Backers pissed at James M. and Dwimmermount

Benoist · February 10, 2013, 03:00:19 PM

I agree, the name is totally awesome, in fact.

noisms · February 10, 2013, 04:51:39 PM

Quote from: ICFTI;627143it's really only one or two people acting like creepy stalk-ery assholes. it should warm your heart to see that more people are pointing out that behavior for what it is and saying "hey, cut that shit out" rather than engaging in it.

That's true, but it's not the only thing in the thread that doesn't really sit right. There seems to be a lot of mean-spiritedness and bile aimed at James M that I think is motivated more to do with glee at the sight of the mighty laid low than any genuine outrage over lost money. And I speak as somebody who thinks Grognardia hasn't really been worth reading for about 3 or 4 years, lest I be labelled a disciple or whatever.

ICFTI · February 10, 2013, 05:03:14 PM

Quote from: noisms;627182There seems to be a lot of mean-spiritedness and bile aimed at James M that I think is motivated more to do with glee at the sight of the mighty laid low than any genuine outrage over lost money.

fair enough but i think a lot of that is coming from the same handful of creepers, too.

zarathustra · February 10, 2013, 06:22:49 PM

Quote from: Mistwell;627105Saying "She posted it in public, so she deserves what she gets," sounds an awful lot to me like "She dressed like that in public, so she deserves what she gets". .

Um, you're adding all the creepy here. She's not getting anything apart from people reading her blog, which is what bloggers want.

No-one is/has done anything to her. It is a public blog. It might provide indight in Jmals bullshit while he has his head in the sand. You are too busy white knighting to grasp that reading a public blog is not stalking or doing something to someone.

zarathustra · February 10, 2013, 06:24:18 PM

Quote from: J Arcane;627130It is very rampant online.

Just because the Facebook generation is doing its best to normalize such behavior doesn't make it not stalking.

So every time you read an osr blog and it links to another blog or article, that is stalking to you?

J Arcane · February 10, 2013, 06:27:12 PM

Quote from: zarathustra;627208So every time you read an osr blog and it links to another blog or article, that is stalking to you?

My yard is publicly visible.

Doesn't mean it's not wrong to drive by in a van and take pictures of my kids.

noisms · February 10, 2013, 06:38:49 PM

Quote from: zarathustra;627206Um, you're adding all the creepy here. She's not getting anything apart from people reading her blog, which is what bloggers want.

No-one is/has done anything to her. It is a public blog. It might provide indight in Jmals bullshit while he has his head in the sand. You are too busy white knighting to grasp that reading a public blog is not stalking or doing something to someone.

Just because something is public does not make it right to spread it all over the internet. Would it be okay to follow you around all day with a video camera and then post it online without your knowledge, provided all the filming took place in public? I mean, if you're walking around in public having a conversation with your wife or girlfriend and I record it and put it online, that's not stalking, is it? Because you're doing it in public, aren't you?

Bedrockbrendan · February 10, 2013, 06:44:39 PM

Quote from: zarathustra;627208So every time you read an osr blog and it links to another blog or article, that is stalking to you?

This would be more like reading the blog of an PSR blogger's wife, and using it to prove nefarious things about his personal life. It clearly crosses a line. No one is white knighting here, they are applying a pretty text book definition of stalking to what IRWS is doing. IRWS may have a legitimate complaint against James over Dwimmermount, that doesn't give him license to do whatever the hell he pleases.

Bedrockbrendan · February 10, 2013, 06:46:15 PM

Quote from: zarathustra;627206Um, you're adding all the creepy here. She's not getting anything apart from people reading her blog, which is what bloggers want.

No she is getting negative attention from people who are upset with her husband over investments in one of his products. This is not the kind of readership a woman blogging about buying her children christmas presents is seeking.

One Horse Town · February 10, 2013, 06:53:11 PM

Well, if no-one else is going to do it, i will.

If people want to start a new thread about this fiasco, they are welcome to do so - but keep innocent parties out of it.

I think this thread is doing no good at this point, so i'm closing it.

RPGPundit · February 11, 2013, 07:13:11 PM

Quote from: One Horse Town;627214Well, if no-one else is going to do it, i will.

If people want to start a new thread about this fiasco, they are welcome to do so - but keep innocent parties out of it.

I think this thread is doing no good at this point, so i'm closing it.

Seconded and approved.

RPGPundit