Comments on: Learn to Read

By: The Mechanics of Kino «

The Mechanics of Kino « — Fri, 09 Dec 2011 15:58:37 +0000

[…] of Game mechanics is necessary. I was actually taken aback a little by the responses I got from my Learning to Read post. “Stick to theory man, we know this shit already.” With all of the current debate […]

By: GQ

GQ — Tue, 22 Nov 2011 18:40:29 +0000

my sentiments exactly. anything worth having is worth putting effort into. if you arent willing to work for it then you dont deserve. learn to read as the title says.

By: driveallnight

driveallnight — Sun, 20 Nov 2011 20:12:17 +0000

It’s “tenets” of writing.

By: driveallnight

driveallnight — Sun, 20 Nov 2011 20:06:24 +0000

+1 re: dumbing down. As in any discipline, it’s incumbent upon the neophyte to familiarize himself with the extant research and literature.

By: unbowed

unbowed — Sun, 20 Nov 2011 19:17:18 +0000

Guys, you need to do a little work. How on earth do you expect to improve your skills with women or in any other area if you demand to be hand-fed everything?
I’ve never read any pua books and rarely look at pua blogs; when I come across an acronym or term I’m unfamiliar with, I look it up–takes about 10 seconds max.
Writing for a wider audience means writing for the lowest common denominator. Rollo fields enough silly questions and comments as it is.

By: Tim

Tim — Sun, 20 Nov 2011 18:12:02 +0000

I actually love this blog and had hopes Rollo would take his writing national, but I think this blog — like an exclusive academic journal written only for specialists — is written for guys on the sosuave board or gaming boards. So be it. It’s written in a way for the public not to understand, and that’s OK. I think the intent is to write for people who are already in the know and not for the general public That’s fine. My hopes still are that he takes this stuff to a broader audience instead of preaching to the choir. A lot of people need this info, not just the people who are already working on it and reading about it. But I think his audience is exclusive and that’s OK, you get much more approval that way. Also, a person — including me — has no f-n idea who Roissy whatever is. Dude, we don’t have time to surf the web and do intensive research, we have jobs. Make it simple. Why does James Patterson sell five zillion books? Because he doesn’t expect you to do heavy research in previous books to read his latest thriller. The average person can buy it. Less is more. Keep it simple.

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~Linkage Representing~!!! « The Soloist 2.0 — Sun, 20 Nov 2011 16:21:02 +0000

[…] Rollo wants you motherfuckers to “read” […]

By: Deep Dish

Deep Dish — Sun, 20 Nov 2011 06:57:37 +0000

I liked this post, just as I liked the stripper post, because it was more hands-on. As for acronyms, this blog is within the gaming community for which the acronyms are ubiquitous—while there can be a point about writing to a more general audience, a guy with zero game should also be reading Roissy/Heartiste who is more hands-on, so becoming familiarized with the acronyms is unavoidable.