Glad to hear that at least one online controversy resulted in gaming awesomeness.

Quote from: Zak S;828599Ah but they got that covered, too, Alina Pete is doing the art.

Yeah, but is she sufficiently black and lesbian as well?

And if yes, she probably still doesn't use a Mac laptop, so WHITE PATRIARCHY.
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One correction: Alina Pete is coauthor for written material. Artist not to my knowledge announced, apart from that MCG has been in contact with native artists.

That's a damned cool blog. Good news here.

Quote from: antion;828671One correction: Alina Pete is coauthor for written material. Artist not to my knowledge announced, apart from that MCG has been in contact with native artists.

My bad, thanks

Quote from: Zak S;828571Well here's the thing: What's to get outraged about? He's native, he knows his shit, he's a good writer, he doesn't say any crazy right-wing bullshit.

When has there not actually being anything to be outraged about actually stopped them? Hell, the original controversy was drummed up unless you took the Thunder Plain completely out of context.

Still, that material looks pretty interesting so it seems like the new writer was a good choice.

While I dont think they should have caved in to the loony demands. Looks like they got someone interesting to handle the content.

I agree that even appearing to cave to these fuckwits just empowers them. That being said, I looked at that blog this morning, and the guy definitely has good material and knows his shit.

They should have done the best of both worlds.
- Keep the original Thunder Plains as is since the complaints against it were horseshit.
- Hired the new guy to do a new badass supplement.

What saddens me about this news, is that they caved in to a group of people who will never be satisfied, and will likely never play this game, ever.  All they want is attention, and they got it.

No, it's a much better story than that:

Anthony got it.

…and this is the Achilles heel of people who whale of social issues just in order to advertise themselves or prosecute grudges or who just thoughtlessly endorse people who do:

The people actually doing smart, good work with staying power are actually diverse and are actually glad to encourage real diversity.

The ideal model for the Drama Club is:

1. Someone points out a real or imagined misstep by an RPG person

2. Usually cishet, usually white, usually male Drama Club member sweeps in, makes a "powerful" statement of Not Being That Other Guy, reaps the spoils for having done so in the form of esteem from fellow Drama Club members.

But in fact, what happens in a genuine creative environment is:

1. Someone points out a real or imagined misstep by an RPG company

2. Usually cishet, usually white, usually male Drama Club member sweeps in, makes a "powerful" statement of Not Being That Other Guy.

3. People who are actually invested in solving the actual problem ignore that person and look at the problem that the alleged misstep points to get to work looking for solutions to the underlying problem whether or not the alleged misstep was related to it or not (after all, for example, nonwestern cultures are under-represtented in games whether or not MCG is extra-responsible for it).

4. The solutions are better than what the Drama Club could come up with because the Drama Club only creates drama, it doesn't actually concern itself with solving problems.

5. The solutions last and get built on.

Drama is temporary, real work is permanent.

--The connections women made at Contessa aren't going away, the work trans artists do working at LotFP isn't going away, the work the all-female design team Frog God hired isn't going away, the diverse people appearing in the art in the recent wave of OSR products isn't going away, Yoon-Suin isn't going away, and whatever Anthony writes for MCG will be available for download as long as RPGs are downloadable.

And the people who did those things will meet people and be able to put what they did on their resume or in their portfolio. You can't put "I complained about Carcosa and got 52 likes" on your resume.

Because real progress and real money made by real creators and real connections and real things for gamers last. Dipshit whining doesn't.

Quote from: Zak S;828725No, it's a much better story than that:

Anthony got it.

The point is, they never need for him to 'Get it'.  Now, given the source of the material he's got, it's nice that he's got the work, but there was nothing requiring him to get hired.  Which now, might mean the book costs more (maybe, maybe not.)

The issue remains that they gave in to the 'terrorists'.  And that will only embolden them more.  And we don't need that.

If the rest of Anthony's blog is as good as that last post, then The Strange is going to get some pretty awesome material.

To Hell with the drama and the predictions of further drama, focus on the awesome.

Quote from: JamesV;828737To Hell with the drama and the predictions of further drama, focus on the awesome.

Yup, after all that is said and done, we're gonna keep playing.