Quote from: tenbones on September 17, 2021, 11:56:41 AM
hahaha that thread is now talking about boycotting Paizo...

Yesssssss....

That thread is, literally, a "Best of".

I got tired of Paizo's approach to the game about midway through their Dragon run (too much emphasis on deep lore, far too many demons) and only ever owned three PF products. But this whole mess is reminding me why games from small or dead companies seem like the wisest way to go if you want to avoid drama and ideological purges in the hobby.

Also, I find it amusing that both TBP and ENWorld have had to lock down their threads on the issue.

"I am hetero, NOT pro gay rights (I think everyone should just have the same rights, no gay or straight ones) and have no gay friends."

Ditto.

Good Lord, the DRAMA!

Mz. Price also seems to be remarkably well-informed of office politics, for a company she left 4 years ago.

Is there a "best of" for this very based Jeff Grubb?

Quote from: Novastar on September 17, 2021, 02:39:31 PM
Good Lord, the DRAMA!

Mz. Price also seems to be remarkably well-informed of office politics, for a company she left 4 years ago.

To reiterate: while Price was turfed, it's clear not all of her friends cronies hires were turfed as well. Betcha fifty to St. Jude that they were passing info along to her.

Which... raises some questions, y'know. It's not like it's the Rosenburgs with nuclear technology, but most companies aren't keen on in-house information getting leaked.

Quote from: Novastar on September 17, 2021, 02:39:31 PM
Good Lord, the DRAMA!

Mz. Price also seems to be remarkably well-informed of office politics, for a company she left 4 years ago.

Ironic, given that only 4 years ago she's being interviewed and saying what great guys Erik Mona and Jason Buhlman are, saying she loves them to death.

DELICIOUS.

It seems as though they want to destroy rpg gamng.  Their (rpg companies) actions make no sense.  WOTC, the 800 lb gorilla in the industry hired this broad?

Quote from: tenbones on September 17, 2021, 11:56:41 AM
hahaha that thread is now talking about boycotting Paizo...

Yesssssss....

Edit: I should add, I'm interested in the thread's temprature. I don't care if they actually boycott Paizo or not. That's on them. But reading the mental gyrations of self-justification while virtue-signaling is the rhetorical equivalent of watching a room full of people peeing into each other's mouths while singing Village People songs.

It's hard to not watch. Fuck I have work to do... but...

You should consider standup as a sideline.  Your edit gave me the best laugh I've had in ages.

Quote from: Mishihari on September 17, 2021, 03:47:35 PM

Quote from: tenbones on September 17, 2021, 11:56:41 AM
hahaha that thread is now talking about boycotting Paizo...

Yesssssss....

Edit: I should add, I'm interested in the thread's temprature. I don't care if they actually boycott Paizo or not. That's on them. But reading the mental gyrations of self-justification while virtue-signaling is the rhetorical equivalent of watching a room full of people peeing into each other's mouths while singing Village People songs.

It's hard to not watch. Fuck I have work to do... but...

You should consider standup as a sideline.  Your edit gave me the best laugh I've had in ages.

Funny you should say that. My daughter is dying for she and I to go to Austin and have me do a 60-second set for Kill Tony and maybe catch a show with Rogan. It's on my secret to-do list.

Quote from: Svenhelgrim on September 17, 2021, 03:40:06 PM
It seems as though they want to destroy rpg gamng.  Their (rpg companies) actions make no sense.  WOTC, the 800 lb gorilla in the industry hired this broad?

I think that view takes too much thought and intentionality.

My hot take: Price is right on a couple of things - as Pundit said - the industry (like most of entertainment these days) is full of weak men in positions of power. Grifters like Price are in it for the recognition. She's getting by on her appearance (she's next-door cute, which to most socially inept betas in the industry is "hot") and she knows it. You see this in comics too. When Geekdom became fashionable it became watershed for thirsty angry women with axes to grind and men willing to let themselves be the grindstone just for proximity. I mean, it's no secret that so many of the male feminists are sexual predators... the predominant majority of them are SJWs. Not really shocking news.

Look at her professional trackrecord. This ideology about generating outrage for clout *is* her business. And I'll commend her for consistency and commitment on that. At the end of the day these companies that hire her are almost literally asking for this bullshit to come down on them. This is the Frog and Scorpion (I wonder if she's a Scorpio?) scenario.

The side effect of this ideology is that all these institutions - be they entertainment, academic, technological, governmental, etc. will succumb to this bullshit if they are led by midwit betas because they lack zero principles and are essentially scared and weak.

It looks especially scary for TTRPG's because it's such a small industry. Everyone knows one another, and letting in the barbarians does a lot of damage very quickly. This is why we should support those people that simply want to make a good game, and more importantly not support those whose ideologies want you censored, locked up and ultimately killed - ultimately in that order.

My goodness. This woman must be on cloud nine. Seeing the waves she's made. Big purp has unlocked their thread but already handed out a three day ban. Why is this so fun to watch? hehehe

I'm not a prognosticator but I wonder if this marks the beginning of the end for Paizo

Quote from: DocJones on September 16, 2021, 11:40:11 PM
I know she worked on video games for Microsoft before she was at Paizo.
I highly suspect she was canned by them as well, although I have no evidence for that.

You now have evidence for that in her own words.

I've worked in corporate environments for about 30 years. I never come across anything remotely close to what Jessica is describing in regards to the stalking and management dismissal of concerns across multiple companies. Given that she is often proud that she "keeps receipts" I'm also surprised she hasn't produced any. I'd give even odds she's being a bit of a fabulist here. Whatever story she comes across she has to one up it.

Pretty sure she's a scorpion. Only a matter of time before WOTC gets stung.

Quote from: Mistwell on September 17, 2021, 09:48:09 PM

Quote from: DocJones on September 16, 2021, 11:40:11 PM
I know she worked on video games for Microsoft before she was at Paizo.
I highly suspect she was canned by them as well, although I have no evidence for that.

You now have evidence for that in her own words.

To be fair, she isn't wrong about stack-ranking. But she may have been fairly fired, albeit by a craptastic system.