[Ogre] Cripes, give him a break

[David Morse]

Chris French wote:
> [blah blah blah]
>
> I, for one, draw the line here.
> 
> This sort of thing is a "hot button" issue for me -- press it, and get
> ready for a wild ride. :)

Chris,
I'm curious, why do you subscribe to this list?

The reason I subscribe is to talk about Ogre, how to play it better,
come up with weasely tactics, think about variant units, and maybe see
what scenarios people come up with.  That's where my interest lies.

To date there have been rougly 10,000 variant units or optional rules
proposed for Ogre.  Its understood that almost nobody plays with
anyone else's.  That's SO OBVIOUS to most of us it doesn't need
saying, but apperantly you don't get it.  You see optional rules in
Kentucky decreasing your enjoyment of your games in Nebraska.

If you hate rules bloat, and "Ooopses", complain to SJG about the
issues the bloating rules and Ooopses.

Having to carry around Ogre Miniatures rulebook to play Ogre Hex is
lame, I'm with you on that, and I'll happily co-sign any letter of
complaint you want to author.  Lets do it.  Seriously.

But your threats to kvetch further when people express interest in the
game and try to enjoy the list are misguided at best.  If you don't
like someone's proposal, and you don't have any input on how to
refashion it better, then the fastest way you can get the group to
move on to a less boring subject is to NOT write anything, and let the
topic fade into the background.  Poo-poo'ing people's ideas doesn't
make anyone happy, nor does it turn back the clock and "heal" Car
Wars, nor does it impact SJG's decision to bloat or not bloat the Ogre
rules further.  It is not clear that they even read this list anymore.
 You're barking up the wrong tree, man!

My spider sense is tingling that I've gone over the line and been
impolite to you.  In the intererests of list harmony the little angel
on my shoulder is telling me not to send this message, that you'll
just take it wrong and type something insulting.  But the devil on my
other shoulder is annoyed with you, so I'll send it anyway.  Sorry. 
Realize that I've been as polite as I possibly could be to you in this
reply, and try to be equally polite back.

Sincerely,
Dave