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Nomad -> RE: In Praise of Ron, Pasternaski and Tristan (9/21/2005 6:04:52 PM)


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ORIGINAL: rtrapasso


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ORIGINAL: Terminus

Now it's Kylie Minogue, your wife's sister, and a donkey that's for some reason been painted photoluminescent green, all in a minibus. You're beyond help!


Exactly how are the penguins factored into this equation??[X(]


Carefully, very carefully. [:-]



fabertong -> RE: In Praise of Ron, Pasternaski and Tristan (9/21/2005 6:10:53 PM)

hummmmmmm......I'd like to point out that it was not I who introduced the tought of beastiality to this thread....hummmmmmmm.......



Mike Scholl -> RE: In Praise of Ron, Pasternaski and Tristan (9/21/2005 6:11:47 PM)


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ORIGINAL: madmickey

Ron even though Mr. Frag said you were the worst thing that happened to the game I thought you comments on the games were legitmate. The board is not the same without you 3 guys.


I'm with you, Mickey. Didn't always agree with them, but they at least brought more than just their opinions to the discussion.



Speedysteve -> RE: In Praise of Ron, Pasternaski and Tristan (9/21/2005 6:12:47 PM)

Faber! How could you?!? Your poor wife. And with a Donkey also? No...that's absurd.

P.S. T. You know i'll never give up. The SAS failed where I will not.



Speedysteve -> RE: In Praise of Ron, Pasternaski and Tristan (9/21/2005 6:13:30 PM)

Mike,

Don't you think they were rude sometimes though? More so TJ I guess.

Regards,

Steven



fabertong -> RE: In Praise of Ron, Pasternaski and Tristan (9/21/2005 6:14:08 PM)

Hummmmmmmmmmm....i deny the donkey.....hummmmmmmmmmmm....well mostly..hummmmmmmmmmmmm



fabertong -> RE: In Praise of Ron, Pasternaski and Tristan (9/21/2005 6:15:35 PM)

sorry with all my lustfull thoughts I've missed the point of this thread....have these three folk been banned.....hummmmmmmmmmmmm



Speedysteve -> RE: In Praise of Ron, Pasternaski and Tristan (9/21/2005 6:19:43 PM)

Not at all.

I believe Ski 'disappeared'.

Ron left due to work at first (I believe) but I think he became disilluisoned.

TJ was warned but has since been very scarce.

Steven



rtrapasso -> RE: In Praise of Ron, Pasternaski and Tristan (9/21/2005 6:21:02 PM)

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ORIGINAL: Speedy

Mike,

Don't you think they were rude sometimes though? More so TJ I guess.

Regards,

Steven


Well, how about "abrasive on occasion". [8D]

If everyone who was "rude sometimes" or "abrasive on occasion" were not on the forum, it would be sparse pickings indeed!!

And (as i have mentioned way back when) people who disagree with mainstream opinions on this forum are likely to get hammered. This can make one testy, i think, esp. after someone is insulting or rude to you when they are doing the hammering. After a bit, "rudeness"/abrasiveness can get to be a reflex action. Even now, people who express minority opinions are invited to leave and not come back - and get hammered for even showing up on the forum.

As mentioned by the title of the thread, almost everyone with these outspoken (minority) opinions is gone, gone, gone (and not just these three). I think the forum is the poorer for it.





rtrapasso -> RE: In Praise of Ron, Pasternaski and Tristan (9/21/2005 6:27:17 PM)

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I believe Ski 'disappeared'.


His posts betrayed an increasing unhappiness with the game (and maybe forum) and i **think** he decided it wasn't worth his time to be here. (i could be wrong).



Terminus -> RE: In Praise of Ron, Pasternaski and Tristan (9/21/2005 6:33:08 PM)

That's how I interpreted his last post.



Mike Scholl -> RE: In Praise of Ron, Pasternaski and Tristan (9/21/2005 6:37:38 PM)


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ORIGINAL: Speedy

Mike,

Don't you think they were rude sometimes though? More so TJ I guess.

Regards,

Steven


Yea, I'll be the first to admit that TJ was a sucker for "having his chain yanked" and would sometimes go overboard in defending his postion. He had/has no patience with fools, and he often felt those he "crossed swords" with were. Some were, some weren't..., but TJ was always sure he was right (and most often was) that he couldn't seem to grasp that even someone who was wrong could still be sincere in their point of view. Needless to say, this kicked of some truely "epic" wars of words.....



Speedysteve -> RE: In Praise of Ron, Pasternaski and Tristan (9/21/2005 6:44:31 PM)

Couldn't have put it better Mike (except maybe the part where you say he was almost always right [;)])



Mike Scholl -> RE: In Praise of Ron, Pasternaski and Tristan (9/21/2005 6:48:31 PM)


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ORIGINAL: Speedy

Couldn't have put it better Mike (except maybe the part where you say he was almost always right [;)])


Well, I almost always found myself in agreement with his basic arguement (if not the way he was making it), so he must have been right pretty often. I ceertainly am...[sic]



rtrapasso -> RE: In Praise of Ron, Pasternaski and Tristan (9/21/2005 7:00:31 PM)


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ORIGINAL: Mike Scholl

Yea, I'll be the first to admit that TJ was a sucker for "having his chain yanked" and would sometimes go overboard in defending his postion. He had/has no patience with fools, and he often felt those he "crossed swords" with were. Some were, some weren't..., but TJ was always sure he was right (and most often was) that he couldn't seem to grasp that even someone who was wrong could still be sincere in their point of view. Needless to say, this kicked of some truely "epic" wars of words.....


