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Re: A Public Apology
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Fri, 24 Oct 2003 16:13:15 GMT
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In lugnet.gaming.brikwars, Mike Rayhawk wrote:
> I apologize to all my readers who placed their trust in BrikWars as a source
> of well-researched and accurate information. Furthermore, I apologize to all
> people who were damaged by these offensive stereotypes, especially those in
> the ninja community.
It's about time. I've often been discouraged by the flagrant inaccuracies and
utter disregard for thorough and comprehensive research apparent throughout
Brikwars. Just a few points that I've taken particular offense to:
(1) Nowhere in the various platform sections is any mention made to clean
versus dirty filters in the engines. Clearly, engine performance should be
detrimented slightly towards the end of the maintenance cycle, as oil and air
filters become loaded with contaminants.
(2) Caloric intake and metobolic variances are COMPLETELY ommitted from all of
the combatant profiles. Do I even need to elaborate?
(3) I found the representation of Abnormal People to be completely
disingenuous, inaccurate, and insulting. Please, PLEASE research your abnormal
people, even if that means ASKING us for information. Don't be so proud.
I could go on ... component degradation versus storage time, geographic
ramifications on weapon manufacturing, climatic impacts on ballistic
trajectories (have you ever even *tried* firing a projectile weapon at the
leading edge of a high-pressure front?), and wage/labor laws as they apply to
mercenaries, for starters. Really, I would consider the current Brikwars manual
to be a very rough (and very inaccurate) first draft of an outline of the
eventual game, with a tremendous amount of clarification, further research, and
analysis required.
In retrospect, I find your apology somewhat suspect anyway. It seems to me that
a truly heartfelt apology couldn't help but find its way onto the front page of
the Brikwars website.
I Guess I Showed You.
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| I got an email today to the BrikWars contact address from a very offended reader. Apparently one of the quotes in the Medieval Japan supplement contains misleading information; specifically, the one in chapter MJ.6: Ninjas: "Facts: 1. Ninjas are (...) (21 years ago, 23-Oct-03, to lugnet.gaming.brikwars) !
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