To each their own. However I cannot understand why I should be expected to use someone elses work to create my own work.
Well that's an odd way to look at it. It's like an artist refusing to use a Paint brush or a canvas that someone else has made, Or a builder refusing to use a hammer or drill because he didnt make it himself. In the end, the tools you use aren't as important as the quality of the finished work. In the extra time wasted by hand coding dialog tables, you could be improving other features / eliminating bugs.
Unless ofcourse you actually enjoy making dialog tables by hand, but the reason you gave was that you don't like using someone else's work (dialog editor).
