My article this week was a hatchet job for Big Red. What's that, you say? Yup, you read it correctly. Sometimes my job is to write an article designed to drive up the comment's count, and that's what Witch Hunter's Eulogy was. Still, I wrote it, I like it, and it still strikes me as funny.
But yea, it wasn't hard to predict the Hate Mail.
I usually try to stay more subtle than that.
This one was a personal favorite, an example of the differences in taste... followed up by the type of comment we've come to expect from Comments Come Lately. Speaking of which...
(I almost like this guy, strangely enough.)
So... this will be the first Comments Come Lately with a Part II. What does that say about the article?
On second thought, don't answer that.
Heh, personally I loved your article. I don't agree with you on your opinion of the Witch Hunters codex, but I definitely laughed at Eldrad's eulogy...
ReplyDeleteLol. This is why I would be hesitant to write for BoLS. I'd just be annoyed at half (or more) of the comments that came my way.
ReplyDeleteI swear, the place is like a vacuum for negativity in the comments section.
I like your stuff though... one of the only people I actually read on BoLS :-p
I thought it was a fun article. My advice: don't fall for the troll-bait.
ReplyDeleteFor a few years in the early days of 4th edition I stood poised to receive the Xenohunters Codex, but in the end, we were denied....:(
This was even funnier than the article. You riff like a champ. like a wargaming version of Kevin Smith
ReplyDeleteConsidering the trash BoLS puts out, seeing an article of Brent's usual intellect is refreshing and I always make a point of reading them. TBH, I only do this to see the idiot comments these days!
ReplyDeleteI still enjoy your articles Brent...honest!
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ReplyDeleteIt is quite amusing to watch the trolls jump and snap as you hold a raw fish on occasion. Mind you, that comment thread is nothing to the collection of casual misogyny and outright vileness after the article posted by "The Girl" earlier in the week.
ReplyDeleteI am sure Kirby's effort (gasp! numbers!) will be equally attacked.
I often quite enjoy BOLS comment threads but every now and then they do go badly wrong.
An Enemy has left a new comment on your post "Comments Come Lately: Hate Mail":
ReplyDeleteYou realize that the dude you were mocking for having a picture of him and his girlfriend standing together is linking his Facebook profile for commenting right?
Cam off really childish.
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That's the comment the author deleted; not sure why he or she did, because I thought the point was valid.
Of course it's childish!
I don't care that the dude has a picture of himself with his girlfriend as his avatar - why should I?
Still, he went out of his way to make a cutting comment, so I returned the favor. I thought mine was better, but that's really where it begins and ends for me.
Normally I don't bother responding to random jibes and insults - it just isn't worth the time invested.
My friends and I had a good laugh at the you-googily (Zoolander ref.). In fact, the only time I read BoLS is when you, Kirby and sometimes Goatboy (though I just read him on his blog) post an article.
ReplyDeleteOne of the reasons I never submitted an article to BoLS after my FnP/ USR mechanics article is simply because none of the 158 comments had anything to do with the content of my article, with the exception of some good feedback from Abuse Puppy.
I applaud you guys for continuously posting your stuff there, though I am sure it feels like you are just pissing in the wind sometimes.
Keep up the good work, Brent. The non-commenting reader/lurkers love it!
Internet people being jerks, details at 11:00.
ReplyDeleteIn all seriousness, I try to skip most of the comments there. You're always going to have the couple jack-asses who just can't figure out something constructive to say and just want to lash out.
Hope it doesn't deter you from reading and responding to valid criticisms. You're pretty good telling the difference so far, though.
I replied to that first guy as well, a bit of a douchebag I thought especially the part where he claimed you were idiotic like many other writers on BoLS. Maybe I'm being harsh there, but your articles have a standard of their own, being quite intellectual in the way they are presented and phrased, something which sadly goes over the heads of many readers.
ReplyDeleteWhat really irks me, is that I called you Brentypoo publicly yet received no form of acknolegement, even for my hugs and gropings...
You are tearing me apart Brent!
@idget: Calm down! You're being hysterical!
ReplyDeleteBrent how are you so hated?
ReplyDeleteI mean i try my best to encourage attacks and hatred but i cant quite compete with you.
I insult ppl, their armies, their painting, their children....and still half as much hate
lol teach me
stetson
wow, this is great. I personally enjoy your articles, they have a sense of humor to them that fits my own odd humor.
ReplyDeleteI also think its great when authors can hold their own so well against the idiots that put up those comments. I know some authors on Bols just get annoyed and prickly when people insult their work, you take it in stride very well.
it was just a poorly written article, get over it, do better next time. How is using Facebook childish?
ReplyDeletealso, im not sure what the problem is, you wrote a bad article and you posted it online, whats the problem with being critical?
you tried to be clever, you failed, you really prefer people pretending interest?
