Lurker Lounge now a hack site

[CelticHound]

You know how Conner MacLeod recently left due to the outcry over the misguided way in which he defended the Lurker Lounge and maligned diabloii.net? I don't see a lot of the content of this thread being much better.

I'm going to equivocate for a bit. This may be a bit stream-of-consciousness, so be warned!

I think of Conner as being enthusiastic. It's a trait I share, and sometimes it's admirable and sometimes it causes me to embarass myself. On the whole, I'd take it over being a zombie, though. (That's not meant for anyone here - I'm thinking about something work-related.)

Personally, I haven't participated in the dii.net forums so I have nothing to say about them, either way. From looking at the rest of the site, it's a mix. But there is so much stuff there - and they do more games than D2 - I can understand it's difficult to keep things up to date.

I'm not really thrilled with bashing another site here. To me, it feels too much like talking about someone behind their back. I'd much rather bash Bolty in front of his face. ;) (But that's because after his major contribution to the D2 community in building the LL, I have extremely high expectations of him - quit an honour don't you think? :P )

On the other hand, Jarulf has always seemed pretty reasonable to me. He's built up a positive bank balance as it were, so I'm willing to cut him some slack if he needs to blow off some steam.

I can also see that different sites have different specialties. Phrozen Keep for mods, LL for mechanics, Dii for popularity. (Ever hear the phrase "Quantity has a quality all it's own"? :) ) Why study law at MIT or rocket science at Harvard, when you can do the opposite?


-- CH
(if dii.net didn't exist, everyone there might be on the LL today. :o )