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An Open Letter To The RPG Pundit

Started by Mordred Pendragon, May 04, 2018, 02:23:12 PM

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Gronan of Simmerya

#45
May 07, 2018, 03:22:43 PM
Quote from: jeff37923;1037831Do you think that this might be just a "phase" of the hobby?

As near as I can tell, it's a genuine change.  It has taken a long time, mind you.  It's not like one day there were a lot more women around at model train shows, it's more like a slowly increasing number over decades.
You should go to GaryCon.  Period.

The rules can\'t cure stupid, and the rules can\'t cure asshole.

Gronan of Simmerya

#46
May 07, 2018, 03:29:05 PM
Quote from: CRKrueger;1037914Except for one small point - the whole point of the D&Dgate thing seems to not be about RPG.net as much as it is about companies both large and small having designers and publishers who seek to inject their political viewpoints into gaming through their games, as well as silence alternative viewpoints through social media attacks and boycotts.

I don't think the D&Dgate thing is a good idea (especially using that name), but sorry Mike, I think you're being disingenuous in your simplistic dismissal of the idea.

Well, I'm not talking specifically about D&Dgate, that's a different thread.

I think the whole phenomenon of social media attacks is horrific no matter who does it.  Mobs used to have to find their own torches and pitchforks and get themselves to a gathering point.  Now all they need is a keyboard.

This place reminds me of the 1988 Republican attacks on Michael Dukakis for being "a card carrying ACLU member."  My reaction was, and still is, "Oh, so you think American civil liberties are a bad thing?"

Further, to quote the Bard,

"If the enemy is an ass and a fool and a prating
coxcomb, is it meet, think you, that we should also,
look you, be an ass and a fool and a prating
coxcomb? in your own conscience, now?"
You should go to GaryCon.  Period.

The rules can\'t cure stupid, and the rules can\'t cure asshole.

jeff37923

#47
May 07, 2018, 05:16:34 PM
Quote from: Gronan of Simmerya;1037952Further, to quote the Bard,

"If the enemy is an ass and a fool and a prating
coxcomb, is it meet, think you, that we should also,
look you, be an ass and a fool and a prating
coxcomb? in your own conscience, now?"

Henry V, one of my favorites.
"Meh."

Mordred Pendragon

#48
May 07, 2018, 05:30:10 PM
Quote from: Gronan of Simmerya;1037952Further, to quote the Bard,

"If the enemy is an ass and a fool and a prating
coxcomb, is it meet, think you, that we should also,
look you, be an ass and a fool and a prating
coxcomb? in your own conscience, now?"

Based Shakespeare is at it again!

Seriously, we must prevent this place from becoming a twisted mockery of RPG.net, and I know we aren't there yet, but we could easily head down that path if we are not careful.
Sic Semper Tyrannis
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