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Old-School Fundamentalist Ironically Proves My Point

Started by RPGPundit, June 22, 2014, 10:47:47 AM

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Phillip

#75
June 28, 2014, 05:51:47 PM
A lesson from the pioneers of frp:

True originals are too cool for schools!
And we are here as on a darkling plain  ~ Swept with confused alarms of struggle and flight, ~ Where ignorant armies clash by night.

RPGPundit

#76
June 28, 2014, 08:55:05 PM
Quote from: Black Vulmea;761371Yeah, I wasn't being ironic there - this site serves a valuable function as the you-can't-get-away-with-spewing-bullshit-without-being-called-on-it-zone of the hobby, and it's wholly to the Pundit's credit that it exists.

Well thanks, guys!
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#77
June 28, 2014, 11:05:32 PM
Quote from: S'mon;762259Your whole schtick is iconoclasm. You're not a 'joiner'. You'll never have a substantial 'movement' around you, although you do have influence. You are neither a cult leader like Ron Edwards, nor a follower, nor a networker. The OSR 'leadership' characters are mostly networker types like Zak Sabbath & James Raggi (and formerly JMal, even though he's a very different personality) who are also adept at creating a bit of a personality-cult thing around them. You pretty much have a personality anti-cult. :D

But that argument would suggest that no one (other than Zak and Raggi) are "insiders".
VS wasn't claiming I'm not one of the "leadership" of the OSR, he was saying I wasn't part of the OSR at all.

But sure, if you're saying I not only don't try to be trendy/hip but make a point of being the guy who likes to poke at the trendy and hip, yes.
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VengerSatanis

#78
June 29, 2014, 02:04:58 PM
Quote from: RPGPundit;762399But that argument would suggest that no one (other than Zak and Raggi) are "insiders".
VS wasn't claiming I'm not one of the "leadership" of the OSR, he was saying I wasn't part of the OSR at all.

But sure, if you're saying I not only don't try to be trendy/hip but make a point of being the guy who likes to poke at the trendy and hip, yes.

You were two small steps away from Kanye territory (with all that that implies) so I decided to give you a hard time.  Not just about the "OSR Taliban" either (tip of the iceberg and straw of the camel).  Don't be assistant to the regional manager, man.  Be the regional manager... above all the bullshit.

Obviously, you're part of the OSR.  Duh.

VS

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#79
July 01, 2014, 02:50:42 PM
Quote from: VengerSatanis;762524You were two small steps away from Kanye territory (with all that that implies)

VS

I have no idea what that implies, actually.
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Gronan of Simmerya

#80
July 01, 2014, 03:18:57 PM
Quote from: Black Vulmea;761371Yeah, I wasn't being ironic there - this site serves a valuable function as the you-can't-get-away-with-spewing-bullshit-without-being-called-on-it-zone of the hobby, and it's wholly to the Pundit's credit that it exists.

Yeah.

I mean, dammit, sometimes you just want to VENT!  Not "have your problem solved" or "get advice."  You just want to bitch where somebody besides yourself can hear you.

And if somebody doesn't like it, they're free to say "Shut the hell up, you flatulent old windbag poser!" and I'm free to say "Chew the brown crust off my undershorts, dickless."
You should go to GaryCon.  Period.

The rules can\'t cure stupid, and the rules can\'t cure asshole.

Ravenswing

#81
July 01, 2014, 04:16:59 PM
Heh, well, my common answer to "Shut the hell up!" is to suggest that no one compels anyone to read my posts, and if anyone doesn't want to see them, nothing stops them from adding me to their IGN list.  :)
This was a cool site, until it became an echo chamber for whiners screeching about how the "Evul SJWs are TAKING OVAH!!!" every time any RPG book included a non-"traditional" NPC or concept, or their MAGA peeners got in a twist. You're in luck, drama queens: the Taliban is hiring.

LibraryLass

#82
July 01, 2014, 09:30:21 PM
Quote from: RPGPundit;763175I have no idea what that implies, actually.

Kanye West is a famously arrogant, self-aggrandizing rapper.
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VengerSatanis

#83
July 02, 2014, 08:54:53 AM
Indeed.  As someone who has walked a messianic razor's edge, I know the dangers, self-inflated ego all the way to full blown megalomania.  Just because haters gonna hate doesn't mean there's nothing about you worth hating.  Everyone who steps out into the public eye has their share.  It keeps the outspoken in check... sometimes.  

With great power comes awesome web-slinging which leads to fear, the mind-killer.  Anyone without a sense of humor is too pretentious to be a good magician.  So go boldly before it all leads to the dark side.  Damn you all to hell!  Or something like that.

VS

Zak S

#85
July 03, 2014, 03:29:18 AM
Oh my god.
I won a jillion RPG design awards.

Buy something. 100% of the proceeds go toward legal action against people this forum hates.

Spinachcat

#86
July 03, 2014, 03:38:01 AM
Quote from: Zak S;763701Oh my god.

Not god. Zod.

RPGPundit

#87
July 03, 2014, 05:30:46 PM
Quote from: One Horse Town;763409Wannabe. :teehee:

You said what I was thinking.
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Also available in Variant Cover form!
Also, now with the CULTS OF CHAOS cult-generation sourcebook

ARROWS OF INDRA
Arrows of Indra: The Old-School Epic Indian RPG!
NOW AVAILABLE: AoI in print form

LORDS OF OLYMPUS
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