a player's loss of freedom and control: a bit of a rant

[Doctor Xero]

For the record, its generally considered bad form to take parting shots at "some posters" and then call for the thread to close, thereby cutting off any chance of response.

My apologies.  I had hoped closing the thread would stop the in-fighting.

Anyone who wishes to may add to this thread any last words he or she wishes, and I will keep quiet so that their words are the final ones.

From other rants, I had thought labelling this a "rant" would encourage people to take it with a certain light-heartedness, as though I had spoken to them with a wry grin of frustration.  I was honestly thrown when I read posts which took my words with a seriousness I neither intended nor considered them worthy of.

I probably shouldn't have responded to the misreadings; I just have a hot button against faulty inferences.

Anyone who wishes to may add to this thread any last words he or she wishes, and I will not post any further responses to this thread.

Thank you to everyone who participated.  I appreciate what I learned from everyone, whether you were earnest or defensive or both, whether you agreed with me or disagreed with me, whether you disagreed with what I wrote or rewrote my words and then disagreed with that.  No matter what, thank you for participating.

Doctor Xero

[Callan S.]

On a quick note I'll add this: When I try to suggest the problem isn't X bt instead it's Y and I then say my past post isn't about Y; I'm not trying to defensively say that post doesn't have X in it (I'm trying to say it has no Y in it). I'm sounding convoluted here , maybe that's why I didn't get my meaning across.