RinkWorks: Stupid Emails: Horrible test

611. Horrible test

To:  dave@rinkworks.com, sam@rinkworks.com
Subject:  Horrible test
Date:  Wed, 3 Feb 2010 06:13:38 -0800 (PST)

Hello, I have read hundreds of fantasy novels (Tolken LOTR, the hobbit, Lewis
CoN, Almost every dragonlance, WoT and other TOR novels, Sword of Truth,
and many many more.) and I just wanted to tell you that your test is
horrible and completely inaccurate. I have read numerious best sellers with
a lot of the components that you happen to think make for a bad fantasy
story. For example I would like to quote question 39 -

Does your novel contain orcs, elves, dwarves, or halflings?

Why does having orcs, elves, dwarves, or halflings in a novel instantly
make it a bad novel? Since when does a FANTASY novel have to be comprised
of lets say, just humans or some such bull****(sorry to use such crude terms,
but lets face it, whoever wrote this test is full of bs.) I just wanted to let
you know that your "fantasy novel test" could potentially disuade someone
who could be writing the next best seller from even continuing their work.
Frankly, I think whoever wrote this test is a biggot and has no taste
what so ever.

Yours truly,
Rob

P.S. You have permanently lost what could have been a potential customer by
your vindictive attitude towards some of the greatest pieces of literature
over the last century.

P.P.S. Your test discourages people from even attempting to write any form
of fantasy literature, and that personally disgusts me.

I encourage you to respond, as I would love to understand why you feel it's
okay to insult some of the greatest literature of the last hundred years.

Thank you for your time.

After I explained that the exam was a work of humor, this guy apologized. Most don't.