Guy Fullerton wrote:UpI already have the pre-layout Word file for the Companion (since I did the layout for it), and I already started a formal edit of the Companion material. This includes, but is not limited to, the grammar & spelling checking built into Word; by themselves, Word's tools are wildly insufficient for realistic editing purposes.
MetamorphosisSigma wrote:Since when did the grammar and spell checking tools of word processing programs even begin to replace actually reading every word and parsing them? ... How is software more effective than a critical eye and repeated perusal?
I could do better in my sleep than you guys did on the first release.
But controversy? Ridiculous. If they want to see a version with fewer errors, they should send their edits to me. In fact, the first person to throw an edit is welcome to start a Workshop thread to collect them all. Just post a link here. When traffic in such a thread winds down for a week or so, I'll put together a new revision and post it.
Badmike wrote:As of now, Solo is now actively soliciting edits of L4 over at DF....http://www.dragonsfoot.org/forums/viewtopic.php?f=1&t=20770&start=600Mike B.
benjoshua wrote:I'd rather them ask for help than allow pride to hold anyone at arm's length. I anticipate it will be noticeably better eventually. It sounds like it was quite a mess to begin with. Hmmmm.....
Badmike wrote:It would have been great if they had offered "in sight" editing four years ago. This thing would look great by now. The Acaeum is catching an ass-kicking over there for our comments,
xyzchyx wrote:I would disagree with that assessment. I've seen only one (one-line) comment so far there (in regards to this) from anybody that I would say implies a negative view about the group here, and as for myself, I'm willing to admit here that the *only* bad thing I've had to say about the criticisms I've seen over here about L4 is that many have appeared to me to digress into the expression of negative opinions about the abilities or motivations of the people who worked on it (which I'm afraid I can't see possibly doing anything but inspiring antipathy, such as the one-line negative comment I referred to earlier), rather than focusing on the problems with the work itself .Solo's said that somebody is free to start a thread in the Workshop forum on DF for suggested edits, although I notice that nobody has started one yet. If people can adhere to restricting criticisms to specific issues governing the work itself instead of unsubstantiated side remarks about the abilities or intentions of the people who worked on it, I think that'd be a darn fetching idea.
deimos3428 wrote: and they could be put to better use working on unreleased adventures by Pacesetter and others.
bbarsh wrote:You are going to have to pry those unfinished adventures from my cold, dead hands before I let any of those guys touch them!
deimos3428 wrote:Well I meant "these guys", not "those guys". The point being there are many other worthwhile projects that need volunteers.
Guy Fullerton wrote:Update: I finished the edits on the Companion, and threw it over the wall to Gnarley and Lenard. They blessed it, and it will get posted for download in a day or two.