Posted by Anonymous handle on August 17, 2000 at 15:58:43:
In Reply to: Woah. Hold on a sec. posted by The First Apostle on August 17, 2000 at 15:29:19:
Not saying that Arcane is all knowing and all powerful, but I believe from his previous posts and his demonstration of game knowledge that he doesn't talk out of his ass. That being said, you can do a forum search and read his entire post which has a tidbit of relevance to this whole thread: Pay attention to the very last line...
To some extent, it is an understandable position to hold, but it cheapens your words and your credibility in the eyes of those who know better. I admittedly once thought similarly to you, when I first started playing CF. I vividly recall posting a gripe on the old Official CF Forum (c. 3/98) about how overpowered Eriwal's wolverine form was, totally convinced that I was in the right (as a storm sword spec Knight hero with haste, giant resist, protection from evil, and perfect skills, I died in 4 rounds without getting a command through). Cador replied stating that the wolverine was meant to be somewhat overpowered, but that Eriwal deserved it, and that I lost the fight because of mistakes I made. Nepenthe seconded the statement with an affirmation of Eriwal's stellar roleplay, and that still-infamous comment about that jaw-dropping thing that Eriwal had done. I backed down, and actually made later posts defending the wolverine, since if Cador (the God of Honor, Lord of the Knights!) and Nepenthe said I was wrong, then surely I was. I still wince when I think back to that. For the unenlightened, Cador was Eriwal (he's not a current immortal--this is not a violation of Forum Rules), who coded the form for his own mortal to have.