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Author Topic: Mythic Polynesia hubbub - Storm in a thimble!  (Read 11214 times)

Rob Necronomicon

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Re: Mythic Polynesia hubbub - Storm in a thimble!
« Reply #30 on: December 14, 2022, 10:23:43 PM »
As long as they don't make it anti-white person

Yep! I wouldn't tolerate those double standards or hypocrisy.
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« Reply #31 on: December 14, 2022, 10:58:21 PM »
At some point don't we get a chicken-and-egg problem?  We don't have enough representation of [today's ethnicity], but the only people allowed to write about or portray them are people of [today's ethnicity]?

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Re: Mythic Polynesia hubbub - Storm in a thimble!
« Reply #32 on: December 15, 2022, 01:14:23 AM »
These people are flipping out over a game of imagination, a book!

They could create their own game about Polynesia or go crazy on the internet. They choose crazy.

They did the same over Bionicle and "appropriating" culture. And theres so many more.

But of course its perfectly fine for them to do so much worse. Some of the art in Radiant Citadel is just disgustingly steryotypical. Par for the course for the woke.

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Re: Mythic Polynesia hubbub - Storm in a thimble!
« Reply #33 on: December 15, 2022, 04:29:50 AM »
The first floor isn't the first floor over there???  :o

We are not just separated by a large pond, but also by height as well.
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« Reply #34 on: December 15, 2022, 04:32:40 AM »
People who create nothing are the ones doing this. People who create things are too busy creating

Exactly this!

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Re: Mythic Polynesia hubbub - Storm in a thimble!
« Reply #35 on: December 15, 2022, 04:36:24 AM »
I believe the Maori are the only ones to fight the British to a stand-still. They should be proud.

You mean apart from the Zulu, Afghanistan, Gurkha.

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Re: Mythic Polynesia hubbub - Storm in a thimble!
« Reply #36 on: December 15, 2022, 06:11:04 AM »
At some point don't we get a chicken-and-egg problem?  We don't have enough representation of [today's ethnicity], but the only people allowed to write about or portray them are people of [today's ethnicity]?

I, for one, would like to see more ancient Egyptian games written by people who actually rubbed elbows with the pharaohs to give it more authenticity.
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Rob Necronomicon

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« Reply #37 on: December 15, 2022, 06:36:10 AM »
Wow... Here's a huge and very handy coincidence. You can actually hire Liam as a 'cultural consultant'.

Who'd of thunk it?

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Re: Mythic Polynesia hubbub - Storm in a thimble!
« Reply #38 on: December 15, 2022, 09:14:52 AM »
Wow... Here's a huge and very handy coincidence. You can actually hire Liam as a 'cultural consultant'.

Who'd of thunk it?

https://www.toatabletop.com/services

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I can offer support from this perspective specifically as well as the broader context of being a product and victim of colonization.

How the fuck can someone make this statement seriously as a POST ON THE INTERNET? "I'm a victim of colonization, let me tell you how much my culture has been destroyed and eroded by those evil white devils using my $1500 iPhone to record videos to post on TikTok."

Get a life, retards.
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« Reply #39 on: December 15, 2022, 09:25:16 AM »
The same white devils who have decided to adopt Maori language as a symbol of national pride? Does he not realize how lucky and privileged he is? New Zealand is the only country on Earth where an indigenous culture is being promoted by the colonizers!

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Re: Mythic Polynesia hubbub - Storm in a thimble!
« Reply #40 on: December 15, 2022, 10:50:39 AM »
Wow... Here's a huge and very handy coincidence. You can actually hire Liam as a 'cultural consultant'.

Who'd of thunk it?

https://www.toatabletop.com/services
This guy is fascinating. Apparently, he's created a wild west game, of all possible settings.
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Rob Necronomicon

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Re: Mythic Polynesia hubbub - Storm in a thimble!
« Reply #41 on: December 15, 2022, 11:14:04 AM »
Wow... Here's a huge and very handy coincidence. You can actually hire Liam as a 'cultural consultant'.

Who'd of thunk it?

https://www.toatabletop.com/services
This guy is fascinating. Apparently, he's created a wild west game, of all possible settings.

LOL I'd love to hear his take on the Native American Indians.  ;D
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Re: Mythic Polynesia hubbub - Storm in a thimble!
« Reply #42 on: December 15, 2022, 06:06:21 PM »
Wow... Here's a huge and very handy coincidence. You can actually hire Liam as a 'cultural consultant'.

Who'd of thunk it?

https://www.toatabletop.com/services

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I can offer support from this perspective specifically as well as the broader context of being a product and victim of colonization.

How the fuck can someone make this statement seriously as a POST ON THE INTERNET? "I'm a victim of colonization, let me tell you how much my culture has been destroyed and eroded by those evil white devils using my $1500 iPhone to record videos to post on TikTok."

Get a life, retards.

I mean the guy has got hustle, I'll give him that lol.

If anything ripping people off in the rp market is far too niche for his grifter skills.

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Re: Mythic Polynesia hubbub - Storm in a thimble!
« Reply #43 on: December 15, 2022, 09:32:44 PM »
Yeah, apparently some people caught bans at TBP for pointing out that most of the villains were lizardman tribes or something and got accused of spreading coded racism or some such nonsense (because apparently to the woke lizard people = Maori) and banned even more for questioning the ridiculousness of that ban.

To be clear, it was not about mythic Polynesia, but Monster Island, and it was clarifying that the “savages” were lizard people and not human, and that it mentioned you could switch them to human if you wanted, and that I was specifically not commenting on the racism of that. Also that the nationality of the names might be viewed as Europeans as they were puns on European names, but no actual nationality or skin color was discussed.

Mythic Polynesia doesn’t have any lizard people in it I think (still need to finish reading).

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Re: Mythic Polynesia hubbub - Storm in a thimble!
« Reply #44 on: December 16, 2022, 01:05:45 AM »
Have you guys been checking this comedy show out on TBP and Twatter?

I’m a bit of a fan of the Design Mechanism. But apparently, there are a number of dweebs not too happy at all with this release. Must be very few, considering that the product is selling rather well in the Drivthru charts. :)

The gist of the problem, as far as I can tell, is that some ‘no mark’ on Twitter called Liam had a bit of a hissy fit and TBP all sang Kum ba yah to support him.

Apparently, the Maori tribes have been given the dreaded character bonuses (or some shit). Like in Oriental adventures. Thus playing on stereotypes that can do ‘harm’ in the real world. Uh… Please show me some facts and figures to back that up? I’ll wait…

I’m sure that the Maori are now on the verge of collapse after this Huge elf-game release. Which is sure to grace the NY Times top sellers list. LOL

But that’s not all… Apparently, the mob started to demand that the product be taken down immediately and an explanation (and presumably) an apology to be given straight away - To this molecule-sized mob.

But to the Design Mechanism’s credit, it appears they haven’t budged one iota and have remained silent (at this point at least). That’s the best thing you can do, imo.

Apparently, the ‘ikkle mob is not too happy that some comments were ‘removed’ from Drivthru that criticized the supposed ‘rrrrrrrrrhhacist’ elements in the product. That made me laugh. :)

Anyway, is anyone aware of this tiny tantrum?

PS - And Apparently tDM are now guilty as charged because they have remained silent. You gotta' love that inevitable emotional blackmail trick from the micro-mob. And just how much business tDM will lose. LOL - Just look at the charts! :)

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