Ok, now killing adverbs I can agree with, I think the instances of people doing this:
"That's amazing!" exclaimed Michelle happily.
"I know, isn't it?!" replied Gordron excitedly.
"But... how far will it take you?" Michelle asked imploringly.
"No idea" stated Jim, who strode over quickly to investigate.
Adverbs, more often than not people, are the enemy. A lot of writers who feel they need to show their intelligence, or articifically lift the sophistication of their story through the elimination of all 'simple' words, are the main culprits of this. Sophistication is often built more through structure, voice and the careful choice of complex words than countless adverbs and 10-character long adjectives.
But as for the elimination of all adjectives, that's just foolish. It constricts anyone with a descriptive writing style like me, and I don't believe thats what EX2 is about.