[Bobbuttons]

Originally posted by D Love
Why does everyone give MD the time of day? Everything he says is inflammatory. Simply the fact that he not only refers to himself as the senior member of the board (which is technically incorrect and nonetheless wholly irrelevant) should show him for what he is.

This is the same guy who actually made the statement that unless you used HIS names file, any attempt to run a historical sim using fictious players would be inaccurate. It's all nonsense.

If a friend told you about some guy who stroked his ego by tooting his horn on some simulation game's message board, wouldn't you be laughing at the poor chap? So why do you give him any respect or attention on this board?

His letter was not even a letter. It simply listed a bunch of complaints, not all of which have to even do with the game, made conclusory statements (i.e., he did not provide an explanation for how and why things were wrong) and made no attempt at constructive criticism.

Let's be honest, if your true goal is to make sure the game isn't falling off its tracks (let's not get into the fact that MD won't even acknowledge that this is HIS interpretation of where the game should go or the fact that he probably believes he knows better than Markus what OOTP should be doing), wouldn't you have written directly to Markus and then simply posted a summary of the letter OR, if you were going to post the letter, wouldn't you have made yourself sound articulate and level-headed?

You usually don't throw subtle or not-so-subtle insults and putdowns into sincere letters.

So there, give him all the attention he wants. He's not trying to do anything for the good of the game. He wants attention. The game could be flawless and you'd still hear him whining about something.

But I'll give him kudos as I don't think I can stomach going to these boards anymore. What happened to interesting discussions of how the game works and what not?

As much as it pains me to defend Mal.....

In this case he was mentioning problems that not only have to do with version 6 but other endeavors of the company, which is why he directed it to not only Markus, but the company.