Dear All,

I am sorry for the message we wrote - we were a little stressed out about various other things at the time of writing and sort of took it out on you.  We really aren't that evil or nasty...or often that arragont... and didn't mean to cause too much offense.   The point we were trying to get across is that the site isn't meant to be serious, and what we stick up there is written because people want to write it.  It was our first edition and yes, okay, we don't have too much practical experience, despite our various university qualifications, in editing and stuff, but we try our best.  Most of the people who write for us have had little or no previous writing experience, so we want to give them a chance to get something 'published'...if that means not ripping it to shreds and rewriting it totally then so be it - therefore with this approach what we upload may not be a beautifully written piece that could win awards and change lives.   Also, as we mentioned, the opinions of the author's who write for us are not the opinions of the society as a whole, so please don't take CryStinkingFish us as a Knightmare hating people. ( even if it was not meant as a Knightmare flame).

Yes, the animation comment was a cheap dig - I fully appreciate how much graphics have evolved over the last twenty years, and yes, Nemo and the skull are incomparable.  The graphics at the time were pretty effective and certainly were good enough for the purpose.  The point was that today, when viewed on Challenge TV, it is a little difficult not to chuckle (without malice I might add) at the way it looks.  And Finally, to be fair, the kids that did go on the show weren't exactly your stereotypical 'cool kid' were they?  I think its sad that kids shows these days aren't anywhere near as challenging as Knightmare, and so attract less intelligent contestants.  The show's players were geeks, but I don't think thats a bad thing - those are the ones who will have gone on to get firsts at Cambridge, no doubt, while Funhouse contestants are probably reading the Sun.

Anyway, hope this clears things up and you don't hate us utterly, we don't want to make enemies...well, not too many anyway

Kate + Andy.

Dear People on the Forum,

We are the editors of the website which hosted the article you have been tearing to shreads in your group and we'd just like the opportunity to defend our website's content.  Obviously, you did not read the rest of the site or you would understand that the intent in our writing is jest rather than insult.  In fact, we all really loved Knightmare as children and still love it to this day (God bless Challenge TV)!  

We would like to point out that we are neither idiots nor morons as several of you have accused us of being, I would have thought, if anything, with a degree in EngLit and experience in Journalism AND Publishing, I was probably more qualified to edit an online magazine to a better degree than people who spend their time on a Knightmare message board.

Not to mention "Motley - Knight,"  you are, by reproducing this article without our permission, in breach of several copyright laws and we would love to discuss that fact with you.

In the name of fairness, we would love for one of you to write us a rebuttal that we could publish in the next issue.  I actually don't see your problem with it myself but I'd love to know what you think you're reading.  You can address any attempts at writing to kate@crystinkingfish.com, and I would advise you to perhaps take a look at the rest of the website and bear in mind that each and every article is the property of crystinkingfish.com and the opinions of the articles writer and not the magazine on a whole (you can find this information on the disclaimer if you bother to look).

Thank you from the morons and idiots who bring you the Fish,

Kate (Editor) and Andy (Sub-Editor)

PS.  What DO you think that good graphics are if you thought the skull was well animated?!  Have you ever seen Finding Nemo? That's actually animation, or did you think it was real? Perhaps they were good for the 80s but this IS the year 2004, you need to update your ideas a little bit.