Re: A note from your friendly neighborhood Devil's Advocate

[Steve Ames <steve@ns1.cioe.com>]

Wow Mike. That e-mail made my day. *wiping a tear from my eye* I don't
think I've lauged that hard in days.

BTW... I thought we agreed that inuuendo was a bad thing. Your message
may have went out before the GM meeting so is excusable. In the future
instead of saying 'crap' please give details.

						-Steve

> You don't have any idea, do you?
>
> Jevan
>
> On Sat, 5 Sep 1998, Michael Kilgore wrote:
>
> > To back Lyle on one of his assertions (which one, I will not say), I know
> > for a fact that Mike Brobst does show up is because of the crap that was
> > going on.  BTW, it is the same crap as to why Melissa and myself left
> > Centralia and never looked back.
> > 
> > The last time I remember him showing up for a game was a couple weeks after
> > he showed up to do something that is a hotly debated topic of past weeks.
> > 
> > Thanks,
> > Mike
> > 
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Lyle H Janney <lhjanney@adpc.purdue.edu>
> > To: gmlist@cioe.com <gmlist@cioe.com>
> > Date: Friday, September 04, 1998 7:36 AM
> > Subject: RE: A note from your friendly neighborhood Devil's Advocate
> > 
> > 
> > >Very well, Mr. Independent Counsel, but do I have your word that, upon
> > >presentation of evidence, you will publicly apologize for the slander you
> > >have done me?  I have personally accused no individual with my recent
> > >assertions (just as I never accused nor intended to imply cheating on
> > >Kris' part a couple weeks ago).  I am not a source of "constant beligerance
> > >and condemnation", nor do I "constantly critisize just for the sake of
> > >disagreemant" (btw, please update your spell checker or buy a dictionary).
> > >Your desire to support your argument with such direct accusations only
> > >shows _your_ ability to resort to belligerence and condemnation.
> > >
> > >Yes, you have written on the dwindling newbie population, and it is, as
> > >you say "absolutely a source of the thinning of the club".  However, I am
> > >asserting that it is not the only source.  You disagree.  That is fine, but
> > it
> > >gives you no right to resort to the kind of accusations you make below.
> > >
> > >I will attempt to petition those on my list in order to substantiate my
> > claims.
> > >This may take some time, which I am short on of late, and many of the
> > >people on my list just simply no longer show up so they will be harder to
> > >reach, so don't expect this anytime real soon.  Until then, I challenge you
> > >to keep any ear open to the complaints of others if you truly care so much
> > >about the membership of the club.  I may not be _entirely_ correct in the
> > >reason our older members are dwindling, but I know I am not entirely
> > >incorrect.
> > >
> > >Lyle
> > >
> > >-----Original Message-----
> > >From: Jevan Furmanski [SMTP:furmansj@expert.cc.purdue.edu]
> > >
> > >I have already written on the dwindling population of newbies.  This is
> > >absolutely a source of the thinning of the club.  Your claims have no
> > >substantiation without revealing credible sources.  I am starting to get
> > >angered now by your constant beligerance and condemnation.  We can point
> > >fingers and accuse, and that is exactly how people get wrong ideas about
> > >players and characters (watches of time stop, swords of all the Tor
> > >drills).  We do not need a negative voice in the club to constantly
> > >critisize just for the sake of disagreemant.  You are going to have to be
> > >a little more credible about your accusations or I am no longer going to
> > >entertain discourse that is just endless bickering.
> > >
> > >Jevan
> > >
> > 
> > 
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