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		<title>By: Pocky</title>
		<link>http://www.spwug.com/2009/06/16/webcomic-review-dreamless/comment-page-1/#comment-1627</link>
		<dc:creator>Pocky</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 27 Jun 2009 04:38:41 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Hello, this is your friendly neighborhood editor, and while I am for discussion, even when it is heated, I do not like excessive swearing on our site. 

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		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Hello, this is your friendly neighborhood editor, and while I am for discussion, even when it is heated, I do not like excessive swearing on our site. </p>
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		<title>By: The Don</title>
		<link>http://www.spwug.com/2009/06/16/webcomic-review-dreamless/comment-page-1/#comment-1626</link>
		<dc:creator>The Don</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 27 Jun 2009 02:17:04 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Okay, as head writer of this site, I&#039;m going to jump in here and ask that this flame war stop.  Mr. Crosby, I would appreciate it if you would refrain from using harsh language on this web site.  If it continues, I will shut this comment section down.  This is a website for writing about geek culture.  DKM clearly wrote a glowing review about your web comic first and foremost.  The fact that you ignored that and attacked her based on her OPINION is not something we condone here.  What she did is no different than what a restaurant or film critic might do in a review.  She doesn&#039;t need proof to defend observations she has made to form an OPINION.  The fact that you have repeatedly come in here to flame her certainly reflects badly on you and tends to make her OPINION look more valid.  I would recommend that you let it go, and if you feel the need to continue this that it be done elsewhere.  Thank you.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Okay, as head writer of this site, I&#8217;m going to jump in here and ask that this flame war stop.  Mr. Crosby, I would appreciate it if you would refrain from using harsh language on this web site.  If it continues, I will shut this comment section down.  This is a website for writing about geek culture.  DKM clearly wrote a glowing review about your web comic first and foremost.  The fact that you ignored that and attacked her based on her OPINION is not something we condone here.  What she did is no different than what a restaurant or film critic might do in a review.  She doesn&#8217;t need proof to defend observations she has made to form an OPINION.  The fact that you have repeatedly come in here to flame her certainly reflects badly on you and tends to make her OPINION look more valid.  I would recommend that you let it go, and if you feel the need to continue this that it be done elsewhere.  Thank you.</p>
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		<title>By: DKM Marlink</title>
		<link>http://www.spwug.com/2009/06/16/webcomic-review-dreamless/comment-page-1/#comment-1625</link>
		<dc:creator>DKM Marlink</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 26 Jun 2009 23:31:15 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>And everything you say only convinces me that you&#039;re not here to hold a reasonable discussion, so we&#039;re done now.

Crosslinking this entertaining conversation around online introduced new people to this site. And may send new people Dreamless&#039; way as well. Thanks for the site hits and free publicity!</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>And everything you say only convinces me that you&#8217;re not here to hold a reasonable discussion, so we&#8217;re done now.</p>
<p>Crosslinking this entertaining conversation around online introduced new people to this site. And may send new people Dreamless&#8217; way as well. Thanks for the site hits and free publicity!</p>
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		<title>By: Bobby Crosby</title>
		<link>http://www.spwug.com/2009/06/16/webcomic-review-dreamless/comment-page-1/#comment-1624</link>
		<dc:creator>Bobby Crosby</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 26 Jun 2009 23:21:19 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>&quot;Did you miss the fact that this was actually a POSITIVE review&quot;

Please explain what that has to do with your lies about me.  Where the hell are your examples of your false claims about me?  The lady in &quot;Misery&quot; loved that writer&#039;s work too, remember?  Nothing you say makes any fucking sense.

&quot;I’m going to speak the truth as I see it. &quot;

What the fuck -- then why do you keep lying about me and refusing to provide examples of your lies???

