Future Endeavored Pool 2009
Dec 23, 2008 4:24:15 GMT -5
Post by Andy on Dec 23, 2008 4:24:15 GMT -5
Be fair, FF. You know I'm right behind you on the OO issues but in this case might as well give the benefit of the doubt. Its 100% plausible that Fire would think of the Deadpool without needing OO to remind her, since the Deadpool is an idea that long predates OO and Fire is one of many who seem to have left OO behind.
I already talked to Firewoman about that. She knew damn well what she was doing, she just wanted to bring the game here because she thought no one was jumping on it over there. Which, as I said, is fine if that's what you want to do, but it just doesn't sit right with me. I didn't invent the damn thing, I just heard it on the radio and thought it would be fun, but we've done it a few years now on OO and I didn't like the idea of it coming here.
And even if it seems a remarkable coincidence its perfectly within the realm of possability that CiG and Demko came up with the logical variation on the Deadpool independently of each other. Its an odd coincidence if it is that but its not impossible.
Of course its possible. I'm not saying its impossible, just highly unlikely.
But I'm an OO mod who visited the site numerous times today and I managed to miss it. Largely because I ignore the forum that I became used to as the "OOWF Forum."
Well, not to split hairs, but OOWF was in Fantasy and this is in Games. Plus its on the main banner directing anyone who visits to it, whether they sign in or not.
At the very least it doesn't seem worth fighting over.
Of course its worth fighting for. On a board where we all ran to the new onlineonslaught.com to defend the original OO I'd be hard-pressed not to fight for it here. I have no problem with this board existing; I love this board. I just would like the board to have some differences. I don't want to see this board rip everything fun from the original board so no one goes there again. The stuff that keeps being introduced here is stuff we used to do there and having it in both places further dilutes the content of the board we all met on. Between Showdowns, Spotlights, Drafts, Fantasy stuff and random gobbledygook there's plenty to do on this damn board without stealing from OO.
With all the shit Moose still gets, why would Demko run the same risk?
A few reasons: either he's telling the truth and he really came up with this incredibly original idea less than 24 hours after Alt came up with it, he stole it directly and hoped no one would notice or he stole it and didn't care if anyone would notice because he can just say he hasn't been there and without signing in there's no way to prove whether he was or not.
I don't know which one it is, and obviously only Demko will ever know what the truth is.