Posted by BoltThrower on August 27, 1999 at 07:19:12:
In Reply to: Were you a Roman, Nepenthe? posted by The Angel Gabriel on August 27, 1999 at 06:41:07:
Maybe he'll respond to the thread when you acknowledge the fact that you are only telling half the story. You haven't replied to any of my statements about the fact that what you believe to be true about spellbane is, in fact, not the case. Your feeling that spellbane needs to be revised stems from the fact that you believe that all ragers (you made a point of stating in a thread below that all ragers get spellbane and therefore all would be able to do this) deflect all area spells. Since this is not the case, I pointed out that the basis for your revision was not proper. The reason this is the basis for this is that spellbane has been as it was until last sunday for several years. I saw no cry for spellbane to be changed from you or anyone else (other than the usual 'spellbane sucks...make it do The simple fact is that you posted a tirade the other day (to borrow Nep's word) based on partial information at best. I have stated repeatedly that it was incorrect. You have never responded to this. Others are beginning to point out that they realize what the other half is, but no one has mentioned it specifically (thank you). It has apparently not been deemed important by you that you have the whole story. Instead, you take rumor mixed with probably a single instance where you saw a spell deflected, and pronounced ragers invulnerable and spellbane way too powerful. If you consider someone pointing out that you aren't even listening to the facts a personal attack, so be it. > Instead, you choose to make personal attacks, as BT did, and that's bad form. > Why not simply respond to the thread, and not the maker of the thread, particularly when the content was completely focused on an idea, not on any people, or criticism of anyone. > Shame on you. > > You can hardly expect to propose a new system of spellbane resolution the day after an uninformed tirade about the current system of the same and not have the previous post(s) color the present one. > > My advice would be to take a deep breath and a week off and stop posting on this subject, while there is still some doubt in the public mind (if not mine) of precisely why you find this to be such a vital issue.
> You, like BoltThrower, chose to attack the messenger, and not address the message. Whatever you may think of my personal reasons for posting as I did, this thread began with a cogent, logical proposal for spellbane. Whether you think I am upset, angry, foolish, smart, tall, short, etc, nothing prevents you from commenting on the idea and its merits, on whether the rationale makes sense or not.