Re: [NetEpic ML] Implications of "epic" proportions

From: <deaconblue3_at_...>
Date: Sat, 21 Apr 2001 17:08:24 -0400

I have been told the bigger jerks are Gav and sometimes even
jervis and andy, any experience with them?

-->Never dealt with Gav Thorpe, so I can't comment. Andy Chambers can be
a mixed bag. He's willing to talk about near anything, but if you
criticize something he wrote, and thinks is great, he shuts you out cold.
 Jervis is about the same as Andy. When it comes to answering rules
questions, and getting clarifications, he's among the best, hands down.
However, he gets real quiet when it comes to talking about mechanics and
development. He dodges around questions like "why this mechanic instead
of this one" or "why did you go this direction for this game." The
impression I get is that Jervis doesn't nessecarily agree with many of
the choices, but refuses to make a bad comment about the games or the
company.

I guess its far easier to attribute game design flaws to players than
accept their own shortcomings.

-->I would say that this is the impression that they give. A certain
kind of arrogance about it all, and that just puts many people off of
them. Throw in GW corporate policy on top of it, and it all suffers.
Many people could take one with out the other, and GW would skate on by.
But the two in combination, kills the enjoyment for many people, which is
why GW has such a high turn over rate for people playing their games.

Josh R

Minister for General Mayhem
"Don't let the bastards grind you down." Gen. Joseph Stilwell
Gott weiss ich will kein Engel sein -Rammstein
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