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Re: Roberta Williams is a FRAUD

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From: Raymond Pat
Date: Fri, 06 Mar 1998 00:00
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thya...@sol.com.br wrote:

> >>>>>> Let's get this out of the way: I really thought the lamp thing was
> necessary, and I was wrong. Period. Matthew is not changing the subject, he's
> just giving his opinion, and no one has been able to prove him wrong yet.

Ok, that's fine.  the number one thing I was most miffed about is the lamp thing,
and how you don't need it to finish the game.  THAT was my point.  As for Matthew,
how could one prove an opinion wrong?  I think his opinion is absurd, but it's not
WRONG.  I never said it was wrong, he can believe whatever he wants.  But like I
said before, I really don't care about that.  MY main issue has now been settled.

> Because he isn't. And I still haven't heard of a way around the coin puzzle,
> but I might be wrong again. And just because I am admitting my mistake, it
> doesn't mean I appreciate RW's work any more now: I still think she is a bad
> games designer, and she should stick to running the company (unless it has
> been sold, I've heard something of the sort...) and support people like Jane
> Jensen (sorry to bring her name again, but that's what talent is all about).
>  As for calling RW an imbecile, I wasn't talking about Roberta, the woman; I
> wasn't talking about Roberta, the wife, the business woman, the mother (if
> that applies). I was calling RW, the games designer, an imbecile.

And from what background are you basing this on?  You may not like her work, but I
STILL think calling her an imbecile is very inappropriate.   I think we should go
over what imbecile means.

> To make my
> point clear: Thyago (and that would be me), the driver, is an imbecile. I have
> my driver's license, but I recognise I won't be taking my car out in the city
> until I'm certain of what I'm doing. I call it responsibility. Still, I'm
> sorry I used the word I did, since it apparently offended so many people out
> there. Let's just stick to talentless then, because that I won't retract.

I wouldn't call you an imbecile.  I would call you inexperienced.  Perhaps you
really should look up what imbecile means.

imbecile :- 1. a feeble minded person, 2. a stupid person (Webster's Dictionary)

Now how does calling Roberta "feeble-minded" or "stupid" in any way prove your
point?
The word obviously makes no suggestions about her talent, only her brain.

Talentless, I accept, because it's an opinion.  I will not argue with you on that,
for that would be moot.

But anyway, let's just halt the topic.  I think we have come to some sort of
agreement at this point, so lest not carry on. I personally agree 100% anyway that
KQ6 is WAY heavily cliched.  If it were a Disney movie, the muslim minorities
would be having a fit over Alhazred.

Raymond

>                                                                 Thyago S. M.
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Subject: Re: Roberta Williams is a FRAUD
Date: 1998/03/06
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