No, that would be true if I chose not to be a pitcher because I wanted to be
a shortstop. The people analogous to me not choosing to play baseball are
the people who choose not to play EQ at all but play MW4 instead or bowling
for that matter.
-----Original Message-----
From: Jeffrey Sue [mailto:
jsue@...]
Sent: Monday, February 26, 2001 3:18 PM
To:
eqbards@yahoogroups.com
Subject: RE: [eqbards] Bard% was (Patch message)
ok, so there's one other possibility i guess which is ''just don't like
it'', but that
has nothing to do with relative power between classes. this is a perfect
example.
you could have had huge financial rewards (i know, it's still a small chance
due to
all the things you mentioned) but you didn't like it and chose to do
something different.
this illustrates my view that choices aren't made only looking at reward
given to work output,
which invalidates your argument that bards must be underpowered because they
are
underrepresented.
At 02:18 PM 2/26/01 -0700, you wrote:
>snipped for the digest folks...
> >i dunno what nietzschian is, but by your definition, that actually seems
to
>describe
> >the bard class to a T. you can take the easy way out and play mana song
>all the
> >how to pull, or twist multiple songs to make your group much much better.
> >are you denying that there are people out there who are ignorant or who
are
>lazy?
> >how about this analogy? why aren't you a professional baseball player
>making millions
> >of dollars a year? The reward is there. Some would say the reward is
much
>more than
> >of playing baseball at that level? I think it's being honest.
>
>Not really. Just because not everyone choose to play the class doesn't
>prove that not everyone can play the class.
>
>It is arrogant to assume that everyone who chooses not to play pro baseball
>does so because they cannot. Undoubtedly there are many who could, but
>instead play pro football, basketball, soccer, etc. There are far more
>reasons as well. It was amusing you chose this analogy to me. I probably
>could have played pro baseball, in high school I could already throw an 85
>mph fastball. In my senior year I quit playing though because I found
>baseball boring. Too much standing around, and not enough brain usage.
>True I probably could have made millions, if I didn't blow my arm out
>trying, if the pressure didn't overwhelm me, if... You get the picture.
>The number of baseball players, or football players, or musicians, or
>actors, who make millions a year is roughly the same proportion to those
who
>try as the number of lottery winners is to those who play. Sometimes it is
>arrogant to assume something, even if it is proven later to be truth.
>
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