by Deuces » Wed, 11Feb23 06:31
Where to begin...
First off, Shark, I appreciate your candor and ability to take criticism. It seems very rare these days. If I had known about the forum you mentioned I would have posted there.
Now as for Squeeky's comments:
1. I found the characters dull because one, it is simply four random white people taking advantage of a girl, and not a whole lot more depth than that. I also feel Shark spent much more time developing characters such as Wendy, whereas here they simply showed up, introduced themselves, and start ripping bras off.
2. I'm not asking that he make it some sort of Hentai "press one botton and watch the action game", or even that he make them less difficult. What I'm asking is that he make it somewhat harder to fail, and somewhat less repetitive when you do. If you think thats an outlandish opinion, please feel free to skim back through this thread and see both the opinions on that particular scene and your, uh, "help".
3. As you yourself said I am free to voice my opinion. What you also implied is "No one cares about your opinion, so shut the hell up." I am aware he can't please every audience, but he's still going to try. Thats why I'm posting my opinion and, although this is now only my second post, I may now do so regularly if only to combat pretentious morons who think they can shout down any one who disagrees with them. Believe me, I can shout really loud.
4. I did not say, "Dear Shark, please throw out every scrap of new story, give the middle finger to all paying members, and tell Raelee her story is terrible." Understandably, when you're trying to discredit someone to help bring merit to your own argument it helps to put words in other people's mouths. You'll notice I mentioned I thought the characters were dull. Perhaps thats the most you can do with out adding even more dialouge, and so be it. But I DID NOT say I disliked the entire story, regardless of how you interpret my words. You seem to be laboring under the delusion that anyone who has any negetive feedback is not only personally attacking Shark, but anyone else who contributed. That is incorrect. If you can't learn to *peacefully* disagree with someone you won't get very far in life. YOU wanted to make this personal, not me. I will continue to speak my mind no matter what you or anyone else says.
As your friend LRM says, "Don't like? Lump it!"
Shark, I do enjoy your other work and when I said would stop playing I was simply exaggerating out of frustration. But if no one says what they dislike, how are you to know? I'm sure YOU will understand, and I think I'll take your advice on the cold beer.
-Deuces!-