'Hostile to requests to make gaming more accessible' can mean anything from "Condescends to and dismisses any who don't hold Gygaxian AD&D 1E to be the perfect game" (yes, these folks still exist, although I've only seen them on Twitter lately--no such gamers seem to be hanging around here) to "Doesn't see a reason to change up their beloved games without real evidence of a pressing need" to "Is a full-on progressive but is somewhat hesitant to burn an American flag, trample a crucifix, and bow down in worship before the All-Devouring Wyrm of Many Colors and of None."

Quote from: CTPhipps;1131290I feel like I'm opening a Hellraiser puzzle box but is something more meant by "accessible" than just easy to use?

Its the SJW idea if "accessible". Much like the SJW idea of "misappropriation" and the SJW idea of "Racist" "Sexist" and pretty much anything else they hallucinate is "problematic" today.

They mean accessible as in forced "inclusiveness". As in if they had their way every table would have a "woman" a "minority" a "homosexual" and whatever else they are "defending" today. Optimally there should be no straight white males at the table because they are all "problematic sexist nazis".

Its not enough to just be open and welcoming to anyone interested in playing that isnt obviously a nut case. Something that has been there from the get go but they love to claim never was. No. This has to be in your face, practically at gunpoint, force you to be "inclusive" and then bitch about what a horrible monster you are for resisting their ass backwards cartoon idea of what anything means. See all those things in quotes? Depending on their current hallucination, those words can, and often do, mean anything but what they should. Or they are trying to force it on everyone in such a ham handed way that it does more damage than good.

Its fake.

Some of us have been around to see two prior iterations of this and know its a sham and that invariably all it does is generate resentment and resistance because they never actually do anything positive. Oh they will claim they have. But it is allways the non-SJWs going out there and making a real difference.

Quote from: Omega;1131328Its the SJW idea if "accessible". Much like the SJW idea of "misappropriation" and the SJW idea of "Racist" "Sexist" and pretty much anything else they hallucinate is "problematic" today.

They mean accessible as in forced "inclusiveness". As in if they had their way every table would have a "woman" a "minority" a "homosexual" and whatever else they are "defending" today. Optimally there should be no straight white males at the table because they are all "problematic sexist nazis".

Its not enough to just be open and welcoming to anyone interested in playing that isnt obviously a nut case. Something that has been there from the get go but they love to claim never was. No. This has to be in your face, practically at gunpoint, force you to be "inclusive" and then bitch about what a horrible monster you are for resisting their ass backwards cartoon idea of what anything means. See all those things in quotes? Depending on their current hallucination, those words can, and often do, mean anything but what they should. Or they are trying to force it on everyone in such a ham handed way that it does more damage than good.

Its fake.

Some of us have been around to see two prior iterations of this and know its a sham and that invariably all it does is generate resentment and resistance because they never actually do anything positive. Oh they will claim they have. But it is allways the non-SJWs going out there and making a real difference.

SJWs hate you and want you dead, preferably at their hands. Failing that, they want you to be at least as miserable as they are, if not more so; again at their hands.

Understand this, and you will understand all things SJW.

Some of them sure do. The rest are just happy with brainwashing everyone into believing their hallucinations are reality.

We are living the low-tech version of d20 Gamma Worlds pre-collapse ideology wars.

Quote from: Snowman0147;1131323Is anyone surprised it was deadDMwalking that posted this shit?  I am not as that fucker is sjw snake so of course he is going to bad mouth the site.

I'm not. This is a "Go big or go home" moment for him.

Quote from: CTPhipps;1131303I feel like gaming should be available to everyone.

And most everyone agrees.

Agreed, but I think deadDMwalking is using "making gaming more accessible" as a more insidious euphemism for "shoehorning extremist politics into the hobby"

He's a commie punk and not any different from the extremist scum on RPG.net

As someone who is disabled, "queer" (tbh, I hate that term), and a religious minority as well, I am glad to have The RPG Site as a community, and I wish the gaming hobby would listen to us more than the fuckers at RPG.net or Onyx Path Forums.

Ideally, the gaming hobby should actually be about games and not the "everything is political" agenda that is being pushed.

But at the same time, if we lived a perfect world, the 1970's would have ended with disco surviving and punk dying instead.