I didn't attack you, I attacked your writing. As a blogger and a writer who posts on the internet, take it into account next time. Sure it looks cool to respond with an insult, and sure you can drum up support since you have a blog and I don't. Instead of taking this as a you verse me, how bout you take it and display it in a better piece of work next time.
Jack:
ReplyDeleteI can't get over it; I was never on it. I've written for Bell for a year now, and believe me when I tell you the comment's section rarely represents reality. Your comment bothered me not at all.
Sure, I responded in a negative way, but mostly as an illustration. Read the comment; I very clearly was demonstrating a more intelligent way of insulting someone. I don't personally care that you're using your Facebook avatar, but the best insults (and lies) are anchored in truth - there you go, an in.
Still, I don't respond to criticism with attacks or crappy comments. If you don't believe that, go look. That's constructive, or it's opinion, and either way I try to encourage that.
I'm not perfect.
You attacked me. Your words. You made a shitty little comment - and it wasn't, "This is poorly written." That's fine.
I don't agree, but it's fine.
"This is what happens when a gamer tries to sound clever," is a snarky little attack.
That's what drives me nuts. The uselessness of it all! Say something with meaning, or drop an opinion and keep it at that.
I would not have responded at all had you left it at the first line.
Now, about the content: sorry, but I can't agree. The writing was not poor, it was fine. There were no errors in grammar or syntax that weren't deliberate, and there were no spelling errors.
I don't buy the, "It's poorly written," nonsense. What I am willing to accept is, "I didn't like the construction," or, "I hated the concept," or, "You failed to write a quality article," and so on.
I'd still submit those are opinions, but they have more merit. Next time, do that.
saying it is poorly written, entails that there is something wrong with the structure or the concept, and in this case there was both.
ReplyDeleteSaying that you were trying to be clever is not a "snarky attack", you WERE trying to be clever. It didn't work.
I did not attack you, when an article is based around a concept that is suppose to be clever, criticizing that is not an attack on you, it is an attack on the article. Somehow insinuating from a profile picture that i'm controlled by my gf, is.
When I refer to writing, I'm not talking about spelling, i believe most people can use spell check. It was poorly written. Roundabout, unique, different is all ways of saying poor. The sentence structure, the execution, the use of tenses, the dialogue, everything was poorly done.
and come on that was not an "intelligent" way of insulting. Cliched yes, intelligent no.
@Jack
ReplyDeleteYour last post was poorly written :
"Roundabout, unique, different is all ways of saying poor." should have been written as "Roundabout, unique, and different are all ways of saying poor."
Brent I have said it before, keep on doing what you do, your post made me laugh and so got the Thumbs up from me!
hahah the difference is i'm not writing articles online
ReplyDeleteway to use every bodies favorite online come back
"Where e'er you go
ReplyDeleteyou never know
the reason someone hates you,
but those, as such,
don't mean as much
as who appreciates you."
(Mark Evanier, in an issue of Groo the Wanderer)
Keep doing what you're doing, Brent. You're doing just fine ;)
how are people thinking I don't like this guy????? if you read any of the posts you will see I have no problem with him.
ReplyDeleteAll i have ever been saying is he wrote a bad article, people... read
We love you, Brent!!!
ReplyDeleteBrent, I don't know if you noticed, but we are using your likeness for Plastic Dudesmen comics. Now you will dance like a marionette on my strings.
ReplyDelete-Wyatt
What's the point Brent? I always like reading your blog and check it every day. But garbage posts like this really affect my opinion of you (not that you should care). Who cares what some random person on bols comments says? Do you really need the 'support' of internet 'yes men' to make you feel better? Does this deserve a post? No.
ReplyDeletejTrain: I don't, no, and maybe not.
ReplyDeleteBut it's fun - and sometimes even educational. I don't agree with Jack's comments, for example, but learning there was no useless animosity behind them is a much better resolution than thinking it was random sniping or useless hate.
But sometimes it is.
For what it's worth, I don't write crappy comments in reply to legit criticism. I've won over a number of readers by being willing to talk about their point of view, and sometimes agree with where they're coming from.
But pure hate? They're welcome to bring it, I'm not going to delete it - baring racism or something - but it doesn't mean I have to be polite!
I enjoy Comments Come Lately - it's fun to write, and it highlights some of the uselessly unnecessary stuff for the enjoyment of (most) concerned.
Well said. I have no arguement. I'm still going to enjoy your blog. Thanks!
ReplyDeleteWyatt: Man, I missed that completely!
ReplyDeleteThat's...
...uh, oh.
To anyone who dislikes this blog, or brent's posts, I have a question:
ReplyDeleteU mad?