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Sex in your games

Started by silva, March 03, 2013, 10:13:19 AM

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mcbobbo

#90
March 07, 2013, 02:14:04 PM
Quote from: GRIM;634883Why do you care what people do in their games?
Why do you care that some games and books contain this sort of material?

Personally, I like culture, even when different from my own, and that includes your game table.  I just like it, like to learn about it, etc.

For example, in my games all the characters have been effectively genderless, aside from their appearance and behavior, and before this conversation I hadn't really thought much about it.
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This Guy

#91
March 07, 2013, 05:17:10 PM
Comes up more often in freeform or online tabletop games where everyone has a stronger freeform background and are generally more comfortable with raunchy shit.  Around the table, it happens on occasion but is largely glossed over.
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This Guy

#92
March 07, 2013, 05:18:08 PM
Quote from: mcbobbo;635157Personally, I like culture, even when different from my own, and that includes your game table.  I just like it, like to learn about it, etc.

Giving a fuck about what other people do at their tables is half the reason RPG players fight so much.  It's a bad habit, you should stop it.
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GrumpyReviews

#93
March 07, 2013, 11:30:32 PM
Quote from: mcbobbo;635157I just like it, like to learn about it, etc.

Saying "I was just talking" or "I was just asking" is 99 times out of a 100, a fucking lie. "Just talking" rarely happens is real life. Mostly what people do is go fishing for excuses to kick the shit out of each other and when it doesn't work or is too much work, then and only then do people play the lame "I was just talking" bullshit line.

I own a Kindle, which is no more or less immoral than possessing a sex life. But I don't leave the Kindle where someone can easily steal it. Likewise, I do not run my personal life (or game) through a committee for approval.

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Benoist

#94
March 07, 2013, 11:41:16 PM
Quote from: GrumpyReviews;635302Saying "I was just talking" or "I was just asking" is 99 times out of a 100, a fucking lie. "Just talking" rarely happens is real life. Mostly what people do is go fishing for excuses to kick the shit out of each other and when it doesn't work or is too much work, then and only then do people play the lame "I was just talking" bullshit line.

I own a Kindle, which is no more or less immoral than possessing a sex life. But I don't leave the Kindle where someone can easily steal it. Likewise, I do not run my personal life (or game) through a committee for approval.

High fences often makes for good neighbors.

Dude. Did you just compare owning a Kindle to having a sex life?

I ... I feel sorry for you.

Sacrosanct

#95
March 08, 2013, 12:06:07 AM
When we are judged as a hobby as a whole, I'd prefer people not to think that my "fellow gamers", and by extension me as I get grouped in with them, aren't creepers who like to play games where rape is funny, or describing graphic sexual detail among neckbeards is awesome.


Maybe it's just me.
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#96
March 08, 2013, 02:46:13 AM
Quote from: Sacrosanct;635307When we are judged as a hobby as a whole, I'd prefer people not to think that my "fellow gamers", and by extension me as I get grouped in with them, aren't creepers who like to play games where rape is funny, or describing graphic sexual detail among neckbeards is awesome.


Maybe it's just me.

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#97
March 08, 2013, 03:19:19 AM
Quote from: Benoist;635304Dude. Did you just compare owning a Kindle to having a sex life?

I ... I feel sorry for you.

You only have to pay that $109 once.

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flyerfan1991

#98
March 08, 2013, 07:57:58 AM
Quote from: Sacrosanct;635307When we are judged as a hobby as a whole, I'd prefer people not to think that my "fellow gamers", and by extension me as I get grouped in with them, aren't creepers who like to play games where rape is funny, or describing graphic sexual detail among neckbeards is awesome.


Maybe it's just me.

Nope, not just you.

Of course, Tangency all by itself doesn't help out very much.

deadDMwalking

#99
March 08, 2013, 10:05:26 AM
In various games, sex happens with regularity, but always 'off-screen'.  Sometimes a Conan-like barbarian shacks up with a tavern wench for the night - sometimes long-term meaningful relationships develop between characters that eventually lead to marriage (and consumation).  But that's never the focus of our games.  They're just a natural out-growth of the character development.
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mcbobbo

#100
March 08, 2013, 11:05:34 AM
Quote from: This Guy;635200Giving a fuck about what other people do at their tables is half the reason RPG players fight so much.  It's a bad habit, you should stop it.

Hold that thought...

Quote from: GrumpyReviews;635302Saying "I was just talking" or "I was just asking" is 99 times out of a 100, a fucking lie. "Just talking" rarely happens is real life. Mostly what people do is go fishing for excuses to kick the shit out of each other and when it doesn't work or is too much work, then and only then do people play the lame "I was just talking" bullshit line.

Stop and think about this for a minute.  I am here to talk about games.  If I want to talk about other things, I'd go elsewhere.  Being curious about how your experiences might be different from my own is the ENTIRE FUCKING POINT of coming to a site like this one.  For me, at least.

If I wanted a forum where everyone looked and sounded exactly as I do, with no new ideas or experiences, I'd lower my dosage, whip up a bunch of sock puppets and have a grand conversation with some really intelligent people.

So I call bullshit on your bullshit.  If you didn't care about what people were doing at their tables, you wouldn't be here sharing what you do at yours.
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Bradford C. Walker

#101
March 09, 2013, 01:24:56 AM
Neither my characters nor my games deal in sex at the table.  It's something done between jobs, not during the job- and not as the job.

jeff37923

#102
March 09, 2013, 03:44:25 AM
Quote from: Sacrosanct;635307When we are judged as a hobby as a whole, I'd prefer people not to think that my "fellow gamers", and by extension me as I get grouped in with them, aren't creepers who like to play games where rape is funny, or describing graphic sexual detail among neckbeards is awesome.


Maybe it's just me.

No, not just you.

The problem is that we are excoriated for having some standards. Usually excoriated by hypocritical lawncrappers.
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James Gillen

#103
March 09, 2013, 03:47:00 AM
Quote from: Bradford C. Walker;635579Neither my characters nor my games deal in sex at the table.  It's something done between jobs, not during the job- and not as the job.

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GRIM

#104
March 09, 2013, 07:14:16 AM
Quote from: jeff37923;635595No, not just you.

The problem is that we are excoriated for having some standards. Usually excoriated by hypocritical lawncrappers.

The problem is when someone tries to apply the same standards to Texas Chainsaw Massacre or Anal Adventures of Adelade as they do to The Smurfs.

All three are films, different audiences, different goals.

Gaming is not a monolith and even if it were, some people would really need to touch it.
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