Wil Wheaton Drops Dungeon Column

[reveal]

don't forget the "q" contingent.

diaglo "coq sportif" Ooi

F*q the "q" contingent.

 

[DonTadow]

You sir, uh, have man boobs.


How's that?

almost there but not quite.

 

[EricNoah]

I think you mean the Q Continuum, don't you?

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On a more serious note, I see the writing on the wall. It's time for me to step up and offer to write the replacement column for Wil Save. My column will be called You Save, and it will feature tips on how to get the best bang for your buck.

You have been warned.

 

[DaveMage]

My column... ...will feature tips on how to get the best bang for your buck.

Would your grandmother approve of this?

 

[Banshee16]

That's not a great counterpoint. The vast majority of people simply aren't good enough at writing to have a column of any kind.

Bingo. I'd say that most people are only great writers in their own minds. I have to admit that I kind of got into reading Wil's column. It's not Shakespeare, but there were some funny parts

I don't know why it is....I just find some gamers take themselves way too seriously...and in an environment like the Internet, it makes for some people expressing visceral, insulting views. From what I understand, companies often consider input received as being indicative of a larger number of people with the same feedback, but who didn't both expressing it. So, basically, the complainers were listened to, and the hypothetical contented majority (if it exists) is now going to be disserved.

Again, this is hypothetical...I can't get in Erik's head, so I have no inside information on what actually happened.

I do think that having a celebrity, however minor his status, writing about the hobby is actually rather interesting. It can be good coverage, and a display of a normal, well-adjusted gamer, who is not 30 years old and living in his mom's basement, which appears to be the stereotype which is being perpetrated in mainstream media.

Banshee

 

[Mark]

On a more serious note, I see the writing on the wall. It's time for me to step up and offer to write the replacement column for Wil Save. My column will be called You Save, and it will feature tips on how to get the best bang for your buck.

You have been warned.

Call it "ENdure" and make it about how to keep characters alive...

 

[reveal]

Would your grandmother approve of this?

You an I think way too much alike.

 

[reveal]

almost there but not quite.

You, sir, are a who likes to and and your with a tire iron, you .

I sure hope the filter catches all that.

 

[Erik Mona]

and shame on Mr. Mona for listening only to a narrow group of posters instead of reaching out to the larger community as he has done in the past.

If I could respond appropriately to this call for shame I would probably be banned, and I would no doubt lose readers and a lot of people's respect.

You have no idea what went on behind the scenes of the column. The column was MY IDEA, and I edited every single one of them. I worked with Wil to make the column a better fit for the magazine (it's not a poker magazine), and he responded well to the editorial input.

After he decided to step away due to over-commitment and negative reader feedback, I tried very hard to save the column, and am more disappointed than you that the column is no longer in the magazine.

And for this I should be ashamed?

I think not, sir.

--Erik

 

[DonTadow]

You, sir, are a who likes to and and your with a tire iron, you .

I sure hope the filter catches all that.

See you did it, he's back to the boards. Now if only we can get him to read the ideas instead of all this senseless dribbling filler.