I have never expressed concern about Nick's and Simon's (and Michael Schwartz's) comments regarding Hero Wars, and I do wish that you would read my comments more carefully so that you won't make false implications of that type; what I have found disturbing is their attitude towards people who do not toe the party line that everything about Hero wars is good and great. Frex, Nick Brooke falsely accused me of deciding to hate HW sight unseen, with no supporting evidence and plenty of refuting evidence; Simon Hibbs characterized criticisms of HW by non-playtesters as "an ill-informed, spurious and grossly innacurate caricature of the actual playtest rules that exists only in their minds", and who can forget Michael Schwartz's hysterical screed against Michael Cule, Bryan Tickler and another gentleman for daring to exhibit independent thought? Those are the comments which I characterized unkindly, but I don't think anyone could reasonable defend them as temperate. I have no problem with people having opinions of game design that differ from mine, and I only wish that this characteristic of tolerance were more widely shared by subscribers to this digest.
George W. Harris gharris_at_mindspring.com ------------------------------
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