Re: Hibernation by Moderation

From: Tim Ellis <tim_at_vx0MrhO0bWY6kPYGdUusnFchqi7nezU8lNfj4q4pZuPwGJHkSdx6ZXvFzdnwqbCKZ-KomlLo>
Date: Wed, 07 Nov 2007 08:48:44 -0000

I was amused by this recent post of Jeff R's
>
>> And then you get folks on RPG.net and mongoose telling no one to
>>bother with the Gloranthan lists because the posters are too
>>esoteric, newbie-hostile and generally-unfriendly.
>
> I certainly wouldn't worry much about the opinions of the folk on
> RPG.net or Mongoose. All I'd like to see is more discussions, more
> posting of information and ideas on any of the lists. But I do my
> duty (at least on the WoG).

Given that the recent outbreaks of hostility here have been caused by Jeff showing he doesn't worry much about the opinions of the folk on the Heroquest or Glorantha yahoo lists either. (By which I mean taking and defending an extreme and contoversial point of view based on new material that the rest of us have (or may) not yet had access to, and presenting it as if this opinion was given as gospel fact therin, and anyone who disagrees is failing to understand the real world, Glorantha or both. It is only after the huge flame wars we discover that the actual text is nowhere near as extreme or explicit as Jeff had been making out. (either that or the "All Vingans are Lesbians" chapter of HHP was missing from my copy...)