On Mon, 12 Feb 2001 21:43:22 -0600 "John Traglio"
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> ---<<warning, mild mini-rant coming>>----BTW, for those who are so
> blessedly gifted & who are above the league of the rest of us, my
> hat off
> to you. I hope you have continued sucess---I had thought this list
> was for
> people to share ideas & epiphanies--from the insecure,
> inexperienced,
> ignorant, or the too careless to try to improve themselves to those
> that
> are just bursting w/greatness in all they do.
Wow. You are really good at sarcasm. Allow me to reinterpret my post
for you: People (like me) who feel that they are out of their league on
this list feel that way for just about any reason other than the fact
that they are actually out of their league, IMO. You should have gone
away with the thought "hey, maybe I'm not out of my league after all"
_not_ "oh dear, yet another bitch is trying to cramp our style".
The guy who had
> suggested
> that those who havent had (or tried, yet, to have) any success in
> the D20
> writing field may want to get together in some kind of forum & bat
> around,
> get different takes on, & generally brainstorm on various ideas had
> come up
> with (IMHO) a good idea--but it seemed that there were those who, in
> their
> greatness, straifed him instead of offering any suggestion or such
> to help
> him & his idea.
Did you even read my post? I am not the kind of person to waste my time
on a post so I can squash another's ideas. My goal was to give him some
insight, share the things I have learned, and tell him that "out of their
league" is really just a state of mind that can be cured with experience.
That is helping. It might not be the kind of help you want him to
have, but it was help nonetheless.
Personally, I am definately one of those who is
> insecure,
> inexperienced, & ignorant as far as the D20 business aspects
> go---but a
> solution for that is offered by several of the fine
> companies(brown-nose
> moment:)) that are represented on this list. But as far as being on
> of the
> "too careless to try to improve themselves" types---I'm not, & I
> seriously
> doubt anyone on this list is--after all, isnt this list for those who
> wish
> to add to their knowledge of things D20-ish
Another direct quote from my letter, yet you claim to not be talking
about anyone specific. This list is for a lot of things regarding d20
and there are people on it who hear a _lot_ of good advice *but* they
never take it and use it to improve themselves because they are too proud
to think that they might have been wrong in the first place. Careless.
Careless. Careless. Careless.
>I work
> w/a
> couple of women whose noses seem to be so far in the air that they
> will
> drown if it rains.
I am on the edge of commenting to this, but I have made an effort ever
since I got involved in a variety of lists to avoid saying the things I
want to say here. Someday I will snap. (and it's going to be good when I
do) But not today. Not today...
; ),
Maggie