Well clearly RPGsite is full of too many wrongthinking unconverted that have knee-issues that simply have a hard time bending. One would think DeadDMwalking and his ilk would be more.... sensitive... to those of us "less able" than these others of weaker intestinal disposition.

Does this mean we're famous now?

LOL. I didn't even know KoDT was still in print.

As for DeadDMwalking, and everyone else, their free speech is always welcome here.

As for autism and gaming...

1) I have zero respect or care for the "online autism" clowns and losers who masturbate about "being on the spectrum". It's become yet another creepy ass fetish on social media.

2) As an ex-special education teacher, I had gaming groups with students with all sorts of actual disabilities, including real deal autism, and they all had a grand time gaming. Several of the kids went to conventions too...and had a good time. One dad who was really skeptical about bringing his autistic son to a convention told me afterward he's been so deep in "autism world" that he had forgotten how much "regular kids" are nutty little spaz monsters.  

3) I've gamed with many adults at conventions with autism. A few announced it, most didn't, I never remember any being a real problem player. A few were a bit OCD about rules, and where that's not great when I'm running a RPG fast and loose, it's a boon when playing 40k minis.

4) My secret to GMing at cons with autistic players? I use my super secret kung fu technique called "giving them my undivided attention during their turn". AKA, what I do with all my other players.

Quote from: Spinachcat;1131354Does this mean we're famous now?

LOL. I didn't even know KoDT was still in print.

As for DeadDMwalking, and everyone else, their free speech is always welcome here.

As for autism and gaming...

1) I have zero respect or care for the "online autism" clowns and losers who masturbate about "being on the spectrum". It's become yet another creepy ass fetish on social media.

2) As an ex-special education teacher, I had gaming groups with students with all sorts of actual disabilities, including real deal autism, and they all had a grand time gaming. Several of the kids went to conventions too...and had a good time. One dad who was really skeptical about bringing his autistic son to a convention told me afterward he's been so deep in "autism world" that he had forgotten how much "regular kids" are nutty little spaz monsters.  

3) I've gamed with many adults at conventions with autism. A few announced it, most didn't, I never remember any being a real problem player. A few were a bit OCD about rules, and where that's not great when I'm running a RPG fast and loose, it's a boon when playing 40k minis.

4) My secret to GMing at cons with autistic players? I use my super secret kung fu technique called "giving them my undivided attention during their turn". AKA, what I do with all my other players.

Agreed on all four of these points.

I love KODT magazine.

This is notably just a letter to them. I've been published there a few times.

Just write to them and they'll print it.

Quote from: tenbones;1131342Well clearly RPGsite is full of too many wrongthinking unconverted that have knee-issues that simply have a hard time bending.

I know, right? In my advanced age I also have trouble bowing my head at every conceivably opportune moment. Must be the water I'm drinking ...or something.

Quote from: The Exploited.;1131310I only discriminate against assholes. A core principal that has served me well.

Everyone else is welcome.

Damn dude, why you gotta discriminate against your peers here? I'd be fun at your table too you know!

I fully admit to not being inclusive to assholes, idiots and lunatics.

I'd actually welcome a gov issued lesbian parapalegic black jewish hindu bard for every session, for me, it isn't about who is setting at my table. My hackles get raised when they start dicking with my game, insisting i have to put such characters in the game world, dammit, make your pc that and put it in the world, i am not going to make a third of arthurs court transexuals just for pandering purposes or change how i portray less civilized people or races in the game world. I am not obligated to include quests to dismantle systems of oppression or what have you in the game world. I am not going to have the people of salem burning witches while also having pride parades. I'm not going to portray a progressive world were euro derived peoples check their privilege and believe monsters are just misunderstood victims of colonial oppression.

Not sure how "not agreeing with you" or " won't do what we're told" or "see things differently but love everyone anyways" = "hostile to making games more accessible" but FUCK if conversation these days hasn't got confusing as hell.

Say what you mean and mean what you say.

I have yet to see any posts here on the site that are racist, exclusionary, or hostile, to people having fun playing games. It's a bunch of bullshit by people who want ultimate control.

Of course, it does no good protesting the smear campaign. If you argue? You're just an apologist. Free thinking is treason. You must support the party line or you will be cancelled. Do what you're told, or face the consequences.

It's fucking exhausting.