I'll admit i crossed swords with him on occasion. However, he seemed to be less aggressive and more calm when arguing with him in a way that i tried to make sure was not demeaning or insulting. By the end of the discussion, when he realized that i wasn't out to hammer him, he rather gracefully disengaged.

I guess sometimes people will post inflammatory posts just to get a discussion going. It's hard to tell if they are doing it out of design, or something else, and sometimes things will manage to push a hot button of mine, but i *try* (with varying degrees of success) to keep insults, etc. out of it. Others may not agree with this attitude, which is of course their right with the (relatively) free speach on the forum - and of course, it is the varying opinions and attitudes which can make this forum so entertaining, enjoyable and occasionally exasperating![:D]



Nomad -> RE: In Praise of Ron, Pasternaski and Tristan (9/21/2005 7:06:49 PM)

I didn't have a problem with TJs objections to the game, it was the way he expressed them that seem to get on my nerves and I think others also. Way back in UV days his cry of "everything is broken, scrape the whole thing and start over" was not taken kindly. [:)] Again, I do not think he intended to be 'abrasive' he just came across that way in his postings. But then I admit that on some occasions he really got to me and I posted things I probably shouldn't have. But I have been wrong before. He had some very valid points but he tended to talk about what was wrong and nothing about how it might be fixed.

'Ski certainly got fed up and just faded away.

Ron, I have seen around a couple time lately.

I would hate to think that the miinority view gets stomped on since I think I have one also. WitP is NOT the game I was hoping for and that there are a huge number of design decisions that defy common sense( to me anyway). I still play the game and have fun but I do sometimes think about how wonderful this game could have been. So do not think that everyone here is just plumb happy with WitP as it stands. I am just realist enough to know that what is wrong with the game has about zero chance of being changed. I just hope they can and will find the bugs and get rid of them, but even there I think we might be out of luck.

Time for some [sm=party-smiley-012.gif][sm=party-smiley-012.gif][sm=party-smiley-012.gif][sm=party-smiley-012.gif] and mellow out time.



bradfordkay -> RE: In Praise of Ron, Pasternaski and Tristan (9/21/2005 7:07:32 PM)

I miss them as well, but not one aspect of their posts: the constant harping on the fact that the game was rotten at its core. Once it was obvious that this was the game as designed, continuing to loudly proclaim that the game was unplayable without a complete overhaul of the game engine was counterproductive. Offering ideas for improvement within the game engine is another story...

I agreed with many of the complaints about game details, but have never believed that insulting the whole product is the way to get results. Pasternakski decided that the game wasn't for him. I'm sorry to see him gone, but can respect his decision.



rtrapasso -> RE: In Praise of Ron, Pasternaski and Tristan (9/21/2005 7:12:55 PM)

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WitP is NOT the game I was hoping for and that there are a huge number of design decisions that defy common sense( to me anyway). I still play the game and have fun but I do sometimes think about how wonderful this game could have been. So do not think that everyone here is just plumb happy with WitP as it stands. I am just realist enough to know that what is wrong with the game has about zero chance of being changed. I just hope they can and will find the bugs and get rid of them, but even there I think we might be out of luck.


I agree with you here wholeheartedly.

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I would hate to think that the miinority view gets stomped on since I think I have one also.


Well, i hate to think it too - but i think it is true.

If i were off work, i might join you in your [sm=party-smiley-012.gif][sm=party-smiley-012.gif][sm=party-smiley-012.gif].



rtrapasso -> RE: In Praise of Ron, Pasternaski and Tristan (9/21/2005 7:19:41 PM)

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I miss them as well, but not one aspect of their posts: the constant harping on the fact that the game was rotten at its core. Once it was obvious that this was the game as designed, continuing to loudly proclaim that the game was unplayable without a complete overhaul of the game engine was counterproductive.


Perhaps, but realizing "the game was rotten at its core" has inspired at least a few people to think about doing a revamp to the game engine, etc. So, i don't believe it is *entirely* counterproductive.

I think by expressing that the "the game was rotten at its core", it touched a sore point on players who love and play the game. Sort of like being in love with a rotten person - you might realize that the person is horrible, rotten, etc., but if someone tells you that, your first reaction might be to want to punch them in the nose.

I think these three got punched in the nose on the forum (a lot!)



Terminus -> RE: In Praise of Ron, Pasternaski and Tristan (9/21/2005 7:20:36 PM)

But they DID stick their noses so very far forward...



