It's not a grudge,
Are you certain about that? It was not how your post read.I did not bother to respond to your previous hymn of hate,bcs others did so more than adequately. (and I note the Reborn clan have been called out to the colours, to defend their chief, so I am not bothering to spend my time on their sniping either,at least at this stage)
it's just a response to someone who doesn't understand why Harlequin isn't some sort of revered god in the CoH community, and why he shouldn't be given a tribute on the biggest CoH show out there.
So innocuous in its Simple Simon line: you will find in the world of work, Inverse, that things do not always pan out squarely. By way of analogy: there are good car mechanics, who know their way around the engine of a car but cannot sell it to save their life, and there are good car salesmen, who have basic mechanical knowledge, but who make better sales figures than the mechanic ever could. You are a mechanic; Harlequin and Ami are salesmen. When I watch a cast, primarily I want to be entertained; I watch your casts to learn, but I prefer the entertainment. This is bcs people like Harlequin, Bridger and his co-casters , and yes, Ami, have that capacity. SNF was running when Harlequin casted, and when Bridger and Rogers returned. Bridger was big enough to want to cast with Harlequin. Ami, it seems, was not. Now you tell me who was self-interested.
I already referred to Harlequin broadcasting with the likes of Budwise. Was Budwise ever featured on SNF as a co-caster? I don't recall it.
And I never said running tournaments is bad; in fact, I'm pretty sure I specifically said it was great he ran a tournament.
Ho Ho Ho!
Come off it, bro. You damned it with faint praise. See your previous post.
But, like most people who do that sort of thing, he ran it to benefit himself, not to benefit the community. Again, nothing wrong with that, but the man shouldn't be put on a pedestal for it.
I think everyone who casts does it for their own benefit, which includes you. What I was talking about was who did/does it best.
Ultimately, I think Harlequin was good for the community. He was at times disrespectful (though likely not intentionally)
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This reads like a gripe from a good ole boy ex-GR admin.....
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d his casting was awful for anyone with a lick of understanding about the game,
Bollox. Read my analogy about the difference between a mechanic and a salesman,
but there's no doubt he attracted an audience that might not have been otherwise interested in CoH
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How amazing that you can take your head from out under the bonnet and acknowledge this. It must have been hard
I just think the majority of the audience that he did attract moved on with him to the next game, instead of staying with CoH despite his departure.
You are wrong again. The CoHO audience undoubtedly registered with him on the DoW site in the hopes that he would continue with what was by then vCoH redux.....but sadly it was not often, ....and I have already referred to the good ole boys sniping...and indeed, surprise,surprise, some of them have reemerged here......( I don't include Sepha)
When you watch a Harlequin cast, he's the star of the show; the game is just there to give him subject material
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That is (IMO) the same for any caster.
Harlequin made his audience Harlequin fans, not CoH fans, so when Harlequin left CoH, so did a majority of his audience. That's why I don't think he's the type of caster Relic should look to support.
Then they should not support you, SNF or any other successful caster. That's just Harry Bollox.