tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7656359567715416766.post7963120585809456183..comments2023-12-28T05:31:17.075-06:00Comments on Carto Cacography: Another's Thoughts on DwimmermountNickhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14531253485041961783noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7656359567715416766.post-43125125198691458372013-02-02T04:05:05.235-06:002013-02-02T04:05:05.235-06:00Not at all. I just like to get the ideas behind th...Not at all. I just like to get the ideas behind the Trifecta of Terror (Abstract. Description. Personal Taste) out there as much as possible. <br /><br />Or, I just like the sound of my own voice.Bryce Lynchhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02937707770681963948noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7656359567715416766.post-273333908901773492013-02-02T02:40:44.342-06:002013-02-02T02:40:44.342-06:00I agree that he should reach out to his backers an...I agree that he should reach out to his backers and offer some information, especially in light of all of the money that is currently in his possession.<br /><br />The first half of my post was aimed at those people who I have read in blogs and in comments to blogs who are cutting him to shreds in what seems to me to be in a mean-spirited way.<br /><br />Express your frustration, fine, but don't kick a guy while he is down.<br /><br />Bryce--From reading your first comment above, I get the impression that you think that I didn't like your review or didn't agree with you. Quite the contrary. As the last sentence of my post says, "I find myself agreeing with just about everything that he says." Overall, I thought that your review was well-written and informative.Nickhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14531253485041961783noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7656359567715416766.post-83085190739551487502013-02-01T15:38:52.379-06:002013-02-01T15:38:52.379-06:00Y'all got some mad speculating SkIllZ there. T...Y'all got some mad speculating SkIllZ there. The Supreme Court doesn't deal with theoretical arguments and neither do I. (Unless I'm being a hypocrite. IE: Reviewing)<br /><br />I'm willing to give the guy the benefit of the doubt. At some point he'll reappear and will need to explain himself. Either his reasons will be sound, it'l be on the borderline (in which I tend to give people the benefit of the doubt) or he won't have a reputation left. But I'll make that decision when he explains. If it takes too long I'll get my money back. (And I have no idea how long "too long" is.)<br /><br />In spite of assertions otherwise, I don't think anyone knows what's going on and I don't think he's communicated. He did mention his father being ill in the past and someone DID claim to talk to him, but neither of those are a stand-in for the word from him. <br /><br />Bryce Lynchhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02937707770681963948noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7656359567715416766.post-91136385646930582762013-02-01T14:39:57.023-06:002013-02-01T14:39:57.023-06:00My father's passing was very hard. It didn'...My father's passing was very hard. It didn't mean I got to take a pass on my responsibilities, however.Black Vulmeahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04270071699114783644noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7656359567715416766.post-2440790393085692882013-02-01T13:29:46.984-06:002013-02-01T13:29:46.984-06:00I take that back. He did send out a message explai...I take that back. He did send out a message explaining the situation in June.Davehttp://smith.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7656359567715416766.post-19086036615778667222013-02-01T13:25:53.145-06:002013-02-01T13:25:53.145-06:00Let's assume that his father's health is f...Let's assume that his father's health is failing. Doesn't the fact that he's taken $48,765 from people warrant, at the very least, a simple paragraph of communication _from him_ explaining why he's going to completely disappear? I think Dwimmermount's backers are owed a bit more than hearsay and rumor.<br /><br />I've lost both of my parents, and I sure as hell didn't get a free pass at work from it.Davehttp://smith.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7656359567715416766.post-78795946613260436602013-02-01T12:17:08.706-06:002013-02-01T12:17:08.706-06:00I'm not going to comment on your "Sick Fa...I'm not going to comment on your "Sick Father" section, except to say that it would seem that once you accept money for something you have a different set of responsibilities. Don't over-read in to that statement. I don't have a position on James/his father/Dwimmermount/KS that I have thought-out fully. It's not important to me so I havent' had to form an opinion.<br /><br />I have a set of consistent review standards. I try to describe the adventures I review and then state how my own standards apply to that description. You may have different tastes than me AND THAT'S OK. but you should be able to tell if you'd like an adventure from my review, without having to rely on the fact that your tastes exactly mimic mine. <br /><br />Also, I try to include the information that would be found in an abstract so you know exactly what you're buying. Wilderness adventure? Social Adventure? Publishers do a very poor job at that.<br /><br />I've been hitting a bad stretch of modules lately, and have been proving myself a hypocrite. But at least I know what I'm TRYING to do, even if I'm currently failing at doing it.<br />Bryce Lynchhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02937707770681963948noreply@blogger.com