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Abyssal Maw

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« Reply #525 on: June 22, 2007, 11:37:15 PM »
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I actually kinda like you droog.
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« Reply #526 on: June 22, 2007, 11:55:57 PM »
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I actually kinda like you droog.

That's nice, but I'm fucked if I'm playing the Punani's Comintern denunciation game. If that's what you and Settembrini want you can stick it right up your arses.
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« Reply #527 on: June 23, 2007, 02:24:54 AM »
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That's nice, but I'm fucked if I'm playing the Punani's Comintern denunciation game. If that's what you and Settembrini want you can stick it right up your arses.

I do not understand the sentence.
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« Reply #528 on: June 23, 2007, 03:38:13 AM »
You are an acceptable hostile droog...and they like you fluttering around their ears :D

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« Reply #529 on: June 23, 2007, 05:34:41 AM »
I'm not hostile. This war thing is inane. The other day Settembrini used the term 'illusionism'. AM describes the reward cycle of D&D in a way that matches 100% in my understanding to the view Ron Edwards holds of it. Half the things Jim Bob 'quotes' were never said in the quoted form. Poor old Tony doesn't know which is his arse and which is his elbow. It's like some sort of university club hell!


[And Sett: the sentence means that I'm not going to apologise for anything anybody else has said. Neither will I throw a picture of Ron Edwards on the ground and trample on it.]
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« Reply #530 on: June 23, 2007, 06:09:06 AM »
I'm so dissapointed in you droog.

"Take him back to the re-education camp"

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« Reply #531 on: June 23, 2007, 06:21:22 AM »
Yes, the war thing is inane.
Because guys like Tony behave in such ways.

actio=reactio

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« Reply #532 on: June 23, 2007, 07:51:35 AM »
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Yes, the war thing is inane.


Yep - swhy all the stupid indie posturing is so reviled.
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« Reply #533 on: June 23, 2007, 08:16:48 AM »
See, the thing is, despite the fact that Droog likes what he likes (which seems like an inviolate thing- people like what they like no matter what).. he just isn't here to sell us shit or to squat in our communities in order to monitor us or act as public relations. I don't see the problem.

In any case, what I am calling for is self-assessment of whether anyone really needs to be in this hobby is they aren't actually involved in this hobby. I made this assessment myself, and after looking at it from several angles-- I'm pretty sure I game every week. Sometimes twice a week. I'm not gaming because I joined TheRPGsite. I'm on TheRPGsite because I'm gaming.

I am fairly suspicious that for a lot of people, they take part in gaming as a strictly incidental sidebar activity (perhaps running demos and playtests at cons or special gatherings only) because they need to be part of the online groups.

Those people should seriously think about whether they really need to be doing that.
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« Reply #534 on: June 23, 2007, 09:41:35 AM »
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@Tony: Behave like droog, and we can all live in peace alongside each other, like ships passing at night.
Heh.  I think I get what you're saying, but it's also pretty funny in the local context, yes?

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« Reply #535 on: June 23, 2007, 10:15:16 AM »
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I am fairly suspicious that for a lot of people, they take part in gaming as a strictly incidental sidebar activity (perhaps running demos and playtests at cons or special gatherings only) because they need to be part of the online groups.

What, you just mean the Forgers, or others, too?

'Cos that's something that's never struck me. Not even about the Forgers. Seemed to me they all genuinely liked gaming, even if what they'd call "gaming" seemed more like some kind of sociology experiment. "I would like to get this old guy to shoot his own son now, Bob, is that okay with you?" "Sure Jim, go for it."
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« Reply #536 on: June 23, 2007, 10:23:59 AM »
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I am fairly suspicious that for a lot of people, they take part in gaming as a strictly incidental sidebar activity (perhaps running demos and playtests at cons or special gatherings only) because they need to be part of the online groups.

Those people should seriously think about whether they really need to be doing that.


So what if they are ? How does it hurt you ?

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« Reply #537 on: June 23, 2007, 10:28:42 AM »
Well, I think it hurts all of us. And I don't mean just forgies, I mean everyone. I did it myself.
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« Reply #538 on: June 23, 2007, 10:32:17 AM »
Explain. I'm sincerely interested. I stopped gaming for a couple of years and during that time I participated in various online rpg forums.

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