Symon
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Thought long and hard about this, but it really had to be said.
Is the game borked? Of course it is. In many ways, shapes, and forms. And the designers are the first to acknowledge this. But just like Robert Bork, the package is wrapped up in the perceptions, expectations, and agendas of people
The designers are continuously looking at things and pass tweaks to michaelm, in background. You never know, because they never say ‘hey look what I did’. They also listen and talk to the community about problems, regardless of the source.
Castor Troy is considered by a few to be a troll, considered by many to be caustic, but get over his presentation style and he has valuable input. He certainly does NOT worship in the temple of designer omnipotence, but he was instrumental in bringing about many fundamental changes in the game. But these happened in background because he was willing to accept the limitations imposed on the designers by the game system, and work with them to get it done inside the box.
The designers are not perfect. The game is not perfect. Things can be done, but it takes care, attention, and especially interest (manpower, materials, and $$ to fund both).
Saying the game is borked has become a regular, and frankly boring, mantra. If the game is borked somewhere, it’s good to cite book, chapter, verse, about how it sucks. Then, others will respond with their own book, chapter, verse, about how it doesn’t suck. This is healthy. This is useful. Occasionally, it leads to something interesting (cf, brother Castor). So having ‘game is borked’ posts sometimes comes in handy.
Gratutious urinating on designers, like that ‘they couldn’t pass a computer class’ post, is right out. How many of you would put up with that if it were directed at you? Well we feel the same way. So, speaking as a designer, I want no temple, I trust in this particular community to eventually get it righteous, even if the start is ‘xxx is borked’.
What I will not put up with, as a designer, is gratuitous personal urination, by people who think that because designers don’t have a login, it’s ok to personally urinate on them, because they won’t respond. Wrong. You wouldn't put up with it, why should we?
[ed] btw, I see some responders on this thread that only seem to show up whenever there is a controversy. Never seem to play, or contribute, just make pronunciamento. Everybody knows who they are, I'm just curious why long-time forum dwellers actually think it's useful to engage these people. Newbys I can understand, but shoot, some of you have been here since PacWar and ought to know better. Just MHO
Ciao. JWE
< Message edited by Symon -- 1/11/2013 7:16:02 PM >
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RE: Why WitP-AE is not realistic? - 
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One thing I am not going to do is make a personal attack. Are/have you? 
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