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And they're at it again: Gang Rape, the RPG.

Started by J Arcane, December 17, 2009, 05:44:36 PM

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RockViper

#15
December 17, 2009, 07:20:12 PM
That is pathetic, just how low can the hobby go?
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boulet

#16
December 17, 2009, 07:20:47 PM
Quote from: Paul B;349804Kneejerk moralists crack me up. It's BADD all over again!

OMG think of the children.

And a call for bad taste is right out too?

jeff37923

#17
December 17, 2009, 07:22:03 PM
Quote from: J Arcane;349780Gang Rape

A LARP game about gang rape.


I'm no fan of LARPing, but I do not want this representing any aspect of the role-playing hobby.
"Meh."

Peregrin

#18
December 17, 2009, 07:23:35 PM
I don't know if it's the gang-rape that bothers me more, or that someone would actually use a game as a way to express social commentary.  If you've got social/political undertones to a game or a setting, sure, that's fine, it's hard to avoid all meaning within things as abstract as RPGs because people thrive off of meaning.  

But making the whole act of a game unfun and about disgusting, animalistic behavior as some sort of statement?  You may as well quit designing games and become a political activist.
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Drohem

#19
December 17, 2009, 07:26:30 PM
Quote from: Mistwell;349798In before the "Tyranny of Unfun" comments...

What exactly does this post mean?  I'm not familar with whatever the "tyranny of Unfun" is.

Paul B

#20
December 17, 2009, 07:30:49 PM
Quote from: boulet;349815And a call for bad taste is right out too?

Uh...that's a pretty slippery slope. Do tacky fanservice RPG book covers get a pass? Howzabout thinly veiled racism? Genocide?

Drohem

#21
December 17, 2009, 07:30:51 PM
Quote from: Paul B;349804Kneejerk moralists crack me up. It's BADD all over again!

OMG think of the children.

Yes, we should think of the children.  I am not apologetic that I find rape, let alone gang rape, morally and ethically wrong on any level.  It's not a knee jerk reaction, it's a valid reaction for my personal compass.  I don't need to explore the horror of rape in any form, let alone in my hobby which is suppose to bring me fun and enjoyment

jeff37923

#22
December 17, 2009, 07:39:57 PM
Quote from: Paul B;349820Uh...that's a pretty slippery slope. Do tacky fanservice RPG book covers get a pass? Howzabout thinly veiled racism? Genocide?

I call bullshit on your arguement.

The glorification of a morally and ethically reprehensible act by making a LARP game out of it does not a slippery slope make, it makes a cliff that you jump off of to your death.
"Meh."

jrients

#23
December 17, 2009, 08:03:10 PM
Shit, this is news?  I guess I should have brought it up when I stumbled across this crap a few weeks ago.  I figured after Poison'd we'd all be jaded about this sort of ridiculosity.
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J Arcane

#24
December 17, 2009, 08:07:57 PM
Quote from: jrients;349840Shit, this is news?  I guess I should have brought it up when I stumbled across this crap a few weeks ago.  I figured after Poison'd we'd all be jaded about this sort of ridiculosity.

Which is more sad:

1) That a gang rape RPG may not actually be the worst thing these pretentious types have pulled
2) That regardless, someone always has to leap to it's defense no matter how horrid
3) 4chan was apparently more horrified by this than some of the people here

That's what I want to know.  ;)
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#25
December 17, 2009, 08:35:01 PM
Quote from: jeff37923;349828I call bullshit on your arguement.

The glorification of a morally and ethically reprehensible act by making a LARP game out of it does not a slippery slope make, it makes a cliff that you jump off of to your death.

I'll be sure to wag my disapproving finger at those damned boffer LARPers and SCAers next time they try and spread their filth.

Thanks for the tip!

Blackthorne

#26
December 17, 2009, 08:44:21 PM
what's a jeepform?
is a jeep not a car in sweden?

RockViper

#27
December 17, 2009, 08:49:38 PM
Quote from: Blackthorne;349849what's a jeepform?
is a jeep not a car in sweden?

Apparently its a bunch of fat sweaty dudes fucking each other while pretending its gaming.
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Thanlis

#28
December 17, 2009, 09:31:58 PM
Plus it's really funny that humans fuck anything that has legs.

Oh, WAIT, wrong thread.

jeff37923

#29
December 17, 2009, 09:40:17 PM
Quote from: Paul B;349848I'll be sure to wag my disapproving finger at those damned boffer LARPers and SCAers next time they try and spread their filth.

Thanks for the tip!

Not even close to being morally or ethically equivalent.
"Meh."
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