The Lessons Not Learned.

[VelKallor]

To sum up

The lessen we have learned are :

1. That some people, no matter what is given them, will always sneer and say they can do better.... when they clearly cant. Dont care how many "outlines" you write, when you have the calibre and actual literary capability of writing at Natsuko-san's level, let me know.

I wont be holding my breath.

2. That yes, the story wasnt perfect, nothing ever is, Endwalker, however, stands head and shoulders above other MMO writing, viz the massive praised heaped upon it by multiple sites and venues. I and others have enjoyed it, which stands in stark contrast to the ridiculous claims of one who says "he speaks for many".

No.

3. That some people will again sneer at weapons design submissions..yet cant ....or wont.....show us their own. Jonathon Livingston Seagull defined these people as the ones who enjoy clipping the wings of others...since they themselves cannot fly ( Dont laugh, read the book, you may be very surprised )

4. That some people define "adult" as unable to enjoy simple things, with a grim, humourless , colourless worldview I thank the living God every single day I dont suffer from. The day I stop feeling that sense of wonder, of laughter, the day I cant stop to admire the many glories we see around us with the wonder and discovery of a child, the day i cant sit with a book and die laughing, the day I feel too "adult" to sit in a library and enjoy Goosebumps or Enid Blyton's beautiful books, the day I play the MSQ and spend my time dissecting it to find the flaws according to my "sensibilities of what is proper"....yeah thats the day I stop living.

and last

What lesson was not learned?

We did not learn the lesson offered to us by people who presume that they know better than we ourselves do. When someone sets themselves up as " Do as I say and do what I think, I know whats best for you" ( in this I hark back to an earlier comment where said person was telling us what we SHOULD play instead..that alone is beyond arrogant. Sorry, true.), that anyone could even presume to TRY and know whats best for me is ludicrous in the extreme.

Every game has flaws. Every game has things that we think could be done better, I concur, with the caveat that IF we followed that line, we would be running from pillar to post when said commentators have 10000 different ideas, none of whom can agree on any one point, all of which THEY think is the best course.

Game design by committee??

That way lies utter insanity.