I cannot emphasize enough how much this list has meant to me in the last few
months. The constructive discussions and John Kim's thorough testing have
made the difficult job of being a bard in EverQuest less difficult.
However, I do believe that I will take my leave of it for a while, at least
until the expansion comes out. I simply don't need the kind of bile quoted
below in my inbox on Monday morning.
Harmonic, you're rude. Many of your posts are condescending and arrogant
and you damage the signal to noise ratio of the list in my opinion. You
make personal attacks such as "You forgot to take your medicine today." and
you call other players (myself included) fools and worse for having opinions
that differ from yours.
Your opinion regarding all-caps being used to highlight a word in a sentence
is WELL known. It does not, however, reflect general Internet usage. The
majority of the Internet is not likely to bend itself to your will, so it's
probably in your best interest to attempt to overcome your prejudice of this
particular nuance of written Internet communications.
Again, thanks to all of the posters (Harmonic included) on this list that
have contributed to my understanding of being a bard in EverQuest. I hope
that I've given some insights as well.
See you in Kunark.
[50 Bard] Crier (Half Elf) <Seekers of Norrath> ZONE: work
> From: Ryan Honeyman <honeyman@...>
>
> You remind me a lot of myself when I started posting here.
> Have to prove everyone wrong. Have to be all-knowing. Except,
> Shada, I always am all-knowing with her. I mean how smart can
> a female woodelf be? /chuckle
>
> Plus, anyone who cannot make their point without capitalizing a
> word in every sentance REALLY is irritating because it LOOKS like
> you are SHOUTING at someone because you are ANGRY. It's the equivalent
> of debating with someone over a topic and then resorting to voice
> escalation to flood your point across. The best debates I receive
> come from: jhenders@... and kim@.... They use
> proper grammar, they can spell, and they never ever raise their
> voice (so to speak) in the emails. Sometimes, I wish I could have
> the composure they do.
>
> Need to break out my procmail filters again, and run my eqbards mail
> through a program that to_lowers everything /sigh =(
>
> Harm.
> From: Ryan Honeyman <honeyman@...>
>
> >
> > And no, I don't have to prove everyone wrong. Just those who post their
> > opinions as if they were the only one possible.
> >
>
> Who said my opinion was the only possible one? Man, you need to stop
> reading into these posts. So far you've done it several times, and
> John(tm) even had to make a comment on it. You forgot to take your
> medicine today. How about not jumping all over people on the list?
> Since you've been here, you've done nothing but argue unproductively.
> If you've played since Beta 2, we are happy for you, others here have
> as well. You flaunt your knowledge as if you designed the game.
> Senior Guide on whatever server or not, I would just chill out and
> try to be helpful. We don't need any more smartasses =)
>
> Harmonic.