Video: There is no "D&D Community", Just a Marketing Scheme by Hasbro & SJW Entryism

[Charon's Little Helper]

That's absolutely true.

The problem is when a company pretends that what they're doing is not about making money.

But pretending that they're NOT about making money helps them to make more money!

[Krimson]

That's absolutely true.

The problem is when a company pretends that what they're doing is not about making money.

When have companies not pretended to care?

[AsenRG]

I only own, and am really only interested in running, CT.

But I'd happily play any edition.

(I'm not counting 2300 as an edition of Traveller. That one I'd like to check out sometime, but I've never even flipped through a copy)

Well, then you and your robots get to die in character generation:)!

You are assuming that the operating system on gaming robots lets you opt out of the latest upgrade. For your security and convenience, our robots will only play the latest and greatest editions of all RPGs.

So, Traveller 5 forever:D?

[darthfozzywig]

As usual, the Twitter crowd is interpreting this as "more right-wing white boys whining because they can't bully people out of 'their' hobby anymore." Lots of "women have been a part of RPGs since the beginning!!!!" posturing, which is, of course, utterly missing the point.

RPGs haven't "welcomed" women and PoC, women and PoC have always been here, both on the production and consumer side. Everyone who's been actually playing* these games for longer than six months already knows that and shouldn't care.

It's like some folks can't abide facts or actual history versus their "the world began six months ago when I 'discovered' this cause" mentality.


*Note: sorry to imply that actually playing RPGs was a necessary element of being in this "community". Naturally, watching a YouTube video or reading an article that references D&D makes you an integral part of this community and no "gatekeeping" will ever separate you from the warm bosom of communal love that is blah blah blah...

[Anon Adderlan]

The problem is when a company pretends that what they're doing is not about making money.

But pretending that they're NOT about making money helps them to make more money!

Which is another reason it's all very much like an organized religion.

[FeloniousMonk]

As usual, the Twitter crowd is interpreting this as "more right-wing white boys whining because they can't bully people out of 'their' hobby anymore." Lots of "women have been a part of RPGs since the beginning!!!!" posturing, which is, of course, utterly missing the point.

RPGs haven't "welcomed" women and PoC, women and PoC have always been here, both on the production and consumer side. Everyone who's been actually playing* these games for longer than six months already knows that and shouldn't care.

It's like some folks can't abide facts or actual history versus their "the world began six months ago when I 'discovered' this cause" mentality.


*Note: sorry to imply that actually playing RPGs was a necessary element of being in this "community". Naturally, watching a YouTube video or reading an article that references D&D makes you an integral part of this community and no "gatekeeping" will ever separate you from the warm bosom of communal love that is blah blah blah...

Some one on twitter upped the ante by registering a trade mark on #DnDGate

[crkrueger]

Some one on twitter upped the ante by registering a trade mark on #DnDGate

Heh, they REALLY don't want someone like Anonymous looking for collusion and political agenda-pushing in RPGs.

[S'mon]

Some one on twitter upped the ante by registering a trade mark on #DnDGate

A quick search on the USPTO database shows no sign of such an application.

http://tmsearch.uspto.gov/bin/gate.exe?f=searchss&state=4810:ju9h39.1.1

[FeloniousMonk]

A quick search on the USPTO database shows no sign of such an application.

http://tmsearch.uspto.gov/bin/gate.exe?f=searchss&state=4810:ju9h39.1.1

they just registered it an the patent office takes a while to process i guess.

[Christopher Brady]

they just registered it an the patent office takes a while to process i guess.

Several months to years.

[Ras Algethi]

And it could be rejected at some point as well....

[Spinachcat]

Heh, they REALLY don't want someone like Anonymous looking for collusion and political agenda-pushing in RPGs.

From your lips to Kek's ear...holes?

Praise Kek!

[Lynn]

All of that makes you part of the D&D Community, because that gives Hasbro money.

Absolutely right. For a business, a "community" is potential and existing customers on widest edge of the sales funnel.

"Community" from a hobbyist perspective is something else entirely.

Two entirely different things.

[RPGPundit]

When have companies not pretended to care?

Well, most big corporations do. But when people were mentioned (me, etc), that's more variable.

The thing too is that rarely do people really FALL for the idea that a corporation is super concerned about social justice or whatever; but with WoTC (and a few other corporations, recently) you have vaguely-liberal rubes totally falling for it.

[Mike the Mage]

That's because the SJWs that we see shilling for WotC are corporatists (not even capitalists) with a veneer of identity politics that enables them to lie to themslevs and each other that they are "progressive" and "liberal".