04-05-2003, 03:16 AM
At any site there are a few absolutely outstanding posters
Here, in the past, DaShiv, Trucidation, Crystalion, Bolty and Sirian particularly stand out for me. As well as Jarulf, Tommy and Ruvunal
On Diabloii.net Flux stands out for me. And until recently Garwulf who has now stopped posting there. Also the posters in the Stats forum
Now I understand that Stats is not her forum but Elly has managed to antagonise three of Diabloii.net's absolutely outstanding technical contributors in the one thread: Jarulf, Ruvunal and Tommy
Now people like reading the posts and making them but the core attraction is that there is genuine unparalleled expertise around and that an expert contribution might be made
They are, I think, on a very slippery slope and one which, as Nookiestar stated above, would be quite sad to see them slide down
If they lose the handful of people who know the game inside out they will then start to lose the people who are simply veteran players/intelligent posters. (And there are many there).
If they lose enough of those then they will then start to lose even the casual or thoughtless posters because it is pointless posting a rate my sorc post if every answer to any question is Storm/Shaft/Gaze
I hope that they reconsider their policy. Perhaps a chat room meeting and really thrash out what they feel is best
Because if they lose Jarulf and Ruvunal they may find their audience slowly and incrementally slipping away and frankly I don't think we want everyone from Diabloii.net here instead (remember Bolty's piece summer before last on how this place was declining ;) )
At the end of the day academic style cross-referencing must be allowed if you want truly intelligent discussion
A further point about "competition"
If I write a piece about crafting charms I can link to the affix calculator, the diabloii.net item tutorial, the workshop posts here and any other posts I like. If I write there then I am limited to what I can do without external links
This will have the tendency of lowering the quality of their thoughtful, essay type posts relative to other sites
It is uncompetitive AGAINST their own sites.
I hope they see this and decide to review their policies, it is one of the reasons that I no longer post there
Here, in the past, DaShiv, Trucidation, Crystalion, Bolty and Sirian particularly stand out for me. As well as Jarulf, Tommy and Ruvunal
On Diabloii.net Flux stands out for me. And until recently Garwulf who has now stopped posting there. Also the posters in the Stats forum
Now I understand that Stats is not her forum but Elly has managed to antagonise three of Diabloii.net's absolutely outstanding technical contributors in the one thread: Jarulf, Ruvunal and Tommy
Now people like reading the posts and making them but the core attraction is that there is genuine unparalleled expertise around and that an expert contribution might be made
They are, I think, on a very slippery slope and one which, as Nookiestar stated above, would be quite sad to see them slide down
If they lose the handful of people who know the game inside out they will then start to lose the people who are simply veteran players/intelligent posters. (And there are many there).
If they lose enough of those then they will then start to lose even the casual or thoughtless posters because it is pointless posting a rate my sorc post if every answer to any question is Storm/Shaft/Gaze
I hope that they reconsider their policy. Perhaps a chat room meeting and really thrash out what they feel is best
Because if they lose Jarulf and Ruvunal they may find their audience slowly and incrementally slipping away and frankly I don't think we want everyone from Diabloii.net here instead (remember Bolty's piece summer before last on how this place was declining ;) )
At the end of the day academic style cross-referencing must be allowed if you want truly intelligent discussion
A further point about "competition"
If I write a piece about crafting charms I can link to the affix calculator, the diabloii.net item tutorial, the workshop posts here and any other posts I like. If I write there then I am limited to what I can do without external links
This will have the tendency of lowering the quality of their thoughtful, essay type posts relative to other sites
It is uncompetitive AGAINST their own sites.
I hope they see this and decide to review their policies, it is one of the reasons that I no longer post there