What's up with the Zeb Cook hatred?

Palmer · Post by **Palmer** » Wed Aug 05, 2009 10:35 pm

TheRedPriest wrote:
Piper wrote:You're a four-flusher and got called down on it. Inability to defend your position noted.
He thinks Elmore sucks, he doesn't have to defend that anymore than you have to defend your position. How I read it, is that Elmore started off pretty good, but then declined into banality.

Is Elmore technically talented? I hadn't heard that disputed. Did he sell out to the man and start producing mediocre crap? Well, that's obviously the view held by some, and I can see their point. Static poses of pretty ladies is eye candy, but I don't know how inspiring that is for gaming material. Now, if he could have added some of Angus McBride's balls to his art, then maybe he'd get a kinder review of his later work. Of course, that wouldn't have fit in the Kinder Gentler D&D either.

Man, I love Angus McBride's work on the Osprey publishing books!

Stormcrow · Post by **Stormcrow** » Wed Aug 05, 2009 10:49 pm

You know guys, there's saying things as you see them, then there's being juvenile. You crossed that line a long time ago

T. Foster · Post by **T. Foster** » Wed Aug 05, 2009 10:59 pm

I don't know exactly what's been going on the past couple pages of this thread, and don't really want to (I'll confess that after the last few days I'm just about internet-drama'd out), but I'm getting PMs complaining about it, so let's just make the blanket statement that if you've been acting inappropriately in this thread (and I strongly suspect that all those who have know that they have) please stop doing so. If you're not done fighting yet and want to get the last word in, too bad. Blame me for censoring you if you must (but don't do it here).

SirAllen · Post by **SirAllen** » Wed Aug 05, 2009 11:36 pm

I would like to add that the Elmore titties from my avatar are from the 1e wonderfulness of Nulb. What a hot little Nulbie wench. Also, I may be drunk on both bourbon AND throwing mastodons at my players tonight. Elmore Titties RUle!

Ermanaric · Post by **Ermanaric** » Wed Aug 05, 2009 11:42 pm

SirAllen wrote:I would like to add that the Elmore titties from my avatar are from the 1e wonderfulness of Nulb.

I have to admit, Elmore sure knows how to draw landscapes. Some of the best I've seen in rpg art.

Cimmerian · Post by **Cimmerian** » Thu Aug 06, 2009 2:20 am

Good art is not always clean lines and a bitchin pose.

Speaking of bitchin, Holloway has been on a roll lately.

simrion · Post by **simrion** » Thu Aug 06, 2009 6:44 am

Wow! Maybe we need a "What's with all the Hatin' on Larry Elmore" thread?

As to playing "safety AD&D" we were all Care Bears eating Strawberry Shortcake (take that as you will...) Oh and we were using inflatable dice too!

Antonio Eleuteri · Post by **Antonio Eleuteri** » Thu Aug 06, 2009 6:53 am

simrion wrote:Wow! Maybe we need a "What's with all the Hatin' on Larry Elmore" thread?

As to playing "safety AD&D" we were all Care Bears eating Strawberry Shortcake (take that as you will...) Oh and we were using inflatable dice too!

Wow, your game is EXACTLY like mine!

Except for the half-orc plush miniatures and dice. Sooo pretty

TRP · Post by **TRP** » Thu Aug 06, 2009 7:29 am

They actually kept "half-orc" in the text? Geez, you'd figure that would have offended someone, been done away with and replaced with something like Huu'or'Moselee'huum'An.

JCBoney · Post by **JCBoney** » Thu Aug 06, 2009 7:37 am

TheRedPriest wrote:They actually kept "half-orc" in the text? Geez, you'd figure that would have offended someone and been done away with and been replaced with something like Huu'or'Moselee'huum'An.

Sure, and with that little detail you can tell there's not really any 2e afoot.

Piper · Post by **Piper** » Thu Aug 06, 2009 7:42 am

Grognard wrote:
Piper wrote:What I've proved is that you were simply lashing out at another person who worked on a game ... a GAME ... you didn't like.
And you are lashing out at another person who made a post on an internet forum... a POST... you didn't like.

Whoosh.

And, amusingly, now so have you.

Woosh.

Mythmere · Post by **Mythmere** » Thu Aug 06, 2009 8:06 am

Semaj Khan wrote:
Piper wrote:You're a four-flusher and got called down on it. Inability to defend your position noted.
And you're a drone who is demanding my attention when he hasn't earned it.

If no one else smacked you for this yet Semaj, I don't consider the attack on Larry Elmore to be ad hominem because it wasn't in a discussion with Larry Elmore, but calling Piper a "drone," even though it's mild and I'm sure he brushed it off, is a foul. Cut it out.

Mythmere · Post by **Mythmere** » Thu Aug 06, 2009 8:10 am

Piper wrote:
Semaj Khan wrote:(((a bunch of nothing)))
Just what I thought you're a coward who can talk big but can't back it up.

This is technically a foul also, although I'm taking note of the fact that both of you are restricting yourselves to a "you're a poo-head" level of insults, which is at least moderately restrained. Nevertheless, cut it out on this thread - there's too much dynamite lying around for you guys to be playing with sparklers.

Zotster · Post by **Zotster** » Thu Aug 06, 2009 8:11 am

quatzl wrote:Man, a nursing home resident in a walker could have done laps around this board not too long ago. Now, the wheels are about to fly off. Well done, ex-TSR employee, well done.

I exist to stir.

Zotster · Post by **Zotster** » Thu Aug 06, 2009 8:13 am

Semaj Khan wrote:Lastly, in my past experience, hardcore 2e players tend to ignore trivial and mundane things like personal hygiene since they're much too busy delving into the mysteries of another supplement book, so how many air freshener cans did the DM go through before the night was out?

Dude, I was playing D&D in 1976 and I can assure you that the personal hygiene-challenged were present even back then.