toning down some

["Brandon J. Van Every" <vanevery@indiegamedesign.com>]

Mark 'Kamikaze' Hughes wrote:

>  Saying "This guy's great!  You're not!" means nothing, and does not
> make you look big and scary.  You need to study what interactivity is,
> how to create games using it, and then try to post something explaining
> what you've learned, okay?
>  
Although I agree with many (most? all?) of your points, this is 
nevertheless the juncture at which, if this were a moderatred list, and 
we were applying rules such as appear at 
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/gamedesign-l, I'd be asking you to 
voluntarily de-escalate the flammage.  It is important for a list to 
remain intellectually productive.  An inflammatory comment *can* be 
intellectually productive, but often isn't.  Since nobody's actually in 
charge here, perhaps we could all do some self-assessment of what's at 
stake for us, and why we feel a need to carry on in certain veins.  I 
would hardly single you out, Mark, as several of us are doing it to 
various degrees.


Cheers,                     www.indiegamedesign.com
Brandon Van Every           Seattle, WA

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