Will Vanheim Ever Become Spayed?

[Epaminondas]

curtadams said:
Just a note for people dumping personal criticism:

You do know that personal criticism reduces attention to and acceptance of your claims, especially when the target was involved in the Dom3 project?

1. While I am loath to make "ad hominem" arguments as a rule, in some cases they are valid.

And honestly, I find most of Gandalf's posts on threads of this nature worthless, because you know exactly what he will say and he rarely even tries to make "arguments."

And please note that I made criticisms regarding the type of arguments (really "assertions") he makes, rather than making comments about his mother or directing graituitous epithets at him.

2. Who cares if he was a beta tester or even more heavily involved in the development of Dom III?

There are tons of people in this world who are "involved" in projects but are in reality deadweights contributing nothing to those projects. I suppose we should take Dan Quayle seriously when he discourses upon geopolitics because he was the VP?

Besides, even if Gandalf really understood the game inside-out, the acid test is still to translate that "knowledge" into persuasive--or at least intelligible--arguments. Bromides like "every side has its advantages and disadvantages" do not make intelligent arguments.