There are many D&D novels out there...At one time, we even had an entire forum just for the discussion of these novels. However, that forum was shut down and all discussion of the novels banned from the boards. Things got very bad, and the Online Team was and is forbidden (upon pain of losing their jobs) to discuss any aspect of the matter (or why they are not allowed to discuss it).
I'm now morbidly curious as to what happened to make the entire category banned, assuming any of you guys know.
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From what I remember there were many arguments about Forgotten Realms books (ala katana fights). I not entirely sure about what specifically though.
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Draco_Argentum at [unixtime wrote:1195558842[/unixtime]]If its anything like the fights on Warhammer boards about 40k novels I can see why they'd go for a ban and bury.
Goddamnit, Goto.
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I am not am expert on this but I believe it was because the novel authors were being torn to shreads by the posters on the forums. There were probably other complex issues as well, but I think that some of the writers had relatively thin skin (note you really need the hide of an elephant to survive in the WotC forms without getting really annoyed at what the idiots are sying about you) of the writers and their complaints caused it to be shut down.
Whoah. You're checking out an online forum to determine what people think about your pulp novel, and you're surprised and offended that folks are ripping it? To such a degree that you complain to the moderators and get it shut down?
I do know Salvatore's had some bad experiences involving internet denizens. He got ripped by the Star Wars fanboys for killing off Chewbacca in Vector Prime (done on explicit order of George Lucas).
Reading that particular interview, I think Drizzt's daddy was expecting people on internet forums to be logical, respectful, well-meaning, polite people who focus on the good points that make something worthwhile.
Yeah. He got that illusion crushed so hard I understand he makes an effort to stay away from them internet forums now.
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You know normally I would think that the writers just had thin skin. Then I realised how bad Amber got verbally screwed for a few lines in a web article. The paperback writers whose characters some people either consider gods or demons and either worship or outright curse every day of their worthless lives are a million times worse.
I still reserve the right to think that the writers are da suck, which is why I generally don't read them, but that's beside the point. I'm not a writer, my works are not being discussed and I can't stand the WotC forums.
It's sort of like that old star trek espiode where Spock tries to explain that everything was in their mind and the bullets were not real. But if they had a single doubt they would be dead. It's really hard to convince yourself that the bullets (the stupid comments of the WotC posters) are not real. Any doubt will kill the strongest of egos. Too bad Spock isn't around for that vulcan mind meld.
Dare I ask what the hell you guys are talking about? After some internet research I assume you are talking about CS Goto, the Warhammer Black Library author? His books on Amazon get reviewed at 5 or 1. How is that even possible?
In C.S. Goto books you can expect any number of things, flying terminators who surf on the back of razorbacks, children who destroy Eldar grav-tanks by shoving rocks in the barrels of their weapons, and an over-abundance of the word 'Bray' (Yes, heehaw, the donkey sound... braying).
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Josh_Kablack wrote:You are not a unique and precious snowflake, you are just one more fucking asshole on the internet who presumes themselves to be better than the unwashed masses.
FrankTrollman at [unixtime wrote:1195640173[/unixtime]]After some internet research I assume you are talking about CS Goto, the Warhammer Black Library author?
Correct. People seem to generally have the way he writes about Eldar. The children blowing up gravtanks is an oft repeated complaint, for example. We all know what happens when an author does something like that to the object of a fanboy's obsession.
Whenever his books are brought up you can guarantee pages of bile filled rants.
Cielingcat at [unixtime wrote:1195642148[/unixtime]]Multilasers.
Also,
In C.S. Goto books you can expect any number of things, flying terminators who surf on the back of razorbacks, children who destroy Eldar grav-tanks by shoving rocks in the barrels of their weapons, and an over-abundance of the word 'Bray' (Yes, heehaw, the donkey sound... braying).
holy-fucking-hell... that's pretty damned bad, I've never even played warhammer and I know that fucking toddlers shouldn't be defeating Eldar with god damned rocks... hell, it seem more in keeping with the GRIM AND DARK theme of warhammer to have the children try to do such, the weapon fire, and spray rocks along with whatever they normally shoot, killing the would be saboteurs with their own rocks.
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BULLSHIT!!! I was not fucking warned about my language, Brak just fucking banned me.
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Prak_Anima at [unixtime wrote:1195667942[/unixtime]]
holy-fucking-hell... that's pretty damned bad, I've never even played warhammer and I know that fucking toddlers shouldn't be defeating Eldar with god damned rocks...
Well, the Imperial Uplifting Primer, IIRC, goes on to point out how flimsy and unreliable the inferior Eldar technology is. Rocks could work. Hell, you could just throw a rock and break the papermache hull.
Also, it says ork technology doesn't work, so the weapons are harmless, and the average ork is far weaker than the average human. Also, the claws of genestealers are too blunt and weak to even cut through flak armour.
You can trust the Imperial Uplifting Primer. It is your friend.
...and Multilasers explain how the books get either 1 or 5? I never realised multilasers were so... extreme-oriented.
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If I read of rocks defeating Imperial tech though...
Nah, I'd probably laugh. I mean, we know that half their stuff can be described as "a hunk of shit that still works even though we have no idea why". Hell, they manage to blow themselves up with their plasma weapons on a regular basis.
But I approve of anything that upsets Eldar fanboys. Though I'd imagine there being far more Eldar fangirls due to the "gay elf" obsession that LotR produced. Except for the fact that I've met all of... one other female wargamer (her idea for Vampire Counts: the Necromancer is clearly insane, so decided to paint her skeletons bright pink and other pastel colours. The skeletons stood there like good little mindless minions, and the other undead sighed and wished they had another army to join. But if she played 40K, it'd be the Pretty Marines).
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