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Message ID: 210
Date: Fri Apr 23 21:49:04 BST 1999
Author: John Rice
Subject: Re: A lot of misinformation
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Scott Pickle [mailto:scottp@...]
> Sent: Friday, April 23, 1999 4:05 PM
> To: 'eqbards@onelist.com'
> Subject: [eqbards] A lot of misinformation
>
>
> From: Scott Pickle <scottp@...>
>
> I could spend hours trying to correct a lot of misinformation being posted
> by some people. I would ask that if you aren't 100% sure about the
> information you give, don't post it as a statement, rather ask it as a
> question.
>
> It reveals to me there's a lot of poor deductive logic going on with some
> players - drawing conclusions from game experiences that are more based on
> coincidence than on good research.
>
> I don't care to try and correct some of these things - I just ask that,
> going forward, people be more cautious about the things they declare as
> truth.
>
> There's a big difference between:
>
> ---- "Hill Giants can outrun Selo's"
> and
> ---- "A Hill Giant seemed to outrun my Selo's, has anyone else seen this?"
> The complicated thing is that one MAY have tested this fully, and
> thus could
> say:
> ---- "I tried running 10 times from a Hill Giant and here are the
> results...."
>
> - Dendall, Ollave of the Aegis
> http://www.soerbaird.com
>
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