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Message: <blockquote data-quote="pnakotus4" data-source="post: 4059313" data-attributes="member: 60447">From the skortched urf site:Wow, Black Tokyo is still getting people riled up. I had a person (from Amsterdam) post several comments to this Blog calling me an "idiot" and "insanely stupid" among other things, who is apparently upset that I didn’t let those comments get posted. So he has signed up over at ENWorld just so he could post bad things about Black Tokyo and Skortched Urf Studios while encouraging everyone to ask for a refund! According to him we are "incapable of producing a quality product". (Despite the numerous five-star reviewed products we currently have out there; many of them written by the same author as Black Tokyo.)I have acknowledged several of the faults Black Tokyo has, but at the end of the day NONE of our other products has generated such a heated response. Am I really expected to believe that all of this criticism is because of some layout and font issues? I put an very clear disclaimer on this product:I can’t say I wasn’t expecting some blowback from this release. I am a big boy, and I can handle the criticisms.I don't think you can. You're becoming paranoid and assuming that everyone who points out your mistakes is the same person. Of course on the internet you cannot tell, but that only makes it more important not to jump to conclusions.There are two comments on your blog, I shall reproduce them here:Lazarus Says:      From the D20 system trademark guide:      "Sexual Themes [...] not acceptable. While sensuality and sexuality may appear in a Covered Product, it must not be the focus nor can it be salacious in nature."      You dumb bastards.skortched urf studios Says:      We are not using the D20 System Logo anywhere in the Black Tokyo product, as such the terms of the D20 System Trademark Guide do not apply to an OGL release. But thanks for your comments just the same!-The Poor Dumb BastardsSo he claimed you were in violation of the D20 license (you are.) You deny releasing the game under that license, (you did, I can post the first page of my copy.) You mention that you've deleted his posts, and he's upset about it, yes?So, are we to conclude that in his subsequent posts he called you on this, and you started deleting his then because you no longer had a pithy answer - and then went and quietly removed the D20 license text from the published PDF? I also notice you mentioned my review, but didn't provide a link to it. You're a lot more comfortable when the audience can only see your side of the debate, aren't you?You see, it's this sort of unprofessional behaviour that gets people riled up. Getting angry instead of grateful when people point out your mistakes, concealing them instead of admitting and fixing them.As for my criticisms, are they down to a few font issues? No, I've roundly criticised every part of the book, from the game systems to the juvenile content to the lack of proofreading. And yet, you continue to repeat the mantra that anyone who doesn't like your book didn't read the disclaimer and is simply offended by the existence of a game with sexual content.And as for appealing to your other five star products, I'm afraid you can't have it both ways. Either you're a small company who can't be expected to publish things according to professional standards, or you've produced many professional products in the past - in which case you merely have no excuse for failing to do so this time.</blockquote>

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