Bradley7735 -> RE: In Praise of Ron, Pasternaski and Tristan (9/21/2005 7:57:53 PM)

Yeah, I miss those guys a lot of the time (especially Pasternaski. He's funny). But, the knife cuts both ways. When was the last time Kid posted a lot on this forum. WITP lost a good asset when he dropped out.

I don't know for sure, but I think he stopped his active posting because of the people who complained so much.



patrickl -> RE: In Praise of Ron, Pasternaski and Tristan (9/21/2005 8:12:21 PM)

Hi,

Kid is a good man. But I think he sometimes take things too seriously.[;)]



rtrapasso -> RE: In Praise of Ron, Pasternaski and Tristan (9/21/2005 8:13:45 PM)


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ORIGINAL: Bradley7735

Yeah, I miss those guys a lot of the time (especially Pasternaski. He's funny). But, the knife cuts both ways. When was the last time Kid posted a lot on this forum. WITP lost a good asset when he dropped out.

I don't know for sure, but I think he stopped his active posting because of the people who complained so much.


Heck, this forum tends to be one giant complaint-fest, and not just from guys with minority opinions.

The Big Three mentioned tended to be lightning rods that attracted a lot of attention to their issues. However, i believe there are lots of folk that are no longer on the forum that were reasonable in the way they presented their issues - and got hammered just the same. A couple of them clearly stated they were leaving the forum because of preceived abuse.



Terminus -> RE: In Praise of Ron, Pasternaski and Tristan (9/21/2005 8:59:19 PM)

For what it's worth (and that's not much), their tone got real old, real fast. Legitimate gripes can easily get lost in hostile words, which is what happened with all three of them. Most likely, this was born out of frustration with both the game and the reception they received here on the board, but that doesn't make it okay. Sorry, but I don't miss any of them at all.



Gem35 -> RE: In Praise of Ron, Pasternaski and Tristan (9/22/2005 12:32:15 AM)

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Terminus -> RE: In Praise of Ron, Pasternaski and Tristan (9/22/2005 12:40:39 AM)

Brilliant, Gem, just brilliant![&o][&o][&o]



Nomad -> RE: In Praise of Ron, Pasternaski and Tristan (9/22/2005 1:01:46 AM)

ooooooooooooooooooooooooooooopssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssss



Mike Scholl -> RE: In Praise of Ron, Pasternaski and Tristan (9/22/2005 1:09:44 AM)


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ORIGINAL: Gem35

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And the answer is....., YES We were



ChezDaJez -> RE: In Praise of Ron, Pasternaski and Tristan (9/22/2005 3:41:46 AM)

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And Ron and Tristan are nice people too when you get to know them I am sure.


I never played Ron but I did play TristanJohn. I quit our game in June 1942 with the IJN fleet and air forces intact, as was the army. I quit the game because of his gamey play. He stacked ports with multiple TFs composed of a single, empty AK. He also liked to use 200+ B-17s on a single mission night-bombing. Yet he howled to beat hell if I sent a bombardment force to the B-17 base (or any other base for that matter) or if I sent mulitple surface TFs to sink the AKs. I had informed him of what I considered gamey play before we started the game and that I wanted as historical a game as possible (meaning no exploitation of gamey loopholes in the rules). I warned him twice. I had enough when he got insulting because KB came within 10 hexes of the western map edge when I attacked Ceylon.

Tristan was very knowledgeable about WWII and he and I had more than one heated debate, as most of you will remember. What you never saw was the insulting PMs about me being too stupid to recognize that his was the only correct truth and if I didn't like the way he played, quit. What you saw on the forum was relatively mild by comparison.

I do kind of miss him though. A good, moving target is always hard to find![:D]

I have no idea whether TJ was banned or just chose to move on.

Chez



ChezDaJez -> RE: In Praise of Ron, Pasternaski and Tristan (9/22/2005 4:24:40 AM)

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Yea, I'll be the first to admit that TJ was a sucker for "having his chain yanked" and would sometimes go overboard in defending his postion. He had/has no patience with fools, and he often felt those he "crossed swords" with were. Some were, some weren't..., but TJ was always sure he was right (and most often was) that he couldn't seem to grasp that even someone who was wrong could still be sincere in their point of view. Needless to say, this kicked of some truely "epic" wars of words.....


TJ did far more than his fair share of chain yanking. My debates with him were fairly civil until the infamous "Yamato vs Iowa" debate.

He sent me several PMs during that debate basically saying that I was one of the reasons why the game would never be fixed because I didn't stand up screaming that the game had flaws and my silence would ensure it never got fixed. He also constantly denigrated my position in his PMs by my "failure" to recognize that he was always totally right and I was always wrong and that it was stupid of me to question his "sources" (which he often refused to divulge). He always came across as a teacher talking down to a misguided student. And that was TJ's major failing: (1) his inability to admit that there was a possibility that he could be wrong and (2) his insufferable arrogance in stating that he was the only person to understand that. That's what led to my "How do you like me now?" post.

The sad truth is that I actually liked TJ until that "Yamato" debate. I thought he was very knowledgeable in many topics and I did learn a lot from him. I don't know why he left and I hope my debates with him did not cause him to leave.

Chez



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