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Wil Wheaton Drops Dungeon Column
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ColonelHardisson
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diaglo said:
Doesn't mean they're a good writer.
fanboy2000
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You're wrong. Any story hour from me would be painful to read.diaglo said:
GVDammerung
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Mark said:Welcome to the boards (or out of lurkerdom)!
I think it might be overreaching to lump together all of the people who made directly negative comments about Wil Wheaton personally and those who may have had a point regarding the content.
Thank you.
On and off lurker, finally registering. I agree. I would not want to lump everyone who was critical of Wil Save together. In fact, IMO, there was far less vituperation than might be thought from reading reactions to the demise of the column. I will imagine that it was some of the less biting criticism that may have played a part in ocassioning the request that Wheaton adjust the focus of his articles.
JoeGKushner
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fanboy2000 said:
Is it done on razor paper? Steel edged razor paper? Or must it be read in a locked box rapidly filling up with water?
buzz
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This thread makes me sad for two reasons.
1. I really liked Wil's column. To add to the chorus, it's the first thing I read each month.
2. It forcibly reminds me that there are gamers out there who want to actively eschew even a single page of content in a gaming magazine that isn't specifically rules or adventure content. That, gawd forbid, a gaming magazine should occasionally contain lively and interesting commentary on the hobby or, gosh, allow a celebrity (one who's a celebrity outside the gaming realm, to boot) to put a human face on a hobby that's now just over 30 years old and influenced countless other media, yet is still looked at with derision, not to mention one in which almost no one can earn a decent living.
It makes me wonder if all the great gaming buddies I have are really the minority, and I'm simply lucky, and that, otherwise, we gamers are antisocial nitwits who deserve all of the ridicule heaped upon us.
"We have met the enemy, and they is us."
1. I really liked Wil's column. To add to the chorus, it's the first thing I read each month.
2. It forcibly reminds me that there are gamers out there who want to actively eschew even a single page of content in a gaming magazine that isn't specifically rules or adventure content. That, gawd forbid, a gaming magazine should occasionally contain lively and interesting commentary on the hobby or, gosh, allow a celebrity (one who's a celebrity outside the gaming realm, to boot) to put a human face on a hobby that's now just over 30 years old and influenced countless other media, yet is still looked at with derision, not to mention one in which almost no one can earn a decent living.
It makes me wonder if all the great gaming buddies I have are really the minority, and I'm simply lucky, and that, otherwise, we gamers are antisocial nitwits who deserve all of the ridicule heaped upon us.
"We have met the enemy, and they is us."
JoeGKushner
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buzz said:
They be us Buzz. They be us...
On a more serious note, perhaps it's simply because few people found the information Will wrote lively or interesting and that he's a celebrity of... well, he's not Bradd Pitt, and his fame is for a character many people hated with a passion.
And just because people are vocal about not liking Will, doesn't make them bad people overall. You'll not find any previous post of me badmouthing him or anything. No sending of hate mail. I just wasn't interested in him but I can see where others might've taken it to the next step.
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