&quot;Anyone who’s old enough to be on this site is old enough to know that Your Personal Opinions May Vary.&quot;

You said that you&#039;ve seen me ban people simply because I didn&#039;t like their questions or theories about the comic.  This has never come close to happening and you prove that with each comment you make that doesn&#039;t provide an example of that.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>&#8220;Did you miss the fact that this was actually a POSITIVE review&#8221;</p>
<p>Please explain what that has to do with your lies about me.  Where the hell are your examples of your false claims about me?  The lady in &#8220;Misery&#8221; loved that writer&#8217;s work too, remember?  Nothing you say makes any fucking sense.</p>
<p>&#8220;I’m going to speak the truth as I see it. &#8221;</p>
<p>What the fuck &#8212; then why do you keep lying about me and refusing to provide examples of your lies???</p>
<p>&#8220;Anyone who’s old enough to be on this site is old enough to know that Your Personal Opinions May Vary.&#8221;</p>
<p>You said that you&#8217;ve seen me ban people simply because I didn&#8217;t like their questions or theories about the comic.  This has never come close to happening and you prove that with each comment you make that doesn&#8217;t provide an example of that.</p>
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		<title>By: DKM Marlink</title>
		<link>http://www.spwug.com/2009/06/16/webcomic-review-dreamless/comment-page-1/#comment-1622</link>
		<dc:creator>DKM Marlink</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 26 Jun 2009 16:43:21 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Once again, you&#039;ve made the point so much better than I could have: &quot;[the writer] often [displays] a Jekyll-and-Hyde personality that easily tips over to Hyde.&quot;

&quot;Slandered&quot;

That word does not mean what you seem to think it means. That&#039;s not poking fun; it&#039;s a tip.

If you&#039;re going to put yourself and your name out in the world, it&#039;s just a simple fact of life that not everyone is going to like everything about you. And most of them are going to be much more personal and much less professional in their expressed opinions than I try to be. Did you miss the fact that this was actually a POSITIVE review, warnings about short-tempered writers notwithstanding?

You may not believe or like it, but we&#039;re on the same side here: I want to see the independent artists succeed for once, and I&#039;ll climb as many soapboxes as I have to in order to get the world to recognize them. But that doesn&#039;t mean everything I say is going to be all sweet and rosy. I&#039;m going to speak the truth as I see it. Anyone who&#039;s old enough to be on this site is old enough to know that Your Personal Opinions May Vary. I just provide a reference point to get people to the comics they may not otherwise hear about, and I want them to know what they might find once they get there.

We&#039;re probably not going to agree on this, so the best thing is for you to just keep writing the content for Dreamless that keeps us all checking the site urgently every week, and I&#039;ll keep collecting soapboxes and looking for more talent to promote here.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Once again, you&#8217;ve made the point so much better than I could have: &#8220;[the writer] often [displays] a Jekyll-and-Hyde personality that easily tips over to Hyde.&#8221;</p>
<p>&#8220;Slandered&#8221;</p>
<p>That word does not mean what you seem to think it means. That&#8217;s not poking fun; it&#8217;s a tip.</p>
<p>If you&#8217;re going to put yourself and your name out in the world, it&#8217;s just a simple fact of life that not everyone is going to like everything about you. And most of them are going to be much more personal and much less professional in their expressed opinions than I try to be. Did you miss the fact that this was actually a POSITIVE review, warnings about short-tempered writers notwithstanding?</p>
<p>You may not believe or like it, but we&#8217;re on the same side here: I want to see the independent artists succeed for once, and I&#8217;ll climb as many soapboxes as I have to in order to get the world to recognize them. But that doesn&#8217;t mean everything I say is going to be all sweet and rosy. I&#8217;m going to speak the truth as I see it. Anyone who&#8217;s old enough to be on this site is old enough to know that Your Personal Opinions May Vary. I just provide a reference point to get people to the comics they may not otherwise hear about, and I want them to know what they might find once they get there.</p>
<p>We&#8217;re probably not going to agree on this, so the best thing is for you to just keep writing the content for Dreamless that keeps us all checking the site urgently every week, and I&#8217;ll keep collecting soapboxes and looking for more talent to promote here.</p>
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		<title>By: Bobby Crosby</title>
		<link>http://www.spwug.com/2009/06/16/webcomic-review-dreamless/comment-page-1/#comment-1621</link>
		<dc:creator>Bobby Crosby</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 26 Jun 2009 07:59:58 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>&quot;all you’ve done is beautifully prove my point about the writer’s behaviour.&quot;

Yes, because whenever anyone makes any kind of insult that contains bad words or sounds in any way childish (&quot;no brain&quot;), that means that person is the devil and must be wrong about everything they&#039;re saying.  I despise people like you.  Please explain how in any way I just proved your point.  Are you actually somehow saying that you didn&#039;t provoke me to insult you???  You slandered me in a disgusting way.  You of course won&#039;t even give one example of your claims against me. 

