The RPG.Net SJW ban nazis are at it again

Reckall · February 09, 2021, 05:43:12 PM

Quote from: Snark Knight on February 09, 2021, 05:20:59 PM
W*ite European Colonisers forced the English language upon many indigenous POC, therefore it must be banned.

Along with Spanish, French, Portuguese, Dutch... And I'm sure I forgetting some others.

TJS · February 09, 2021, 06:29:24 PM

Quote from: Reckall on February 09, 2021, 12:51:37 PM
Another gem: this one led to a one week ban:

I'm maybe stupid, but why was Markov banned at all? The alleged "rape apologia" on their part is a literal text of the novel/show. It's not some wild conjecture, it's what the author says. We can disagree with the writer, that the show should have been written differently, and Markov condemns the events in his post after the spoiler tag. But how is it a forum poster's fault that Mushoku Tensei has rape apologia material in it?

Should RPG.net run a justice system, the prosecutor would be arrested for describing the alleged crimes of the defendant.

Amazing. You go to RPG.net, you open a random thread and they just keep giving.

This is actually referring to the same post they were outraged that users didn't report.

SavageSchemer · February 09, 2021, 07:21:32 PM

I love how the mods kept trying to make it ABOUT anime and "rape apologia" and "normalizing uncomfortable things" and the users kept pushing back with, "no - it's about how your own mod broke your own fucking rules when he posted and, oh by the way, demanded we all become the Rpgnet Gestapo in the process. You need to provide some clarity on that bullshit".

Then they pull out the old canard, "we're just volunteers and we're oh so very tired". I swear you can build a fucking drinking game around that particular yarn.

TJS · February 09, 2021, 07:26:18 PM

Quote from: SavageSchemer on February 09, 2021, 07:21:32 PM
I love how the mods kept trying to make it ABOUT anime and "rape apologia" and "normalizing uncomfortable things" and the users kept pushing back with, "no - it's about how your own mod broke your own fucking rules when he posted and, oh by the way, demanded we all become the Rpgnet Gestapo in the process. You need to provide some clarity on that bullshit".

Then they pull out the old canard, "we're just volunteers and we're oh so very tired". I swear you can build a fucking drinking game around that particular yarn.

And also intent is irrelevant unless you're a mod in which case it's "I didn't mean it that way".

Thorn Drumheller · February 09, 2021, 08:24:09 PM

Holy moly Pundit was right. I get it's a public forum and that others are likely to read it but in all honesty, unless someone was looking to be offended this is crazy https://forum.rpg.net/index.php?threads/pbp-playing-characters-different-from-oneself.876341/.

Kyle Aaron · February 09, 2021, 08:45:58 PM

Discussion there makes me think of having bad tea and stale scones with your girlfriend's grumpy old grandmother. It's all rather stilted, stifled and you feel nervous all the time and apologise before you've even done anything, and you know that whatever you do she'll be bad-mouthing you soon.

Semaj Khan · February 09, 2021, 09:05:05 PM

Quote from: Thorn Drumheller on February 09, 2021, 08:24:09 PM
Holy moly Pundit was right. I get it's a public forum and that others are likely to read it but in all honesty, unless someone was looking to be offended this is crazy https://forum.rpg.net/index.php?threads/pbp-playing-characters-different-from-oneself.876341/.

Holy shit, that's for real? As in, that thread actually occurred in nature?

Wow. Just... wow.

Thorn Drumheller · February 09, 2021, 09:53:40 PM

Quote from: Semaj Khan on February 09, 2021, 09:05:05 PM
Quote from: Thorn Drumheller on February 09, 2021, 08:24:09 PM
Holy moly Pundit was right. I get it's a public forum and that others are likely to read it but in all honesty, unless someone was looking to be offended this is crazy https://forum.rpg.net/index.php?threads/pbp-playing-characters-different-from-oneself.876341/.

Holy shit, that's for real? As in, that thread actually occurred in nature?

Wow. Just... wow.

I know right?! And the mod response is so magnanimous and condescending. smh

Omega · February 10, 2021, 02:55:32 AM

Quote from: Brad on February 09, 2021, 01:58:03 PM
Oh come the fuck on...none of this is real.

We can only wish that were so. But for who knows what reason its a reality over there. And unfortunately its trying to spill over into offline gaming.

Semaj Khan · February 10, 2021, 03:25:20 AM

In the final analysis, perhaps it's a good thing that the majority of gamers, especially old schoolers, don't interact with gaming sites online.

Maybe shit like that is an aberration... sort of like that little skin cancer on your shoulder blade or something. Easily removed with a shot of whiskey, a mirror, and a pocket knife.

Reckall · February 10, 2021, 06:31:33 AM

Quote from: Thorn Drumheller on February 09, 2021, 08:24:09 PM
Holy moly Pundit was right. I get it's a public forum and that others are likely to read it but in all honesty, unless someone was looking to be offended this is crazy https://forum.rpg.net/index.php?threads/pbp-playing-characters-different-from-oneself.876341/.

So, I´m thinking of having my character be intersex but I´d like to put the idea out to see if I can do it without being insensitive towards RL people.

I could understand the worry of this poster if referred to people in his gaming group. I had episodes where something made a player uncomfortable (in 35+ years of playing RPGs). What makes it beyond belief is how the discussion does seem to include the whole world - i.e. the 6 billion of people who aren't giving a shit about your game and don't know shit about it.

The line between public and private disappeared and no one is realising it. What a fuckup.

Godfather Punk · February 10, 2021, 06:36:42 AM

I think in this case it was about a character he (she?) would play on the pbp subforum, so to avoid the banhammer if someone else would take offence.

Brad · February 10, 2021, 06:53:42 AM

Quote from: Omega on February 10, 2021, 02:55:32 AMWe can only wish that were so. But for who knows what reason its a reality over there. And unfortunately its trying to spill over into offline gaming.

I firmly believe the posters over there are just five mentally ill people and a bunch of sockpuppets and bots. That's the only thing that makes any sense at this point.

Godfather Punk · February 10, 2021, 07:15:49 AM

I have personally met with 3 users, so add in a mod and its different sockpuppet mod-accounts, and you get to 5 (no formal comment on my mental state).
Except me and the other 3 stopped posting there, so yeah... the place is running empty of old time gamers.

Ghostmaker · February 10, 2021, 08:19:17 AM

Quote from: Thorn Drumheller on February 09, 2021, 08:24:09 PM
Holy moly Pundit was right. I get it's a public forum and that others are likely to read it but in all honesty, unless someone was looking to be offended this is crazy https://forum.rpg.net/index.php?threads/pbp-playing-characters-different-from-oneself.876341/.

Of all sad words of tongue and pen,
The saddest are these: RPGPundit was right again.

Well, not that sad, but the fact is that RPGnet is basically a lost cause. Someone once suggested the only way to fix it at this point would be to physically purchase the servers and software, evict every mod, and start over.

I don't even blame Brad for disbelieving, because at times it seems less like real people and more like a program spouting out prepackaged responses to trigger conditions.