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Marketing Tactic for OSR: Insensitivity Readers

Started by honeydipperdavid, March 15, 2023, 10:02:26 PM

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GeekyBugle

#75
March 17, 2023, 12:57:22 PM
Quote from: VisionStorm on March 17, 2023, 12:39:37 PM
Quote from: migo on March 17, 2023, 10:35:39 AM
Quote from: Bruwulf on March 17, 2023, 10:30:03 AM
Quote from: Chris24601 on March 17, 2023, 06:55:34 AM
Hell, you don't even really need Conan and chainmail bikinis. THIS for a cover would be enough to send the Woke REEIng...


The more I look at it, the more that picture goes from awesome to cringey to me, but not for any woke reason. Something is very wrong with the knight's arm.

Yeah, it looks like he's going to throw his sword like a discus. Capturing action does seem to be challenging. That shows how good Larry Elmore was as an artist.

My favorite part is how the guy is valiantly standing BEHIND the damsel in distress, rather than in front of her, leaving her in between himself and the dragon instead of actually protecting her.  ;D

The knight just got there and dismounted from his steed, the "photography" was taken at the point in time before he steps forward to face the dragon.

If it was a movie you could take a still frame to make it seem like the knight is hiding behind her.
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Here is why this forum tends to be so stupid. Many people here think Joe Biden is "The Left", when he is actually Far Right and every US republican is just an idiot.

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Anon Adderlan

#76
March 19, 2023, 08:50:05 PM
Let's see how well The Red Room does in the next year before making any conclusions.

Quote from: migo on March 16, 2023, 03:07:52 PM
Using left wing tactics against the left wing absolutely works. Because left wing tactics work. If they didn't, they wouldn't use them.

Yes, and they work for destroying value and culture, not creating it.

Quote from: Chris24601 on March 16, 2023, 04:12:51 PM
Hogwarts Legacy didn't succeed by being Edgelordy. It succeeded by being a well-crafted game with a good story that would have fit right in to any point of pre-Woke culture. The same with Top Gun Maverick; no anti-woke edgelording... just a solid well-crafted story with heroes to root for and gorgeous non-CGI cinematography.

Indeed.

Quote from: Chris24601 on March 16, 2023, 04:12:51 PM
Good stories and content are anti-woke by definition and need no statements to say so.

Thread. End.

crkrueger

#77
March 19, 2023, 09:08:35 PM
Hank Hill said it best...
"Can't you see you're not making Christianity any better? You're just making rock and roll worse!"

If the agenda comes first, then quality goes last.

I'd ignore an overtly Anti-Woke RPG just like I ignore all the Woke ones.
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Bruwulf

#78
March 19, 2023, 09:42:47 PM
Plus, like... I hate to break it to anyone planning this... Well, actually, I suppose I don't, really? But... This has been done before. Not explicitly to be "anti-Woke" per se, but this no different than plenty of other games that deliberately tried to be "edgy" to draw in sales.

Hell, some of the worst offenders in Woke Gaming? Pioneered this shit. White Wolf, for example.

S'mon

#79
March 20, 2023, 06:02:56 AM
At least one good thing came out of this thread - I was inspired to start a new hardcore swords & sorcery "Dragonbane: Xoth" campaign.  8)  https://simonyrpgs.blogspot.com/2023/03/sword-sorcery-cultures-for-dragonbane.html First session was on Saturday and it was brilliant!  ;D

FF_Ninja

#80
March 20, 2023, 06:18:16 PM
Quote from: Bruwulf on March 19, 2023, 09:42:47 PM
Plus, like... I hate to break it to anyone planning this... Well, actually, I suppose I don't, really? But... This has been done before. Not explicitly to be "anti-Woke" per se, but this no different than plenty of other games that deliberately tried to be "edgy" to draw in sales.

Maybe not the absolute edgiest, but if I had to think of someone thumbing their nose at the woke cause, I'd think of Venger Satanis.

I do love that man for being true to his leanings.
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