Should You PM Ben or Not

[Dinner]

Never. To do so would only encourage him.

[dannubis]

I have no need to have any personal dealings with Ben. So no problem.

[MikeH]

I will just say that I've found most everyone, including Ben, to be about 10x more reasonable when I talk to them in PMs than when it's public discourse. So thanks for that

It's because when you PM him he knows he's in trouble and does anything he can to weasel out of it.

It's like my 3 year old, thinks she can do anything wrong without consequence as long as she says sorry after she's done it.

[Sava]

It's almost like I'm not really a jerk. imagine that.

Only to vagina-ed folks.

[Sava]

so what happened now?

[Sava]

Let me guess, he went on an anti-female rant about Pekka's situation.

?

[DaShi]

Pretty much. He said some very derogatory things about Pekka's wife.

But I realize that my post still works out of context. It's an important PSA.

[DaShi]

I will just say that I've found most everyone, including Ben, to be about 10x more reasonable when I talk to them in PMs than when it's public discourse. So thanks for that

Please. I was just barely reasonable in my PMs to you.

[PLATO]

Wow...this thread is still around? Such an easy answer: NO, you should not PM Ben. YES, you should put Ben on ignore.

Question asked and answered.

[MrFun]

Wow...this thread is still around? Such an easy answer: NO, you should not PM Ben. YES, you should put Ben on ignore.

Question asked and answered.

[AAAAAAAAH!]

Pretty much. He said some very derogatory things about Pekka's wife.

But I realize that my post still works out of context. It's an important PSA.

It's not like she hasn't done anything that would warrant derogatory comments.

[Aeson]

Please. I was just barely reasonable in my PMs to you.

My phrasing allows for almost anything depending on the scoring system used

-1 reasonable on the board = -10 reasonable in PM

0 reasonable on board = 0 reasonable in PM

7th cup holder in car with 5 seats = rear spoiler on minivan

[Ben Kenobi]

BK and i used to play d2 hardcore frequently. he'd always make poor decisions and ignore obvious build choices, but he was generally stalwart in his devotion.

A pure summonmancer is a perfectly viable build. I recall helping you solo the big D at times.

I'm still running some testing of it now to get the right stat point distribution. I've actually found that getting 3 summons and pumping mastery to 20 before putting more in Raise skeleton is actually the better way to go. And yes - just one in skeleton mages means stronger skeletons for the big D. You can pump mages after. You don't need more than a point in Revive. You'll end up with 20 in RS, 20 in Mastery, 20 in Skellie mages, 1 in everything else. I haven't tested the build enough past this to determine what would be stronger.

[Ben Kenobi]

Let me guess, he went on an anti-female rant about Pekka's situation.

Anti- one *particular* female. I'm not sure why calling one out for her ****ty behavior in hurting a friend amounts to misogyny.

Last I recall, our issues were much the same - ****ty behavior getting called out.

[Ben Kenobi]

It's because when you PM him he knows he's in trouble and does anything he can to weasel out of it.

Or perhaps it's because Aeson understands and respects my position even if he believes the board is not necessarily the appropriate repository?