Where's my Hashkar that I asked to prove me wrong?

I'm not apologizing for anything so long as none of my questions concerning the rules are addressed. Especially in the face that I did provide answers to questions as I was asked to do. I've quoted the WotC books concerning feats, showed 3.5 revisions and shown clearly that the PSCS does not reflect WotC's take on the d20 system. I find it to be really trite and hypocritical that you're willing to show how wrong my method of presenting the factions are without answering my questions. You want me to apologize for arguing with you to have you convince me your method is the best and you won't produce evidence to the contrary of my views?

You not only bluntly demand an apology, but after saying this:

The truth is that I did consider your points and addressed them with WotC quotations showing the official take on the d20 system. I'm not supposed to consider your view to be refusing consideration of my points?

When the response is something along the lines of: "Oh, we haven't fixed that yet" and you're still producing new material is a cop-out. The sad fact is that you apparantly don't want to hear about any of the faults in the rules created, but you want to argue that a decision was made because it made the most sense. Now maybe I'm missing something here and am completely in the wrong, but I don't see how such a position can be justified by dodging valid arguments and questions to address failings in the system that's deemed the "official" version of PS in 3.5 terms.

Instead, you tell me that it's a done deal and that I should move on. The rules are broken, why should I not point that out and wonder how you're going to fix them while preserving the setting for those who haven't been exposed to Planescape before. If you want new people to play the setting, you should be willing to address issues both pre- and post-FW in order to ensure that new players won't feel that the website caters to an elite group of die-hard fans.

Lament the way the d20 system is going all you want, but it is what it is and catering to it by offering rules that appeal to the powergaming crowd won't preserve Planescape. Neither will providing fluff material encourage role-playing. The only way to do that is through well written rules that show how the planes and factions work in the setting. Feats show that techniques exist that allow players to do things few people can. Commoners, however, gain feats. How does belief manifest itself through feats? For characters you could easily argue that having strong belief in a deity should allow them to at least weild orisons. Why don't the rules illustrate that if belief can manifested through feats? Wouldn't that make religion an important aspect in the game if taking a feat was all that one needed in order to have rudimentary spellcasting ability?

That's cool, since I've been sitting on my revisions for more than 2 weeks now...

Then what do you want me to apologize for? My attacks were laid against the decision making process and the flaws in the rules as they stand now. I presented evidence to support my claims and then nobody responded to refute my points. If you can show me how your system is superior mechanically to what I've been developing, I will accept it. I've never claimed that what has been done is unacceptable, but rather that it's flawed in design and flawed in preserving the feel of Planescape from one system to the next.

How do you know that I don't view you as condescending and alineating people like me based on how you respond to my arguments?

I never expected any help. I asked if you would. I never told you to do anything regarding my material other that to preserve the sequence of my letters due to the fact that they have a chronological order that at times referrs to earlier essays to prevent confusion in that regard. If you feel that I personally insulted you, then I apologize. I am blunt and I'm very direct because it gets things done. Everyone seems to accept what's done as okay without criticizing anything that could be flawed. I, however, don't buy into anything without questioning it thoroughly and attempting to uncover why something was done in a specific fashion.

If what I write is crap, I want to be told it's crap and why. I don't expect people to pull puches and don't do so in return. My skills won't improve from being told that my work's "okay, but you should..." Such statements don't lead to challenging me to improve my work as to allow it to stand up to rigorous scrutiny. The publishing world is probably worse than I am in this regard, but I don't expect to attract any fans if I write crap and pass it off as gold. I can't fix anything that's flawed if nobody tells me how it's flawed and why it's crap. Why should I not apply the same standards to what's being included in the PSCS?

Hmm, I don't remember ever saying I personally disliked you. I did say I dislike your methods, however. There's a big difference between what I think personally and what I think professionally. I have several friends in my old employment that I enjoyed being around despite the fact that I felt they were horrible employees.

As to the question of why I'm still here, have you ever wondered why I push so hard, or do you think it's just to be rude? Do you honestly think I would be here if I believed you were so set in your views that you wouldn't consider any of my arguments? Why would I waste my time doing something that would be fruitless? If you think I should shut up and go away, tell me.

I have other things I can spend my time on and will let you do whatever you feel best for Planescape if you are as inflexible as you believe me to be.

With the exception of Rhys, I don't believe there's anyone on this forum that I personally dislike. And that's because whenever I begin a debate, Rhys is one of the first to ask for it to be locked out and have my arguments silenced. I've listened to your arguments and pointed out flaws in the mechanics. Do you really think I'm that egotistical and shallow to ignore everything you've said?

I may be hard, but damn if I'm not honest.

So much so that you're proving the point?

The only people that I've truly had ignore me were ones who felt that their egos were being threatened.

And you wonder why I would feel the way I do? You insult me every chance you get even when I ask legitimate questions concerning mechanics as if I were some sort of rules lawyer for asking the question of the principle for sound mechanics to explain to newcomers how the setting can be expressed in game terms.

You've never discredited my arguments. For that matter, you've never countered them with material from WotC who PW is supposed to be able to use their books as fair game to recreate PS.

My complaints have never been about not using my system. Rather, it's been about the fact that the 2e setting seems to be ignored in more ways than one.