I agree with the notion that it would likely be better if I knew exactly what was going on. I mean, come on Escapist. You know you're not supposed to run things out of sequence. What are you, Fox? I would have rather had a preview of the first 10 pages like Amazon's "Look Inside" feature.
Yahtzee Wrote a Book
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I've had my copy on pre-order since he first mentioned it at the end of ZP 
This preview makes me really excited and wishing that it would hurry up and get released so I can read it :-D
This preview makes me really excited and wishing that it would hurry up and get released so I can read it :-D
A morally reprehensible undead warlock accompanied by a persistent bunny rabbit? I can't see the similarity at all.easy evil said:
Stephen King isn't very good, either. Granted, he's miles ahead of this, but he's not exactly one of the greats.Venatio said:
You'd like to see me do better? No, you wouldn't. You don't want to see me do better. You just want to act like a petulant child and stick your tongue out at me.
Look, I'm sorry. The language is stilted. It reads like someone who thinks they are clever trying to be clever except that it isn't clever. The dialogue is terrible. It's conversation written by someone who apparently has no idea what people sound like when they talk. Everything about it screams amateur.
Also, it strikes me as strange that some of you are so vehemently defending a man who has made a career out of being insulting against insults. "But, but you're being a big jerk"! Yeah. Okay. Maybe I am. But isn't that why you love this guy so much in the first place? Because he's a big jerk? He's a super troll, and while that's occasionally amusing, it's certainly not a basis to ignore his own failings. He's a bad writer. This is really bad.
I think what we need here is for you to take an example from the text, which you qualifies as badly written, or a conversation which you believe is wrongly phrased, i.e. not how people sound when they talk.OANST said:
Maybe then we can get a little further than this:
"it sucks"
"no it's great"
"no it sucks!"
This is great! I've read all of Terry Pratchet's books and I used to play WoW for a short while. Can't wait to read the book, although I fear I'll be reading it with your voice, Yahtzee.
I wasn't going to read the excerpt for the same reason I don't play demos; I hate getting into something and then not being able to finish it. I finally got curious after reading the sheer amount of BWAAAAAAAAAHHHH in the comments from both sides of the Love It/Hate It war.
I'm curious as to what makes something "bad" to someone else. I can understand comments about the way the writing flows; I don't have that problem with this book based on the excerpt, but I know what people are talking about. If a book's narrative style doesn't "sound" right to you in your head when you read it, it can be hard to concentrate on the plot no matter how much you might find it interesting. That is a valid concern.
That said, I don't get what makes this "bad" to some people. For me for a book to be "bad" it would probably have to have managed to escape the editing process entirely, insult my intelligence, and have unlikeable characters. Different authors have vastly different narrative styles and you're never going to find one that appeals to everyone. The style of this one isn't quite as descriptive as I generally prefer my books to be, and I have the suspicion that it's probably something I'm going to devour in a single sitting because of it... but I liked what I read. Some of the MMO references are undoubtedly going to go right over my head, but it made me smile several times. I enjoyed his short stories, and I think I'll like this just fine for what it is; a silly, snarky romp.
Also, I would 100% rather give some of my (not)-hard-earned dollars to a new, inventive writer who has given me free, enjoyable content for years over shelling out for yet another 600+ page retread of old territory by Stephen King/Dean Koontz/Whoever.
I will order this at some point when I do not have to pay to replace the microwave that I just blew up. Blue lightning in your kitchen inside a small metal box is alarming.
I'm curious as to what makes something "bad" to someone else. I can understand comments about the way the writing flows; I don't have that problem with this book based on the excerpt, but I know what people are talking about. If a book's narrative style doesn't "sound" right to you in your head when you read it, it can be hard to concentrate on the plot no matter how much you might find it interesting. That is a valid concern.
That said, I don't get what makes this "bad" to some people. For me for a book to be "bad" it would probably have to have managed to escape the editing process entirely, insult my intelligence, and have unlikeable characters. Different authors have vastly different narrative styles and you're never going to find one that appeals to everyone. The style of this one isn't quite as descriptive as I generally prefer my books to be, and I have the suspicion that it's probably something I'm going to devour in a single sitting because of it... but I liked what I read. Some of the MMO references are undoubtedly going to go right over my head, but it made me smile several times. I enjoyed his short stories, and I think I'll like this just fine for what it is; a silly, snarky romp.
Also, I would 100% rather give some of my (not)-hard-earned dollars to a new, inventive writer who has given me free, enjoyable content for years over shelling out for yet another 600+ page retread of old territory by Stephen King/Dean Koontz/Whoever.
I will order this at some point when I do not have to pay to replace the microwave that I just blew up. Blue lightning in your kitchen inside a small metal box is alarming.
You know what forget I said anything. It's obvious that you and I have contrasting views. And you think I am a jerk? Where do you get off deriding me as a "petulant child"? It's apparent that you think that you are justified in insults when such are thrown at you. Tad hypocritical dont you think?OANST said:
And I am not defending Yahtzee, I am defending the book - its not that bad. I found it funny, a light read as it were. And your critizing it as if it were anything then that.
And I am justified in asking "can you do better?", because you so quickly label all of this writing as horrible, without one single saving character, that surely you must be some high and mighty author who doth wield his pen like a mighy sword upon the evils of blank parchment. Critics are suppose to show some humility, otherwise they are just trolls.
And thats the differences between a critic like Yahtzee and a troll like, well, you: atleast a bit of humility. Mention a good thing here and there, just dont look like you have a blood vendette against the author. And if there isnt a good thing? Dont just say "all of it".
Okay, Sally. I'll validate you. You caught me. I'm a bad person and a big meanie-pants who hurt your feelings and said bad things about your favorite troll. I happen to be right, but that's besides the point. I feel terrible for the way that I've said completely true things about this guy that you don't know's writing abilities. In the future if I have nothing nice to say then I won't say anything at all.Venatio said: