ROHAN DISCUSSION

[Bêthberry]

Civil Greetings Thenamir,

You did not address your post specifically to me, but I suspect that you posted in response to my query of Shieldmaiden. I know what it is like to feel intense pride and ownership of an RPG and to have it rudely interrupted by unwanted guests, but I thought, first, that discussion threads were open to discussion from all, and, second, that I had posted respectfully and could not be accused of flaming or rudely intruding on this thread. It appears, however, that you have become defensive anyway. My apologies.

My query did not question the right of anyone in your RPG to restrict access to frivolous intrusions. Nor did it defend that frivolous post by any means. Far from it. All I tried to do was point out that some of us toiling south of the track do not deserve to be dismissed as frivolous writers.

I thank you for stating that it is lack of time which keeps you out of the Freestyle Room, but I would also respectfully point out that your last paragraph tends still to dismiss everyone in the Freestyle room as frivolous chat monkeys who post RPGs on a whim. While this is a true description of the flighty RPGs, it nonetheless contains an unfair and unwarranted assumption that all Freestyle RPGs are unplanned and cavalierly written.

So if you feel that there is a particular RPG in the Freestyle area that is of special merit, let me know about it.

I invite you to read Gandalf the Grey's "On Patrol" and Birdland's "The Gathering-In". "On Patrol" in particular will demonstrate how Gandalf has run a freestyle RPG, since it has run the longest. I also invite you to consider my thread, "Resources for RPGs", the title of which originally was "Resources for Substantial, Interactive, Tolkien-faithful RPGs." (That title drew flack, as you will see.) And I am fully aware of the need for the new policies in the Freestyle room. Please see my comments on Elenna's "A plea from your moderator" and on Mr. Underhill's thread to discuss the new policies.

I was not in any way attacking your RPG here, and neither denying nor denigrating the excellent work of yourself and Gilthalion as moderators. I was merely suggesting that not all of us in the Freestyle room belong to the great unwashed and I would ask that you accord our work there the respect which you quite rightly expect for your work here.

*hands soapbox back to Thenamir* It was a little too high for me, so I used my own podium. [img]smilies/wink.gif[/img]

Respectfully,
Bethberry

[ September 06, 2002: Message edited by: Bethberry ]