&quot;I’ve seen him insult people without provocation&quot;

Again, this has never happened.  Your definition of &quot;provocation&quot; must be nearly as bad as your definitions for &quot;questions&quot; and &quot;hypotheses.&quot;

&quot;I’ve also seen him ban people because he thought their questions/plot hypotheses about the comic were stupid.&quot;

This one has never even come remotely close to happening. 

Isn&#039;t it shocking enough for you that I&#039;m not super nice for no reason to all of the people who comment on my sites like almost all other online comic writers?  Can&#039;t you simply be appalled by the fact that I actually respond in an upset manner towards the trolls and assholes and liars?  No, not enough -- you have to make up lies about me too because you hate me so much for some reason.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>&#8220;all you’ve done is beautifully prove my point about the writer’s behaviour.&#8221;</p>
<p>Yes, because whenever anyone makes any kind of insult that contains bad words or sounds in any way childish (&#8221;no brain&#8221;), that means that person is the devil and must be wrong about everything they&#8217;re saying.  I despise people like you.  Please explain how in any way I just proved your point.  Are you actually somehow saying that you didn&#8217;t provoke me to insult you???  You slandered me in a disgusting way.  You of course won&#8217;t even give one example of your claims against me. </p>
<p>&#8220;I’ve seen him insult people without provocation&#8221;</p>
<p>Again, this has never happened.  Your definition of &#8220;provocation&#8221; must be nearly as bad as your definitions for &#8220;questions&#8221; and &#8220;hypotheses.&#8221;</p>
<p>&#8220;I’ve also seen him ban people because he thought their questions/plot hypotheses about the comic were stupid.&#8221;</p>
<p>This one has never even come remotely close to happening. </p>
<p>Isn&#8217;t it shocking enough for you that I&#8217;m not super nice for no reason to all of the people who comment on my sites like almost all other online comic writers?  Can&#8217;t you simply be appalled by the fact that I actually respond in an upset manner towards the trolls and assholes and liars?  No, not enough &#8212; you have to make up lies about me too because you hate me so much for some reason.</p>
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		<title>By: DKM Marlink</title>
		<link>http://www.spwug.com/2009/06/16/webcomic-review-dreamless/comment-page-1/#comment-1619</link>
		<dc:creator>DKM Marlink</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 26 Jun 2009 04:08:58 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Going under one of two assumptions: You&#039;re an imposter trying to make a brilliant webcomic that deserves more hits look bad. In which case, you&#039;ve failed miserably, since when I crosslinked this article on my private site blog, I had 17 people say they were interested in reading the comic, and most linked to it on their own blogs, and those people may have linked to other people, and so on and so forth.

If you&#039;re the real deal, then all you&#039;ve done is beautifully prove my point about the writer&#039;s behaviour. Either way, congratulations on failing miserably!</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Going under one of two assumptions: You&#8217;re an imposter trying to make a brilliant webcomic that deserves more hits look bad. In which case, you&#8217;ve failed miserably, since when I crosslinked this article on my private site blog, I had 17 people say they were interested in reading the comic, and most linked to it on their own blogs, and those people may have linked to other people, and so on and so forth.</p>
<p>If you&#8217;re the real deal, then all you&#8217;ve done is beautifully prove my point about the writer&#8217;s behaviour. Either way, congratulations on failing miserably!</p>
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		<title>By: Bobby Crosby</title>
		<link>http://www.spwug.com/2009/06/16/webcomic-review-dreamless/comment-page-1/#comment-1618</link>
		<dc:creator>Bobby Crosby</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 26 Jun 2009 01:09:27 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>&quot;I’ve seen him insult people without provocation, then ban them from leaving comments on the site after they protested the treatment. I’ve also seen him ban people because he thought their questions/plot hypotheses about the comic were stupid.&quot;

None of that has ever even come close to happening.  You have no brain.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>&#8220;I’ve seen him insult people without provocation, then ban them from leaving comments on the site after they protested the treatment. I’ve also seen him ban people because he thought their questions/plot hypotheses about the comic were stupid.&#8221;</p>
<p>None of that has ever even come close to happening.  You have no brain.</p>
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