On May 29, 12:24=A0am, Phantom scojocupcake <bo...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
> Who'd have thought that!
>
>
http://www.2000adonline.com/?zone=3Dfan&page=3Dmessagethread&choice=3D2263=
2...
>
> People arguing with Matt Smith, eh?
>
> Back in the 1980s all we had was a one page nerve centre letters page.
> That was the only way to express your thoughts about 2000AD. How times
> have changed. These days you can log onto the net and be rude to
> 2000AD's editor and expect a reply. Now that's progress for you! LOL
>
> scojomoo
Ahem...
"Or alternatively you could all use this messageboard in a civilised
and considerate manner, which I seem to remember was my fairly simple
and - so I thought - reasonable request in the first place."
And, again, you may colour me mystified as to the supposed threshold
that has been crossed that renders this board a disservice to
Rebellion and 2000AD, as you claimed in your first post on this
subject.
We -- a small but vocal cross section of your fan base -- have been
somewhat critical of what has, let's be honest, a lacklustre run of
progs over the last few weeks.
At the risk of invoking philt, you seem oblivious to the fact that we
were all overwhelmingly positive about the title only a few weeks ago,
with many of us lauding the title as the best it has been in years.
What's more, for all the negative feedback, have you not noticed how
people have been hanging on for the new line-up and are already making
positive noises about it?
No anthology title is ever going to be plain sailing. For the most
part, some people will like some strips, and some other, and thereby
the balance is maintained. Occasionally, the majority of strips are
not met favourably, but it's not like we were threatening to leave en
masse or demanding that writer or artist X never be given work again.
The tone remains largely as it was and veiled references to sundry
other offences help the discussion not one bit. Irreverence,
disrespect and, indeed, outright rudeness are part of the character of
2000AD. That this board should reflect those key qualities speaks well
of the board and the core nature of 2000AD that has sustained it over
these last 30 years.
If you would like to come back with specific instances of what you
consider unacceptable behaviour that has appeared recently on this
board then I will happily revise my position and opinion in light of
them, but the unsup****ted assertions that we have seen thus far simply
don't stack up to a justification of the way you have characterized
this board.
Make no mistake, Matt. I have nuff respeck for your tenure on 2000AD
itself, and how you manage to put out the Megazine at all, never mind
achieve any quality control is nothing short of superhuman.
But I think you're off the mark here.
Sorry.
Jim
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I was never that bad. I'm a paragon of virture and good manners
compared to the mutinous lot over on the message board. I swear it's
mutiny! "Mutiny, I say." The 2000AD fans are revolting.
But a good make-over and they'll look less revolting.
:)
scojomoo
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