Slamlander wrote:
It may have been said but in this case, it isn't pertinent. You offered a clear critique and the implied opinion that Poe's elves should conform to D&D standards, further implying that not doing so was somewhat deficient or not up to *your* standards. There were no equivocating words in your post. My post was in direct answer to the tone and implications in your post.
Errr... What? For all your talk about me being insulting, it's hard to compare to this. You are looking so hard for an insult, that you choose the most insulting interpretation of my posts, and in addition see wittiness an honest opinion intended as insults.
Did not the part about elven dickgirls give any clue that perhaps the list was not to be interpreted as a literal "checklist for D&D conformance", but rather as a humorous way of showing that, yes, they do share many traits with the common elf?
And when I say "most likely options", why would you interpret that as "must conform to D&D", rather than "we know what options we should consider first"? You chose the former why?
Slamlander wrote:
Further, your last post is along your usual lines of implied superiority and I find it extremely patronising and on the verge of being insulting. The very fine edge of insulting, in fact. I've mentioned the problems with your approach to you before, in PMs. You refused to take the hint and even replied in public. You seem to be more for aggrandising your own ego than contributing to this forum of peers.
I never replied to the PM's in public, I replied to your public post about the PM's.
Perhaps I should enunciate this to avoid further misunderstanding... I do not reply to private PM's not because I am intentionally snubbing you, but because I am here to communicate through a public channel. If you want to privately message me, I do have an email that is easily found. Only Wikipedia has more google-juice than me for this nick. YMMV
I would then be willing to make an honest attempt at deciding whether to read it or thrash it like the user-support request I keep getting.
Slamlander wrote:
Yes, you committed the crime of insulting the story and its author. Yes, we are fans. As far as I'm concerned, you can sell that shit anywhere but here.
You committed that crime. I did not. Using a strawman does not make me the culprit, but you.