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🕸Fergus Duniho wrote on Tue, Nov 30, 2004 02:38 AM UTC:
George, you have completely mischaracterized the analogy I made, and your
belief that a 'devil-may-care' and 'no holds barred' attitude rules
here is completely mistaken.

The James Bond analogy has nothing to do with a loose attitude toward
quality. This analogy was given in the context of two other analogies, a
Romeo analogy and a Don Juan analogy. Each man was characterized by a
different attitude toward women, which translated into a different
attitude toward Chess variants. A Romeo sticks to one variant; a Don Juan
seeks after the perfect variant; and a Bond enjoys different variants
without trying to seek after the perfect variant. But this does not
translate into unconcern over quality. James Bond may sleep with many
women, but they are always beautiful women. I enjoy many variants, but I
prefer good variants to bad. The main thing that characterized the James
Bond attitude is the ability to appreciate quality in a diversity of
forms.

Also, when I create my own variants, I pay lots of attention to quality,
and I encourage everyone else to do the same. I normally playtest my games
against Zillions and make changes based on playtesting. And when I can't
make a game good, I avoid releasing it.

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