Nobody, and I do mean NOBODY can misinterpret the world of Conan this bad by accident. This is all part of the Baizuo invasion of our hobbies.
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To see the image in all it's glory https://twitter.com/GeekyBugle01/status/1140494349890936832

Paizo is trying really, really hard to convince their enemies that they should like Paizo.

"Pretty, pretty please!!!"


Edit* I thought Baizuo was an offhand reference to Paizo?  Sorry for the confusion.

Quote from: Razor 007;1092361Paizo is trying really, really hard to convince their enemies that they should like Paizo.

"Pretty, pretty please!!!"

That's from Paizo? I thought it was for Savage Worlds

I'm just talking about Paizo's stance, ala the Pathfinder Playtest.

Edit* I thought Baizuo was an offhand reference to Paizo?  Sorry for the confusion.

Quote from: Razor 007;1092363I'm just talking about Paizo's stance, ala the Pathfinder Playtest.

Oh! Sorry, my bad. I probably should go to sleep. Also I think that's for a PbtA game. (playbooks duh!)

I've maxed out the amount of full retard I can mock in one day.

Thus, if anyone would like to play "Africa inspired Fantasy RPG" instead of self-flagellating over the naughty thoughts of a seminal author dead almost a century, I highly suggest checking out Sine Nomine's SPEARS OF THE DAWN. It's OSR, it's fantasy Africa, it's awesome. There is NO reason to play the game with one hand in your pants virtue signalling how woke you are to play a "black guy", but nobody can stop you either. Thus, its a great game for actual humans and SJW freaks.  
https://www.drivethrurpg.com/product/110293/Spears-of-the-Dawn

I dont get it, what is the problem?

I literally don't know what this thread is on about.

Wft is Baizuo?
Where the fuck is that image supposed to be from?
Wtf is the actual problem with it?

Wtf is with all this cryptic bullshit lately?

Baizuo is how some Chinese people online derisively refer to Western liberals. It means "white left" and "laugh at the silly dickheads"  
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Baizuo

The image is from the World of Conan PDF. It's free, it's online via Google search and its a homebrew PbtA game. I saw no evidence the PDF was part of a professional work for publication, but who knows about next week's Kickstarters.

The problem is the author's rather skewed modern culture war take on REH's work. Depending on how you feel about REH and Conan, you may or may not consider this a problem. Conan fans aren't keen on people shitting on REH's work, especially by virtue signalling through intentional misinterpretations of the Conan canon.
 
As for me, I know this by Crom! REH's original Conan stories will be read, reread and thoroughly enjoyed by people long after all the SJWs are rotting in their graves, forgotten forever and missed by none.

Quote from: GeekyBugle;1092358Nobody, and I do mean NOBODY can misinterpret the world of Conan this bad by accident. This is all part of the Baizuo invasion of our hobbies.
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To see the image in all it's glory https://twitter.com/GeekyBugle01/status/1140494349890936832

Would it be that hard to actually include a barely readable image, or did you think you might miss a few clicks on your precious Twitter feed?

And apparently what's got you outraged is the last couple sentences. Couldn't you quote that sentence or two, instead of forcing us to read through all kinds of unrelated shit while trying to figure out exactly what's got you upset?

If you want to be a professional outragist, at least make it easy for us to know what's got your chainmail bikini in a bunch.

I almost always play a black guy - does that make me woke?

Or not because I am in actual fact, not white?

Quote from: Spinachcat;1092369Baizuo is how some Chinese people online derisively refer to Western liberals. It means "white left" and "laugh at the silly dickheads"  
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Baizuo

The image is from the World of Conan PDF. It's free, it's online via Google search and its a homebrew PbtA game. I saw no evidence the PDF was part of a professional work for publication, but who knows about next week's Kickstarters.

The problem is the author's rather skewed modern culture war take on REH's work. Depending on how you feel about REH and Conan, you may or may not consider this a problem. Conan fans aren't keen on people shitting on REH's work, especially by virtue signalling through intentional misinterpretations of the Conan canon.
 
As for me, I know this by Crom! REH's original Conan stories will be read, reread and thoroughly enjoyed by people long after all the SJWs are rotting in their graves, forgotten forever and missed by none.

Thanks Spinachcat.

OK, so now I have had a chance to read the whole thing, again I have to ask what is the problem?  I dont see any evidence of the culture war here.

Quote from: Kiero;1092372I almost always play a black guy - does that make me woke?

Not if you played black guys before 2016. History is now recorded in years BT (Before Trump) and AT (After Trump).

Quote from: Kiero;1092372Or not because I am in actual fact, not white?

Only if you promise to live in perpetual victimhood. Otherwise you make the baizuo sad.

However, I highly recommend SPEARS AT DAWN for everyone who likes OSR games, regardless of your woke/not woke status or your white/not white skin. Kevin Crawford did a great job creating a very workable sandbox setting combining African myths and D&D tropes.

Quote from: Shasarak;1092374OK, so now I have had a chance to read the whole thing, again I have to ask what is the problem?

The author frames REH's concept of Civilization vs. Barbarism as Whiteness vs. Blackness.

It's been a common "woke" attack on REH and doesn't map to Conan's canon. I've seen the same accusations for years, but its gotten more rabid.

Again, its only a problem for REH/Conan fans who are sick of the nonsense because its a quick hop from "REH was racist" to "Anyone who enjoys Conan is racist".

AKA, the similar culture war nonsense we see with HPL, who is another author who will be beloved by readers long after the SJWs are dust.

EDIT:: This PDF doesn't represent a "big" problem because its not a published RPG, like CoC shitting on HPL while profiting off his work. We may be the only people who have actually read this PDF for all I know.

Quote from: Pat;1092370Would it be that hard to actually include a barely readable image, or did you think you might miss a few clicks on your precious Twitter feed?

And apparently what's got you outraged is the last couple sentences. Couldn't you quote that sentence or two, instead of forcing us to read through all kinds of unrelated shit while trying to figure out exactly what's got you upset?

If you want to be a professional outragist, at least make it easy for us to know what's got your chainmail bikini in a bunch.

Click on the twitter link, and click on the image there.  It's pretty readable, as I am half blind and I can read it.  It's very obviously the part that says RACE.