GENEWEIGEL
Explorer
Hey there,
I just wanted to say thanks for the honest opinions on that "little" matter!
Pheww!
Was it getting hot in here or was it just me?
Anyway I just want to set the record straight on the remark that I'm some kind of mouth piece. Well, I act at the behest of no one but myself.
Let me just explain.
I love this D&D game, as a lot of you know by now as I'm often humorously cantankerous and rambunctious with a lot of you about certain flaws in the game.
But let's just put all that aside for a minute and look at the big picture.
This game has been around since the early 1970's almost 30 years by now and it went through the ringer as we all know about halfway down the road.
Blah, blah, blah, what's the point?
Now that "ringer" squeezed everything, not just the gusto out of the work but the expectations of the writers and the fans as well.
And it has affected all of us even those who came in after the fact.
There is an inherent hostility in regards to the writers of what is essentially the very same game that you hold in your hands today.
Whether it's Gary Gygax, Robert Kuntz or even Dave Arneson. The reaction is kick first and ask questions later.
When 3e came around and I asked eagerly to see some original Greyhawk ideas come back (By Gary Gygax or Rob Kuntz), I was treated like a leper.
A shocking reminder that the 2e years still perpetuate even without "TSR's Boss of Terror".
So... get to the point! Get to the point, "fanboy"!
The point is that the stuff that those who walked through the "Greenway Valley" (See Village of Hommlet) with me want to see has been denied and denied and denied.
So that is why I say what I say without prompting to set things straight on some people's opinions that are often misplaced or of just plain rotten origin.
Mr Controversy indeed.
Truth is I don't want to see anymore controversy.
Or even the best laid plans for an entire generation go astray because someone needs to cause controversy.
Nobody more than I fears the return of a one horse town where the original fans are treated like the diseased.
I act alone and I ask for the same treatment if I go down the crooked path as well.
Peace and may Zuggtmoy go with you!
Sorry.
I just wanted to say thanks for the honest opinions on that "little" matter!
Pheww!
Was it getting hot in here or was it just me?
Anyway I just want to set the record straight on the remark that I'm some kind of mouth piece. Well, I act at the behest of no one but myself.
Let me just explain.
I love this D&D game, as a lot of you know by now as I'm often humorously cantankerous and rambunctious with a lot of you about certain flaws in the game.
But let's just put all that aside for a minute and look at the big picture.
This game has been around since the early 1970's almost 30 years by now and it went through the ringer as we all know about halfway down the road.
Blah, blah, blah, what's the point?
Now that "ringer" squeezed everything, not just the gusto out of the work but the expectations of the writers and the fans as well.
And it has affected all of us even those who came in after the fact.
There is an inherent hostility in regards to the writers of what is essentially the very same game that you hold in your hands today.
Whether it's Gary Gygax, Robert Kuntz or even Dave Arneson. The reaction is kick first and ask questions later.
When 3e came around and I asked eagerly to see some original Greyhawk ideas come back (By Gary Gygax or Rob Kuntz), I was treated like a leper.
A shocking reminder that the 2e years still perpetuate even without "TSR's Boss of Terror".
So... get to the point! Get to the point, "fanboy"!
The point is that the stuff that those who walked through the "Greenway Valley" (See Village of Hommlet) with me want to see has been denied and denied and denied.
So that is why I say what I say without prompting to set things straight on some people's opinions that are often misplaced or of just plain rotten origin.
Mr Controversy indeed.
Truth is I don't want to see anymore controversy.
Or even the best laid plans for an entire generation go astray because someone needs to cause controversy.
Nobody more than I fears the return of a one horse town where the original fans are treated like the diseased.
I act alone and I ask for the same treatment if I go down the crooked path as well.
Peace and may Zuggtmoy go with you!
Sorry.