Quote from: MelanI think that's one of them, how do you call it, bullshit stories?

I dunno. If it's routine to jerk off to fictional characters why not one of your own creation :rimshot:

Regards,
David R

Quote from: David RI dunno. If it's routine to jerk off to fictional characters why not one of your own creation.

Bigby's Clenched Fist  just took on a whole new meaning...    :pundit:

The beauty of the Brazilian Death Squad story is that, during the story anyway, he never comes out and calls them that.  In fact the entire thing starts out entirely plausibly, getting more fucked up at every turn.

All while staying, within certain tolerances, believeable.


If I could only get gamers who were half that creative at lying, I'd be the happiest GM in town...

Yeah, I participated in that thread really early on, as I had a few fucked up gamers in my history as well, but over all, the undercurrent of HATRED in that thread just fucking got to me.  It happens in other threads too.

"Cat Piss Men" - I hate that fucking term, cause I loathe stereotypes and generalizing.  Yes I realize where that loathing comes from - when you try to get "normal" friends into gaming or any geek activity, and you convince them to come along to a game, and the mouth bretahers who haven't bathed in weeks and noisly chew on their 10 cheeseburgers show up, reeking and spewing filth all over the room - yeah, been there done that.

But the amount of dehumanizing that goes on just bugs the fuck right out of me.  That thread is a big ball of nasty.  Its one of the things I've liked about the split with the d20 forum - it allows me to go there to talk games without skimming the scum in TTO.  Not to mention not talk about Exalted in every fucking thread, though I am planning on running a game soon.    Dark side here I come.

But then I don't think White Wolf was trying to destroy fucking gaming either, so hey.

Well, I'd object more to the term if I hadn't met a few standout members of the gaming community, at least one of whom could make your eyes water from ten feet (no shit).  The owner of the store banned him until he couldn't smell him from outside on the way in (or some other standard of decent cleanliness...)...

So catpissman was just a really great way to describe the foulness of this... gentleman.  

Then there was the guy who had huge (and I mean HUGE) chunks of earwax just hanging out of his ear canals. I mean... think about it, do YOU look at someone's ear canals all that often? How bad does it have to be to actually draw your eyes?!  

Or the 'PTSD' gulf war vet (s... I knew a few) who were all desert ninja of one sort or another, one with a gun he'd keep lying around the other with his nazi memorabilia fetish...

I've met some fucked up examples of humanity, and I don't feel at all guilty calling them on it. Now I just need a good death squad story and I'm set for life.

Quote from: SpikeWell, I'd object more to the term if I hadn't met a few standout members of the gaming community, at least one of whom could make your eyes water from ten feet (no shit).  The owner of the store banned him until he couldn't smell him from outside on the way in (or some other standard of decent cleanliness...)...

I honestly don't understand how people living in the same society as I do that can be so unaware of common standards for cleaning and dressing yourself.  Do they not notice the other people in the world around them?  Do they not watch TV or Movies?  Did they not have parents and go to school, or have jobs where there are other people?

I don't get it. :confused:

Quote from: StuartI honestly don't understand how people living in the same society as I do that can be so unaware of common standards for cleaning and dressing yourself.  Do they not notice the other people in the world around them?  Do they not watch TV or Movies?  Did they not have parents and go to school, or have jobs where there are other people?

I don't get it. :confused:

Personal neglect on the scale mentioned above isn't something that occurs in isolation. It's usually a symptom of deeper problems, which will vary according to the individual.

It comes from not being beaten enough as a child.

Quote from: Kyle AaronIt comes from not being beaten enough as a child.

No, it comes from the excluded middle.

Quote from: HackmastergeneralYeah, I participated in that thread really early on, as I had a few fucked up gamers in my history as well, but over all, the undercurrent of HATRED in that thread just fucking got to me.  It happens in other threads too.
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But the amount of dehumanizing that goes on just bugs the fuck right out of me.

Exactly my sentiment. I sure don't want to stand up for the self-inflicted rejects of human society (although once again, I have to note that the ones I saw weren't gamers), but there is something wrong with talking about people like that. Dehumanising - good phrase; never occured to me but it is accurate to describe the thread.

Quote from: J Arcane"Threatened"?  That's just plain silly.

There is a long running undercurrent of geek hate in the RPGnet forums, has been for a long time, and by and large that thread was mostly about sitting around wanking off about how much more "normal" they were than all those other nasty gamers.  

It's the same kind of geek hate that Matt Snyder has been rambling on about, the same kind of bollocks that has the Forge and Story-Games babble on at length about how to make gaming "normal" or "mainstream".

It's pathetic self-loathing, and it has no place on a site about roleplaying games.

This is the single most repellent thing about rpg.net, and the Indie gaming scene in general.

Quote from: JackalopeThis is the single most repellent thing about rpg.net]

Other than your inability to look objectively at your own posting behavior and see how repellant IT is?

Or just blatantly ignore any and every criticism leveled your way?

Quote from: HackmastergeneralOther than your inability to look objectively at your own posting behavior and see how repellant IT is?

Or just blatantly ignore any and every criticism leveled your way?

Hmm.

Three options:
1) Jackalope's (presumed) inability to look objectively at his own posting behavior and see how repellent it is, is the most repellent thing about rpg.net.

2) Jackalope's inability to just blatantly ignore any and every criticism leveled his way is the most repellent thing about rpg.net.

3) The long running undercurrent of geek hate in the RPGnet forums is the most repellent thing about rpg.net.

Yeah, I gotta say, and I'm really trying hard to be objective here, but considering my post count on rpg.net stopped in the low 300s, I have trouble believing #1.

Also, I'm pretty sure you didn't mean #2, but rather the opposite of it.  Sadly, you apparently failed English and don't know how to form coherent statements.  Because it is what you actually said.  Even if I do you the favor of correcting for your piss-poor grasp of dependent clauses, we end up with:

2) Jackalope's ability to just blatantly ignore any and every criticism leveled his way is the most repellent thing about rpg.net.

Which I seriously just don't believe.  I really think you're giving me far, far too much credit.

Also, since I was expressing a personal opinion, my statement should be read as:

"The long running undercurrent of geek hate in the RPGnet forums is is the single most repellent thing about rpg.net, and the Indie gaming scene in general, in my opinion."

Or alternately:

"The long running undercurrent of geek hate in the RPGnet forums is is the single most repellent thing about rpg.net, and the Indie gaming scene in general, as far as I'm concerned."

English motherfucker, do you speak it?

Lopey - you're an amateur.

 I at least got up to 1,700 posts before they banned me over at the big Pink & Purple.


- Ed C.

Quote from: KoltarLopey - you're an amateur.

 I at least got up to 1,700 posts before they banned me over at the big Pink & Purple.

Totally agree.  I mean seriously, I was barely there.  My occasional bouts of rampant pig-headed stubbornness can't possibly be the most repellent thing about the forum.  I simply wasn't active there long enough to achieve that sort of significance.