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Got to Love Postmortem Studios

Started by Snowman0147, May 20, 2014, 12:38:28 PM

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Gronan of Simmerya

#45
May 21, 2014, 12:43:50 PM
Quote from: GRIM;751128Or maybe I overestimate the intelligence of others while underestimating their pomposity. This seems more likely. Given the kind of people getting upset are primarily the kind of people the game skewers, it seems quite successful - all things considered.

"That's one theory, sure." -- Dogbert
You should go to GaryCon.  Period.

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

One Horse Town

#46
May 21, 2014, 12:47:59 PM
Well, thanks to Darren mentioning the RPGsite we've got a couple of hundred readers at the moment.

Thanks Darren! The cheque's in the post.

Gronan of Simmerya

#47
May 21, 2014, 12:50:00 PM
Quote from: One Horse Town;751136Well, thanks to Darren mentioning the RPGsite we've got a couple of hundred readers at the moment.

Thanks Darren! The cheque's in the post.

Terry Pratchett writes that love is the other side of hate.

RPGnet and RPGsite need to meet in a seedy hotel room on the Lower East Side and spend the weekend having rough hate-fuck sex.

And yes, it goes both ways.
You should go to GaryCon.  Period.

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

Simon Owen

#48
May 21, 2014, 12:51:45 PM
OOh they permabanned me !
Social order at the expense of liberty is hardly a bargain - The Marquis De Sade.

Sacrosanct

#49
May 21, 2014, 12:52:08 PM
Quote from: Simon Owen;751130Don't feel sorry for me , I'll live.

wasn't talking about you
D&D is not an "everyone gets a ribbon" game.  If you\'re stupid, your PC will die.  If you\'re an asshole, your PC will die (probably from the other PCs).  If you\'re unlucky, your PC may die.  Point?  PC\'s die.  Get over it and roll up a new one.

Warthur

#50
May 21, 2014, 12:59:31 PM
Quote from: Snowman0147;750645To be honest I really don't buy much of their games, but when they do something right they do something right.  They recently made a card game that makes fun of the social justice warrior crowd and frankly some one needed to poke fun in them.
Eh, I think there's a line between making fun of SJWs and making fun of actually oppressed groups and some of the cards I see on the RPGNow preview seem to sail over that line.

3/10 trolling, this is the sort of satire which needs a scalpel and a surgeon's touch, not a shotgun.
I am no longer posting here or reading this forum because Pundit has regularly claimed credit for keeping this community active. I am sick of his bullshit for reasons I explain here and I don\'t want to contribute to anything he considers to be a personal success on his part.

I recommend The RPG Pub as a friendly place where RPGs can be discussed and where the guiding principles of moderation are "be kind to each other" and "no politics". It\'s pretty chill so far.

Ladybird

#51
May 21, 2014, 01:02:42 PM
Quote from: Simon Owen;751139OOh they permabanned me !

Sadly, "please take him back so he won't shitpost on our site" isn't grounds to lodge an appeal on someone's behalf.
one two FUCK YOU

Gronan of Simmerya

#52
May 21, 2014, 01:05:31 PM
Quote from: Ladybird;751146Sadly, "please take him back so he won't shitpost on our site" isn't grounds to lodge an appeal on someone's behalf.

Marry me.
You should go to GaryCon.  Period.

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

GRIM

#53
May 21, 2014, 01:07:50 PM
Quote from: Warthur;751145Eh, I think there's a line between making fun of SJWs and making fun of actually oppressed groups and some of the cards I see on the RPGNow preview seem to sail over that line.

3/10 trolling, this is the sort of satire which needs a scalpel and a surgeon's touch, not a shotgun.

See, now that's more like a valid criticism. Given the, better, contextual knowledge that the quotes etc are largely meant to take the piss out of people who hold those views and that the game as a whole is targeted on SJW tumblrists, does that change your view at all?
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Gronan of Simmerya

#54
May 21, 2014, 01:09:39 PM
Quote from: GRIM;751128Or maybe I overestimate the intelligence of others while underestimating their pomposity. This seems more likely. Given the kind of people getting upset are primarily the kind of people the game skewers, it seems quite successful - all things considered.

I'm going to give some actual, non-sarcastic advice.

Harlan Ellison has already done the "I'm so much smarter and more clever than anybody else" schtick, way back in the 70s.  And yeah, I'm old enough that I was there.

But by 1980 that schtick had gotten really old.  And now, Harlan Ellison is of no interest to anybody but Harlan Ellison.  He is no longer "the Angry Young Man of Science Fiction," or the "Tempermental Artist," or the "Endearing Curmudgeon."  He's now "Harlan Ellison is just an asshole."

You don't want to go down that path.  Really, you don't.
You should go to GaryCon.  Period.

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

Motorskills

#55
May 21, 2014, 01:11:21 PM
Quote from: GRIM;750754The system is surprisingly deep in terms of gameplay really.

Alright, I'll bite. :)

Care to elaborate on the depth of the gameplay?
"Gosh it's so interesting (profoundly unsurprising) how men with all these opinions about women's differentiation between sexual misconduct, assault and rape reveal themselves to be utterly tone deaf and as a result, systemically part of the problem." - Minnie Driver, December 2017

" Using the phrase "virtue signalling" is \'I\'m a sociopath\' signalling ". J Wright, July 2018

Gronan of Simmerya

#56
May 21, 2014, 01:12:55 PM
Quote from: GRIM;751151See, now that's more like a valid criticism. Given the, better, contextual knowledge that the quotes etc are largely meant to take the piss out of people who hold those views and that the game as a whole is targeted on SJW tumblrists, does that change your view at all?

Honestly, not really.  See, I actually GET it, I just don't think it was done well.

Now, a game mechanic where... oh let's see... the point value of the "oppressed class" card is increased for every "unnoticed privilege" card, purely working off the top of my head, would be hilarious to me.

NB:  Humor is an effective vehicle for satire, but humor is subjective and what leaves one person cold will be pants-wettingly funny to another.
You should go to GaryCon.  Period.

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

Gronan of Simmerya

#57
May 21, 2014, 01:14:55 PM
"Overprivileged College Kid Who Wants To Be Oppressed:  The Whinging" coming soon from White Wolf.

Working title is a bit long, but you get the idea.
You should go to GaryCon.  Period.

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

Rincewind1

#58
May 21, 2014, 01:16:11 PM
Repack the mechanics and sell it to SJG as Munckikin Tumblr.
Furthermore, I consider that  This is Why We Don\'t Like You thread should be closed

Gronan of Simmerya

#59
May 21, 2014, 01:17:15 PM
Quote from: Warthur;751145Eh, I think there's a line between making fun of SJWs and making fun of actually oppressed groups and some of the cards I see on the RPGNow preview seem to sail over that line.

3/10 trolling, this is the sort of satire which needs a scalpel and a surgeon's touch, not a shotgun.

Yes, I agree completely.  Spoiled college kids who sit around wailing about the plight of the oppressed, but don't DO anything at ALL, deserve satire.  Just like the "GUNS ARE FREEDOM!" Internet warriors who don't even join the NRA.

Both groups exist, and deserve to be mercilessly mocked.

But your aim has to be REALLY good.
You should go to GaryCon.  Period.

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