Oberoni Fallacy...does it exist?

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Post by CapnTthePirateG »

Stop quoting the Gygaxian.

It's not good for your sanity.
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Post by icyshadowlord »

So now Gygax is like Cthulhu in some respect? Texts related to him are bad for your sanity and all that stuff?
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Post by tussock »

I'm pretty sure trying to follow the 1st edition combat system to the letter involves more dimensions than exist in our reality. But it's not Cthulhu at work, because he kills 1d6 PCs per round, and I've never even heard of more than five going down in an AD&D round.

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Post by Desdan_Mervolam »

shadzar wrote: when did i say WotC didnt listen to its customers?
You're joking right? This is a joke, you can't actually be saying that seriously.

You said WotC didn't listen to it's customers in the very post I replied to. You said it in a piece of text I directly quoted in my post

Here, I'll repost it here, too.
shadzar wrote: i owe NOTHING to WotC, nor does anyone else. "the customer is always right". too many businesses these days ignore the customer and the workmanship and design of MANY products are worse for it.
There. That's literally what you said.
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Post by shadzar »

im still waiting to see where i said WotC doesnt listen to its customers, as that post does not say that.
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Post by Desdan_Mervolam »

Wow. Just wow.

Let me make a counter-request: Explain to me how this:
shadzar wrote: i owe NOTHING to WotC, nor does anyone else. "the customer is always right". too many businesses these days ignore the customer and the workmanship and design of MANY products are worse for it.
does NOT say that WotC doesn't listen to it's customers but still remains in any way, shape or form relevant to this conversation.
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Post by fbmf »

[The Great Fence Builder Speaks]
As fascinating as Shadzar's answer would no doubt be, this is just going around in circles and generating way too many reports/PMs in relation to the amount of amusement it is providing me.

Much more importantly, I do not foresee anything getting resolved at this point.

[/TGFBS]
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