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<blockquote data-quote="Libramarian" data-source="post: 5939500" data-attributes="member: 6688858">I was not impressed with the playtest packet.That is combining with this new information about his complete turnaround in opinion about RPG design, to produce the distinct impression the he doesn't know what he's doing.But it's just an impression, we'll see how it turns out!I&nbsp; understand why people who were impressed with the playtest packet are&nbsp; not concerned about this. If it blew me away then I also would&nbsp; not be worried about his changing opinions, and perhaps would even think&nbsp; positively of that.Pffft I'm not dismissing anything. I am doing what I said in the OP, taking&nbsp; what he has to say with a pinch of salt.&nbsp; Particularly when he talks about his past experience with D&amp;D. Or&nbsp; when he says things like &quot;it's my opinion that D&amp;D is at its best&nbsp; when the DM is making rulings not rules.&quot; I mean -- this is literally the&nbsp; exact opposite of what you used to say. What does this actually mean to&nbsp; you? Are these just buzz words?I hate when people overuse ad hominem. Most of the&nbsp; time it's a valid point. It's not unreasonable to wonder whether someone&nbsp; actually knows what they're doing when they're very inconsistent in&nbsp; their opinions about it.He's&nbsp; talking about the relationship between two friends playing a game. I find &quot;when they don't have power over you, you don't need to worry&nbsp; about trusting them&quot; to be a cynical comment when referring to friends.I don't care enough to put in the extra effort to separate spin from genuine personal opinion. If I have to do that then I'm just going to tune out their blogs and articles and just wait for the final product.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Libramarian, post: 5939500, member: 6688858"] I was not impressed with the playtest packet. That is combining with this new information about his complete turnaround in opinion about RPG design, to produce the distinct impression the he doesn't know what he's doing. But it's just an impression, we'll see how it turns out! I understand why people who were impressed with the playtest packet are not concerned about this. If it blew me away then I also would not be worried about his changing opinions, and perhaps would even think positively of that. Pffft I'm not dismissing anything. I am doing what I said in the OP, taking what he has to say with a pinch of salt. Particularly when he talks about his past experience with D&D. Or when he says things like "it's my opinion that D&D is at its best when the DM is making rulings not rules." I mean -- this is literally the exact opposite of what you used to say. What does this actually mean to you? Are these just buzz words? I hate when people overuse ad hominem. Most of the time it's a valid point. It's not unreasonable to wonder whether someone actually knows what they're doing when they're very inconsistent in their opinions about it. He's talking about the relationship between two friends playing a game. I find "when they don't have power over you, you don't need to worry about trusting them" to be a cynical comment when referring to friends. I don't care enough to put in the extra effort to separate spin from genuine personal opinion. If I have to do that then I'm just going to tune out their blogs and articles and just wait for the final product. [/QUOTE]

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