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Volition Interview Thread Split Request

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Mobius:
The split is a must-do IMO, and I don't think the first thread should be locked for the reason Black Wolf posted above.

Qent:
A wiki article is fine, but I hate the idea of connecting the interview with that discussion in any way.

QuantumDelta:
What Qent said.
Split it, lock both, leave the wiki article linking to the interview on it's own and let people interpret it how they like, while I am very close to battuta in opinions voiced on the meanings and scope behind the interview, I heartily believe other people should have the opportunity to take what they like from it and use it creatively in different directions.
Diversity is better than a unified vision.

Black Wolf:
Splitting it off and then linking to it from the wiki gains nothing as the text of the interview is the same, except that it has Battuta's intro. Now, the merits or lack thereof of that intro notwithstanding (it was a point of contention for at least one or two people in the thread, after all), losing it could make some of the rest of the thread make less sense (maybe - I'm not sure if every reference to it was split out or not). So the net result of a split would be to add nothing to the wiki article, while potentially diminishing the readability of the original thread. I see no advantage.

If someone wants to add a link from the wiki article to the original thread, that's fine, as it puts the interview in context, and makes the discussion (some of which was quite interesting) available to the hypothetical wiki visitors who aren't also forumites. Beyond that, the status quo, IMO, is fine.

Mobius:
Why would you lock both threads, QD? The flame war's over and if those involved are mature enough, they won't restart it; that doesn't mean other community members shouldn't be allowed to voice their opinion on the matter.

I do understand the sort of "delusion" around that interview, and personally interpret it as the direct result of all the expectations many of us had from an interview about FS3 (more expectations ---> eventually more delusion in case of disappointment). I could also see some elitism there: what we have "learned" about Bosch pretty much killed many of the "Bosch may return" ideas we can find in certain campaigns like Deep Blood, and simultaneously gave more credit, if you pardon the term, to campaigns like BP and INF which don't represent all custom-made campaigns as a whole. Finally, as I posted there, I didn't notice anything in favor of character-driven campaigns (there was nothing against such campaigns either, of course).

I believe the whole deal needs more discussion here on the forums, without flaming of course.

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