You make a lot of valid points man, but people do not respond well to "in your face" type dialog. I am as passionate as you are about making sure something gets done right, but you *have* to bring it down a notch if you're to get respect. The comments you made after the meltdown on F13 felt like a overcompensating attempt to prove that you're there to talk about Game Design. Whether you were trying to do that or not, that's how it was perceived to me.
When you bring what Jacobs says up to the light in your own special way, yeah, it does sound fishy. I don't know him well enough and haven't personally worked with him to know whether he's full of it or he's being sincere. I can only really make that type of judgement about the people I work with at my job. What I do know about the people I work with is that they are *very busy*. As fishy as what Mark wanted, he made a lot of valid points as well about why he wanted the forum, the benefits of it, and, taking into consideration his position in life, why he wouldn't want to continually engage in public discourse.
I think there's a whole 'nother "legal and business" side to this discussion that you haven't broached and aren't taking into consideration. Sure, you'd like credit for your ideas, but by publically posting them on here, you're essentially giving up your rights to them, so if someone were to take advantage of it, they'd owe you nothing. I'd like to shoot the shit about my game ideas, but I know that if I want to ever do anything with the ideas I truly believe in, I can never, ever tell anyone about them that I don't trust.
Still, I like coming on here and reading what you write. There's a certain je ne se qua about it that I find appealing and refreshing. I come on here, and your words are here without anything really blocking me from seeing them. Seriously, if I was to start a blog, I'd probably model it after this one. How did you acquire this software? :) If you're going to stop writing, I may as well start, but I don't think I could ever come up to par with the level of detail and discussion you bring to the table.
Re: The Pied Piper of Hamelin
Bit of a mess...
You make a lot of valid points man, but people do not respond well to "in your face" type dialog. I am as passionate as you are about making sure something gets done right, but you *have* to bring it down a notch if you're to get respect. The comments you made after the meltdown on F13 felt like a overcompensating attempt to prove that you're there to talk about Game Design. Whether you were trying to do that or not, that's how it was perceived to me.
When you bring what Jacobs says up to the light in your own special way, yeah, it does sound fishy. I don't know him well enough and haven't personally worked with him to know whether he's full of it or he's being sincere. I can only really make that type of judgement about the people I work with at my job. What I do know about the people I work with is that they are *very busy*. As fishy as what Mark wanted, he made a lot of valid points as well about why he wanted the forum, the benefits of it, and, taking into consideration his position in life, why he wouldn't want to continually engage in public discourse.
I think there's a whole 'nother "legal and business" side to this discussion that you haven't broached and aren't taking into consideration. Sure, you'd like credit for your ideas, but by publically posting them on here, you're essentially giving up your rights to them, so if someone were to take advantage of it, they'd owe you nothing. I'd like to shoot the shit about my game ideas, but I know that if I want to ever do anything with the ideas I truly believe in, I can never, ever tell anyone about them that I don't trust.
Still, I like coming on here and reading what you write. There's a certain je ne se qua about it that I find appealing and refreshing. I come on here, and your words are here without anything really blocking me from seeing them. Seriously, if I was to start a blog, I'd probably model it after this one. How did you acquire this software? :) If you're going to stop writing, I may as well start, but I don't think I could ever come up to par with the level of detail and discussion you bring to the table.