I'm sorry to see he took down the entire blog because I honestly think it is a good idea for developers to have game design conversations away from the groupthink oasis of the design studios.
With that said, I am also sad to hear you classify people who challenge Jeff's views on the forums as trolls. Can I ask what is the difference between someone who disagrees with Jeff on the SWG forums and when you disagree with someone on any of the forums you frequent? Are you a troll if you challenge a statement Raph makes on his blog? Are you a troll if you disagree with the writer of a thread on Terra Nova?
These people who challenge Jeff's statements on game design do so because they see him as being partly responsible per his own words for the changes made to SWG. When he then goes on to state how dumbing down a game is undesirable, do you honestly expect the people who see that happening in SWG to just sit on their hands and say nothing? Would you?
Re: Jeff Freeman pulls the plug
I'm sorry to see he took down the entire blog because I honestly think it is a good idea for developers to have game design conversations away from the groupthink oasis of the design studios.
With that said, I am also sad to hear you classify people who challenge Jeff's views on the forums as trolls. Can I ask what is the difference between someone who disagrees with Jeff on the SWG forums and when you disagree with someone on any of the forums you frequent? Are you a troll if you challenge a statement Raph makes on his blog? Are you a troll if you disagree with the writer of a thread on Terra Nova?
These people who challenge Jeff's statements on game design do so because they see him as being partly responsible per his own words for the changes made to SWG. When he then goes on to state how dumbing down a game is undesirable, do you honestly expect the people who see that happening in SWG to just sit on their hands and say nothing? Would you?