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Macoy codebook

Bloke

Premium Member
Having a ritual books is awesome. Our GL produces ours - but even then, there is errors in it, but it's still and incredibly valuable tool, especially achieving ease for newer MMs learning work. Glad to hear you have a ritual book.
 

otherstar

Registered User
I just got my copy, and while I haven't finished running through it yet, it does not have very many errors at all. Had I not learned the work m2e for an "A certificate" back in 1998 (long lapsed), I don't think I'd be able to "learn" the ritual from the code. It's literally an aid to memory, not a script nor a substitute for m2e instruction.
 

chrmc

Registered User
I just got my copy, and while I haven't finished running through it yet, it does not have very many errors at all. Had I not learned the work m2e for an "A certificate" back in 1998 (long lapsed), I don't think I'd be able to "learn" the ritual from the code. It's literally an aid to memory, not a script nor a substitute for m2e instruction.

Well if it was approved by the Committee on Work as it was intended too (and I haven't heard anywhere that it was not), then it should technically not have any errors in it.
 

otherstar

Registered User
Well if it was approved by the Committee on Work as it was intended too (and I haven't heard anywhere that it was not), then it should technically not have any errors in it.

Technically, you're right; BUT, typos happen.
 

chrmc

Registered User
Technically, you're right; BUT, typos happen.

I don't mean to beat a dead horse, but I just don't get this line of thinking. There was a GL resolution passed that the Committee on Work had to work with the publisher to ensure that we had a 100% correct cipher that could be used. This process took over a year, and the book is now published.

But we're saying that it might be wrong or there might be typos in it? So either the Committee on Work hasn't done the edits correctly, or we believe that Macoy as a publishes can't handle a manuscript? I find both situations unlikely.
Would think that there's a great chance that we may have some certificate holders out there that may not be as good in the work, as they think they are...

Until I've heard anything official, I see little reason to not take the current latest version as the correct version of the Work. But would love to hear a reason to think otherwise.
 

Plustax

Registered User
New book has 7 errors in it. I just purchased 1 from McCoy at an event & vendor gave me a separate sheet showing where the errors were. I too thought that all was correct, but he said that a final proof was not done before publishing.

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