Date: 2009-01-03 01:23 Subject: Garwulf's Corner #42 - Yet Another Emails from the Edge (June 11, 2002) Security: Public Location: In my chair Tags: bnetd saga, diablo, emails from the edge, garwulf's corner, stephen n. limbaugh, swords

And now we come to the second last feedback installment.  There's not a lot left to be said about these installments that I haven't already said.  I will, however, say just one last thing, at least for now.

As much fun as these installments were, they also elevated the column.  Instead of being just one man's opinion, thanks to Emails from the Edge, the column was able to become a full discussion.  It was with these issues that I was able to know that I had well and truly succeeded in my ultimate goal with this column - I'd raised the question.  And I wasn't the only one trying to answer it.

One thing I should mention is that there is a link towards the bottom of this installment to some testimony of Bruce Wiseman, president of the Citizen's Commission on Human Rights (CCHR).  The CCHR is an advocacy organization founded in 1969 by Scientology, which has traditionally been very hostile to psychiatry, and it is the same organization that opened the "Psychiatry: An Industry of Death" museum.  At the time I published the link back in 2002, I didn't know about the group's relationship to Scientology.  Regardless, the testimony here has some merit, and I certainly think it should be read and considered.

Now, without any further ado, the second-last Emails from the Edge.  And with it we enter the last ten installments of Garwulf's Corner that were published on Diabloii.net.

It has certainly been an interesting three months in the Diablo world.  First there was the Bnetd lawsuit issue, which even trusty ‘ole Garwulf managed to misunderstand, then there was the release of Dungeon Siege, hailed by certain gaming magazines as the “future of the genre”, and finally a judge in St. Louis ruled that video games as a whole are not communication.

Is it just me, or are people doing bizarre things just so they can get into my column?  Nah...it’s probably just my over-inflated ego talking.

And, as usual, as things kept developing, readers kept writing in with great points and intelligent letters.  Once again, I’m stuck with the mammoth task of sorting through a mountain of mail to share some of the brightest stars.

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Next installment: The Fate of Siggard, in which the author explains where the Demonsbane story arc had eventually been intended to go.

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Date: 2008-12-06 10:54 Subject: Garwulf's Corner #38 - Having the Edge (April 15, 2002) Security: Public Location: In my chair Tags: garwulf's corner, swords

This column marks an interesting point in my life - the beginning of my days as a serious sword collector.  Prior to getting this sword, I had managed to get my hands on a sword here and there, but they were either stainless steel wall-hangers, or one of those cheap swords you see that could never actually stand hitting something.

Nightfire was the beginning of a long road.  There was another major step, when I moved from low-end functional swords to high-end swords, and it was just about as big.  Most of the cheaper swords have been moved on now.  Now I've got blades by Angus Trim, Christian Fletcher, and Al Massey.  For my Viking re-enactment, I use a sword from Armour Class.  It's an expensive hobby, but a fun one, and one that I wish I could spend more time on.

As I begin writing, it is April 9th, and I am sitting on pins and needles, waiting for a package to arrive.  It’s something I commissioned back in January, and I just can’t wait for it.

It’s my new sword, a functional war sword that I’ve since then named “Nightfire.”

(For those who just had the Diablo II version of a war sword pop into your heads, let me just clear this up.  A Medieval war sword has a cutting blade between 36" and 40" long, and a handle between 6" and 8".  The guard is usually a standard crossguard, and the pommel tends to be a wheel pommel of some sort.  Nightfire is a variation; it has a 38" blade and a 9.5" grip.  And yes, I am shamelessly showing off here...)

If you haven’t already guessed, swords are one of my passions.  It’s been that way ever since Corey Keeble in the Royal Ontario Museum put a seven hundred year-old broadsword in my hands back when I was in high school.  It was light, wieldy, and I could FEEL the history on it.  I’ve never regretted the road it sent me down.

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Next issue: The Lawsuits of April, in which the author attempts to make some sense of the new developments in the Bnetd case.

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