The War Against Desborough and Mongoose Publishing

jhkim · July 12, 2012, 12:10:55 AM

Quote from: Ladybird;558967There's a difference between turning the offensiveness up to 12 to call it out, and just being offensive with your only defence being "HA HA FREE SPEECH! ART! REDUCTIO AD ABSURDUM! STOP CENSORING MEEEEEEEEE". Not quite sure I could lay my finger on it - it's another of those fuzzy areas - but it's certainly there.

I have a bunch of thoughts on the subject, but it won't mean that much if you don't have the original MWWG.

For me, one key is the tone that the women PCs in MWWG are actually powerful. For example, from reading the sample text of D20 MWWG, Desborough invented a new backstory that there was a plague that killed off most men, leaving women to fill in the gap. In the original MWWG, there was no such backstory for "believability" - women are just plain better than men, and they took charge because men were incompetent, had unleashed the apocalypse, and were unable to deal with it. (Incidentally, the last straw that set off the apocalypse was exploitation of women in RPG packaging.)

Spike · July 12, 2012, 12:32:42 AM

Quote from: TristramEvans;559047Immorality is immorality.

You must be a saint then.

Marleycat · July 12, 2012, 12:35:15 AM

Quote from: jhkim;559052I have a bunch of thoughts on the subject, but it won't mean that much if you don't have the original MWWG.

For me, one key is the tone that the women PCs in MWWG are actually powerful. For example, from reading the sample text of D20 MWWG, Desborough invented a new backstory that there was a plague that killed off most men, leaving women to fill in the gap. In the original MWWG, there was no such backstory for "believability" - women are just plain better than men, and they took charge because men were incompetent, had unleashed the apocalypse, and were unable to deal with it. (Incidentally, the last straw that set off the apocalypse was exploitation of women in RPG packaging.)

Dude, it's a great tongue in cheek game. About this girl at this comedian's show that was a pure feminazi setup, it well known he's nothing but gutter shit. Don't try and convince me she was the Virgin Mary in this debacle. Bitches like her make it harder on ordinary women.

Aos · July 12, 2012, 12:51:37 AM

Facts you should know:
I haven't showered in five days.
I weight close to 500 pounds.
I like to store candy and garlic in my bodily orifices.
I am currently naked, masturbating furiously and dilating my anus in the general direction of this thread.

Anyone want a Snickers?

Spike · July 12, 2012, 01:11:38 AM

Quote from: Gib;559060Facts you should know:
I haven't showered in five days.
I weight close to 500 pounds.
I like to store candy and garlic in my bodily orifices.
I am currently naked, masturbating furiously and dilating my anus in the general direction of this thread.

Anyone want a Snickers?

Only if its half melty...

Marleycat · July 12, 2012, 01:25:27 AM

Only if it's the frozen ice cream bar version, it's stupid hot here "Fatboy".

RPGPundit · July 12, 2012, 02:20:48 AM

Quote from: Declan MacManus;558658To be fair, marleycat is a tranny. That really only counts in certain circles.

I have no idea if this is true or not, but either way its a fucking retarded thing for you to say.

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Marleycat · July 12, 2012, 02:27:36 AM

Quote from: RPGPundit;559079I have no idea if this is true or not, but either way its a fucking retarded thing for you to say.

RPGPundit

I'm not, but I am fairly sure he was joking and being over the top. It's a typical Declan thing as far as I can see.

kythri · July 12, 2012, 02:32:25 AM

How can I get Grim to sign my books? This whole manufactured outrage horseshit brought to my attention that these books actually exist, so I felt compelled to buy them.

RPGPundit · July 12, 2012, 02:33:16 AM

In any case, I think this thread has lived out its useful course. If there's some new development actually relevant to the hobby or industry, people can talk about it in some new thread.

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