Ok, before everybody says you can't do ROR and use a smooth rock and ginseng and all that - I KNOW!! I just like the way it looks! But I've been able to keep the moss alive for a while now, I've tied all the root much tighter, and over all I think it looks pretty cool.
Well yes and no. It behooves you to listen. There is a reason to their madness, just learn to filter through it properly. In the end, you do not have to do everything or anything they say.