Wow, I really did touch a raw nerve. I really couldn't comment on all the territorial ramblings and i'm sorry if my sense of humour was too high brow or possibly too low brow for you..It certainly wasn't meant as an attack. I stumbled across the site when i was looking for a contact address for Mr Feist over a year ago, I only wanted to say two things: 1) I totally loved the books 2) Shame about the typos (I marked them all if he would like to take it up with the publisher) Ok phew...done...and *puff* just like Pug neasie vanish's too a more hospitable internet place and time
> Date: Wed, 16 Nov 2011 07:33:00 -0600 > Subject: Re: List fighting/Speaking of video games > From: [email protected] > To: [email protected] > > He's not the only one. A few things make me grumpy too, like > pronouncing rules as "stupid" when you first discover they even exist > in the first place. This list has been around for a very long time. In > internet time, it's positively ancient. Every rule we have exists for > a very specific reason. It didn't pop out of the random rule > generator. > > The people who tend to enforce the rules have been here a long time > themselves and are very familiar with them. Some of us even > participated in the thread(s) that caused said rules to be created > (guilty). > > No, knowledge of the rules is not a secret handshake, they're posted > at www.crydee.com (a site that's frequently mentioned). There are a > couple different pages with useful information. > > Finally, continuing the thread to get the point across to any > particularly thick neophyte isn't the irony you assume it to be. > There's a reason this list is so old, and the rules are a big part of > that. We like our little corner of the internet and have no interest > in seeing someone who arbitrarily decides rules are stupid come along > and screw it up. > > Follow the rules, and all is well. As you can see we have a diverse > community, some of whom are actually fun and interesting. We do get to > talk to the author of our favorite books and the on-topic stuff is > quite interesting in it's own right. And sometimes REF brings up other > interesting off-topic stuff (which, as the list focus, is his right). > > All that said, Welcome to the list neasie. > > Bret > > On Wed, Nov 16, 2011 at 5:49 AM, Denise Partleton <[email protected]> > wrote: > > I'm quite new on here, and i love the irony of an elongated and at times > > hostile discussion of the the 'off topic' rule which was finally wapped up > > by the enfocer with the discussion of a mutal friend. > > > > Brilliant.... > > > > > > neasie > > > >
