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Open Letter to RPGPundit
Paka:
Dear RPGPundit,
I am not writing this to incite you, pick a fight or start a flamewar. I don't fear you or your blog-o-wrath but at the same time I have no desire to be Saint Levi II and enter into a long back and forth dialogue or debate in this thread. So, without further ado, here's the shtick:
You have something to say and you say it in such a way that people listen. Use that.
Forget whether or not I agree with you, forget who is right or wrong. I'm swine to you anyway (not the White Wolf kind, a proud member of the Forge variety). I don't care if you like Ron Edwards or the Forge or White Wolf or what-the-fuck-ever. I have no interest in convincing you about anything I believe concerning gaming.
You kvetch and moan about RPG.net as if it was an ex-girlfriend who won't take you back. Stop.
I know it was a messy break-up...I mean permaban.
No, don't stop about RPG.net because they are right, don't stop because you are wrong, stop because she doesn't love you and never did. Stop because you have something to say and can do better than complaining about a company that at best thinks of you as mildly amusing and at worst thinks of you as a complete and total asshole.
Take those future blog posts about RPG.net, about unjust moderators about Nikchick and write your game, Forward to Adventure. Write about how the playtests are going, about how people can game your way successfully, about how the games at your table are going down and how you and your buddies get your game on.
Eventually it might become clear that these enemies who want to destroy D&D and gaming really, at the end of the day, want nothing more than to game, put out games that make some money or break even and have a good time. Unlike Hunter S. Thompson, you don't have a villain who is ever going to attack you and your way of life.
But you have people who post at your site, the beginnings of a community. This is because you have a way with words and you do have something to say and no fear about saying it.
It is just a shame we have to wade through the bullshit and the straw men and the RPG.net mod rants and the anti-deer crap to even get a hint of it.
And one day, when FtA has made back its initial investment and is cruising right along and you can't remember the last time you even thought about RPG.net or Blue Rose, you will find that someone on a blog is ranting about you and how much you suck.
And you will have a pundit of your very own.
And the circle will be complete.
Sincerely,
Judd
a.k.a. Paka
Paka:
--- Quote from: Harry Joy ---Why you RPG.net mods haven't "nuked" him by now is beyond me. Lord knows, I used the trick before, and I ain't a professional mod.
If you want to carry this over to here, do it without this damned drama.
Nuke him. You know you can.
My 2 cents/
--- End quote ---
For the record, I am not an RPG.net mod.
RPGPundit:
Paka,
I'm glad you enjoy at least portions of my Blog. I'm sorry that you find my concerns about things like RPG.net or Blue Rose to be uninteresting. The latter is pretty well as dead an issue as BR is a game, and the former is only an ongoing concern because the people over at RPG.net continue saying and doing things that demand being talked about. If you haven't noticed, a number of the people who come to my site do so because its one of the only places they can air their frustration with what has happened and continues to happen over at RPG.net.
Likewise, I wish the people involved in the Forge and gaming theory would get their act together and reform their presentation in such a way that they would be about actual play and design, rather than elitism and jargon. Levi tells me that the Forgeites are working on that, here's hoping there's progress on that front.
However, I have a lot of hope for places like my blog (on a small scale) and message boards like Nutkinland and Animalball (on a larger scale). As these places grow in popularity, and as long as they remain free of manipulation and control by the same people who have taken control of RPG.net, the less I will need to make my blog about that kind of topic, and the more I can talk about games I'm playing or games I like.
At the end of the day, I'd be most pleased if my blog didn't need to be a place for saying the kind of things I have to say right now. For now, though, its likely to continue having to be.
As for "my very own pundit"; I sincerely doubt that will ever have to happen. If for no other reason than because I will never try to censor or silence someone who wants to debate with me on my blog (or anywhere else for that matter). Those who think I'm a menace to them now would do well to remember that my Blog and its success is a product of THEIR actions.
RPGPundit
Paka:
Hey,
I am really glad that your didn't get your claws out. Awesome.
Let's talk, if you don't mind. I am not out to win this thread and if we disagree, such is life.
I am all about effecting change and righting wrongs in the communities around us but do you really want to change RPG.net and if you do, do you really think you are going to? Ultimately, you have made your position very clear and even if they changed tomorrow, would you really want to go back?
Personally, I've got no beef with 'em. I dig RPG.net and always have but I don't understand the terrible waste of energy that you exert on a place where you can no longer participate. It seems wasteful.
The Forge's Theory and GNS forums were closed. Naturally, ya might cite Ron's Brain Damage post. Whatevuh.
Truth is, the site has hundreds of posts every damned day that are entirely actual play and game design. I just don't see the D&D hate that you do. Ron wrote an AP post last week about running a D&D game for the kids down the block.
The mission statement there remains:
This site is dedicated to the promotion, creation, and review of independent role-playing games. What is an independent role-playing game? Our main criterion is that the game is owned by its author, or creator-owned.
And I remain,
Judd
a.k.a. Paka
Settembrini:
My motivation, maybe it applies to others as well:
If a group stops calling things wrong, which are , well, just wrong, then the group is in serious trouble.
Current RPG.Net Moderation is bad/wrong.
(Assuming your goal is to have a general discussion forum.)
So anybody, including me, has the duty to speak up.
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