Re: Argumentative Styles

From: lindahl@rt.com (Greg Lindahl)

Date: Sun, 09 Apr 2000 00:00:00 +0000

"Steve Pritchard" <steve@spelbind.demon.co.uk> writes:

> I guess that running a game, part-time, for six years does not really give
> you a solid foundation for some of the slights you have thrown at people
> who have made PBM their full-time employments for at least twice that
> length of time.

Ah. That's an interesting opinion. But I think it's pretty clearly wrong.

> It's rather
> like me writing a novel and then telling Stephen King just where he is
> going wrong.

Correct. I've heard people who aren't authors make interesting
criticisms of books. Heck, probably 100% of all criticism of Stephen
King, such as reviews in the newspaper, are written by people with
less experience writing.

> > Or is it ok if a guy who's been playing for just 19 years can
> > criticize GMs?
>
> Sure, criticise their games and style. Don't criticise how they run their
> business if they are clearly successful in doing so.

Wow. I never realized that players were so irrelevant. Again, I've
heard many players make very valid criticisms of PBM businesses over
the years.

> > Or should GMs never be criticized by anyone?
>
> Of course they can, but validity carries more weight.

Have fun living in your little world.

But it's a good illustration of how most criticisms turn into
flamewars, with GMs like you attacking the criticiser's experience
instead of their criticism.

-- g

References

Re: Argumentative Styles
"Steve Pritchard" <steve@spelbind.demon.co.uk>
Sun, 09 Apr 2000 00:00:00 +0000

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Re: Argumentative Styles
"Steve Pritchard" <steve@spelbind.demon.co.uk>
Sun, 09 Apr 2000 00:00:00 +0000