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Message: <blockquote data-quote="koga305" data-source="post: 6718540" data-attributes="member: 6747640">Well, we're seeing some new developments. The Mad Adventurers Society (the same website that publishes Angry Rants) just published <a href="http://www.madadventurers.com/adventurers-league-from-behind-the-screen/" target="_blank">a response article</a> written by a former Local Coordinator. How "former?" Try two days ago. In the article, Voltramax (the author) claims that he was "kicked out" of the Adventurers League leadership for engaging with the Mad Adventurers Society at all, which motivated him to write an article in response.As the actual article goes, I don't find Voltramax's points to be nearly as salient as Angry's. Of course the adventures are going to be a little bit railroaded, that's the nature of organized play! As long as both players and DM buy into this, it works just fine. It seems like there's a lot of salt regarding the way Voltramax's ideas were treated, but even taking those claims at face value that's not really a problem with the program. The article overall rambles quite a bit, so it's hard to get at the exact points Voltramax is responding to.That said, it does seem worrying if the "official" AL response is to try and silence someone who wants to critique the program from the inside. I suspect we don't know the full story, and it's possible Voltramax misinterpreted what he was told about the issue. This could also be a case of one authority figure getting a little overzealous in addressing the issue without checking in with the rest of the leadership.Regardless, at this point it seems that the best response from the Adventurers League would be to have one of the leadership figures write something explaining what happened. It'd be even better if they addressed Angry's points while they were at it, but at minimum I'd like an official explanation of what happened with Voltramax. If he really did get asked to leave just for engaging with Mad Adventurers, that doesn't seem right.</blockquote>

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