Like I said, his only argument against me was based on changing a word in my comment and arguing against that, which was clearly not my intended message. There was nothing for me to engage by that standard; he was arguing against his own words put into my mouth. I can promise that I took issue with the content rather than the tone.

So yes, I was rubbed the wrong way that he was going around picking slightly aggressive (seemingly, to me and a few others apparently) arguments for the heck of it all throughout the thread. Going as far (in my case) to argue against a point I never made, when we had previously not been talking.

Since I didn't plan to defend against a point that I never made, and I was not the only person that he was bombarding with not-very-friendly discourse, I think it was perfectly reasonable to let someone else know that they were still OK to post here if they wanted. That the chances of being shit on by others is not typically this high, but someone was either in a bad mood today or they themselves are an anomaly on this forum.

I appreciate the feedback but also disagree that my comment didn't contribute anything good, at least for the person who was considering leaving these forums because they were pulled into an argument after just trying to offer friendly advice to the OP. Maybe it could have been in a PM or less harsh, but it was certainly worthwhile to let a friendly contributor know that they were supported and welcome, and we're not all here to jerk ourselves off about how much we know about improv and how much others don't.

I didn't get a chance to address all of your points, but I am processing all of em, thanks for the discourse.