who thinks the Wizard as a whole is underpowered is likely to be drunk, and quite possibly a lunatic to boot. Orb wizards are terrifying as they climb in levels. Mike Mearls's statement was about the Wizard's at-will powers, which are basically just blasting single targets unimpressively, and about that he's probably right.
Also I'd like to suggest that anyone who thinks the Wizard as a whole is underpowered is likely to be drunk, and quite possibly a lunatic to boot. Orb wizards are terrifying as they climb in levels. Mike Mearls's statement was about the Wizard's at-will powers, which are basically just blasting single targets unimpressively, and about that he's probably right.
I generally tend to believe that:
a)The newest thing I've written is my best work ever. (Or at least as good)
b)The newest thing I've written is utter and complete crap and everyone will hate it and why did I ever think I could write, I hate myself and everything I've done.
If you do not understand how both of these feelings can be true at once, you are not a writer.
Only after a few months can I sanely evaluate any given work in the context of the whole thing.
SteveC
Doing the best imitation of myself
I just wanted to echo this, as it happens to me all the time.
What's really odd is that when I look at my older stuff (the stuff that I had that reaction of "it's great/it's horrid") I usually say, "man, I sure could write back then. What's happened since then?"
Seriously: reading one's own work is a rollercoaster experience, and when you have that "aha!" experience, it's probably something pretty special. Time will tell, of course. We'll soon all be able to tell Mr. Mearls if what he wrote is great or utter crap. I'm sure we will, too.
Wow, I hope Mike publishes an entry on his blog about making some really good waffles, because while I don't write much, I'm none-too-shabby with a waffle iron if I do so say so myself, and would love to share my thoughts on that craft. Sometimes I make a waffle and I'm all like "dude, best waffles EVAR", but y'know what? Like a week later, I make a waffle and I'm like "oh no way, that is gross--did I get a roach motel stuck in the batter or something?" Seriously, I could go on for pages with self-indulgent gems like that. 
Come on, Mike, please?
Come on, Mike, please?
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Wow, I hope Mike publishes an entry on his blog about making some really good waffles, because while I don't write much, I'm none-too-shabby with a waffle iron if I do so say so myself, and would love to share my thoughts on that craft. Sometimes I make a waffle and I'm all like "dude, best waffles EVAR", but y'know what? Like a week later, I make a waffle and I'm like "oh no way, that is gross--did I get a roach motel stuck in the batter or something?" Seriously, I could go on for pages with self-indulgent gems like that.
Come on, Mike, please?
"Writers prone to self-indulgent navel-gazing. Film at 11."
Maggan
Writer for CY_BORG, Forbidden Lands and Dragonbane
Ding! We have a winner!
Complaining about all the self-indulgence in a blog is like complaining about all the nudity in pornography.
Sounds like he is happy with the final result regarding his worries of the limits of what was possible to do with what he was assigned with.
The enthusiasm comes with the feeling of achieving victory of surpassing your limits or fears.
Certainly this is promotional because it is more integrated to a situation of professional development rather than personal development that a writer or an artist mostly deals with. I mean, if he had the chance to write whatever he wished I doubt he would be coming with 4e or an expansion of 4e.
The enthusiasm comes with the feeling of achieving victory of surpassing your limits or fears.
Certainly this is promotional because it is more integrated to a situation of professional development rather than personal development that a writer or an artist mostly deals with. I mean, if he had the chance to write whatever he wished I doubt he would be coming with 4e or an expansion of 4e.
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