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<blockquote data-quote="Massawyrm" data-source="post: 4239436" data-attributes="member: 7617"><p>We playtested the system. There were a number of comments made from our games that found themselves in later playtest copies and were eventually addressed.</p><p></p><p>Heh, I've heard about that E-mail. it was internal, sent to game developers and freelancers. I never got one, nor was it intimated.</p><p></p><p>This is true. I approached them. I played the game, loved the <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f642.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":)" title="Smile :)" data-smilie="1"data-shortname=":)" /><img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f642.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":)" title="Smile :)" data-smilie="1"data-shortname=":)" /><img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f642.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":)" title="Smile :)" data-smilie="1"data-shortname=":)" /><img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f642.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":)" title="Smile :)" data-smilie="1"data-shortname=":)" /> out of it and was sick of all the negative stories and bitching about it. So I got clearence from my boss to write about it and contacted WotC to get released from the NDA. I wanted to write a story that told people "Hey there's a guy out there that played it and he loves the <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f642.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":)" title="Smile :)" data-smilie="1"data-shortname=":)" /><img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f642.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":)" title="Smile :)" data-smilie="1"data-shortname=":)" /><img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f642.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":)" title="Smile :)" data-smilie="1"data-shortname=":)" /><img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f642.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":)" title="Smile :)" data-smilie="1"data-shortname=":)" /> out of it. maybe there's hope afterall." </p><p></p><p>Well, to be honest, we had no idea this would spread so wide into the gaming forums. I thought it would get some notice in the community, but not the size and scope that it did. So I assumed my seven years of honest reviewing at the site was pretty much all the credibility I needed over there.</p><p></p><p>I think this is where the real problem is coming in. You have to be very careful with the word <em>unbiased </em>around journos or critics. It intimates something completely different than what I now think you're actually saying. What you seem to want is a more <em>balanced</em> review, one that spends as much time picking nits as it does celebrating them. My review was completely <em>unbiased</em>. I wasn't paid by WotC, I don't work or freelance for them, my friends weren't on the project and I gain zero benefit if the game succeeds or fails. And since we never covered gaming before, it wasn't like I needed the story. I just wanted to write it. I'm just some dude who played it and liked it. A lot. I have zero <em>bias</em>. But I also won't argue that it is the most balanced review.</p><p></p><p></p><p>Wotc completely released me from my NDA with the agreement that i wouldn't post the type of info that would allow people to play the game in the articles - stat blocks or full, clear rule descriptions, etc. I gave them a courtesy heads up e-mail about yesterdays story, but they had no idea it was coming, nor did they know the content. I'm not certain what the rules for everyone else are.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Massawyrm, post: 4239436, member: 7617"] We playtested the system. There were a number of comments made from our games that found themselves in later playtest copies and were eventually addressed. Heh, I've heard about that E-mail. it was internal, sent to game developers and freelancers. I never got one, nor was it intimated. This is true. I approached them. I played the game, loved the :):):):) out of it and was sick of all the negative stories and bitching about it. So I got clearence from my boss to write about it and contacted WotC to get released from the NDA. I wanted to write a story that told people "Hey there's a guy out there that played it and he loves the :):):):) out of it. maybe there's hope afterall." Well, to be honest, we had no idea this would spread so wide into the gaming forums. I thought it would get some notice in the community, but not the size and scope that it did. So I assumed my seven years of honest reviewing at the site was pretty much all the credibility I needed over there. I think this is where the real problem is coming in. You have to be very careful with the word [I]unbiased [/I]around journos or critics. It intimates something completely different than what I now think you're actually saying. What you seem to want is a more [I]balanced[/I] review, one that spends as much time picking nits as it does celebrating them. My review was completely [I]unbiased[/I]. I wasn't paid by WotC, I don't work or freelance for them, my friends weren't on the project and I gain zero benefit if the game succeeds or fails. And since we never covered gaming before, it wasn't like I needed the story. I just wanted to write it. I'm just some dude who played it and liked it. A lot. I have zero [I]bias[/I]. But I also won't argue that it is the most balanced review. Wotc completely released me from my NDA with the agreement that i wouldn't post the type of info that would allow people to play the game in the articles - stat blocks or full, clear rule descriptions, etc. I gave them a courtesy heads up e-mail about yesterdays story, but they had no idea it was coming, nor did they know the content. I'm not certain what the rules for everyone else are. [/QUOTE]
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