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Gagarth

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« Reply #360 on: August 05, 2020, 05:46:52 AM »
Ok with players who want to play a character who murders people and steals their money, but does not want anybody playing his game if they want to play a character that was a Confederate conscript.

Keep listening for douche bag Parker Blau's thoughts on John Carter of Mars.

"We are in the 21st century and we should behave like it, even when we are role playing a character from a different era"
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« Reply #361 on: August 05, 2020, 10:45:58 AM »
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Ok with players who want to play a character who murders people and steals their money, but does not want anybody playing his game if they want to play a character that was a Confederate conscript.

Keep listening for douche bag Parker Blau's thoughts on John Carter of Mars.

"We are in the 21st century and we should behave like it, even when we are role playing a character from a different era"


We we should behave like the 21st century, I have to wonder what the point is in playing a character from a different era?

Oh boy! It gets seriously circular “we don’t try to avoid the bad things that happened in the 1880s, so we don’t call it cowboys and Indians....you should play it like it’s the 21st century.....why would you play a horrible person? Well, you get to be an outlaw and rob banks, but you know what I mean!”  WTF? I don’t think they know what they mean.
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« Reply #362 on: August 05, 2020, 10:57:11 AM »
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Ok with players who want to play a character who murders people and steals their money, but does not want anybody playing his game if they want to play a character that was a Confederate conscript.

Keep listening for douche bag Parker Blau's thoughts on John Carter of Mars.

"We are in the 21st century and we should behave like it, even when we are role playing a character from a different era"

(Cue Harrison Ford as Han Solo in TFA)

"That's not how roleplaying WORKS!"

Jesus and Buddha, how do people this stupid survive in life?

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« Reply #363 on: August 05, 2020, 11:06:29 AM »
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(Cue Harrison Ford as Han Solo in TFA)

"That's not how roleplaying WORKS!"

Jesus and Buddha, how do people this stupid survive in life?

They are coddled, protected, and told that they are Special - the good kind of Special that gets lollipops and fancy pants.

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« Reply #364 on: August 05, 2020, 11:25:18 AM »
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Ok with players who want to play a character who murders people and steals their money, but does not want anybody playing his game if they want to play a character that was a Confederate conscript.

Keep listening for douche bag Parker Blau's thoughts on John Carter of Mars.

"We are in the 21st century and we should behave like it, even when we are role playing a character from a different era"

I couldn't get past when the douche says his game is different "because you can ignore the rules you don't like"...

I seem to remember a little brown book from 1974 that said something about changing the rules...
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« Reply #365 on: August 05, 2020, 11:42:58 AM »
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"We are in the 21st century and we should behave like it, even when we are role playing a character from a different era"

Personally, I want my players to be nicer than that, but that's just me.

Oh, you meant the characters ... :D

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« Reply #366 on: August 05, 2020, 11:53:32 AM »
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Keep listening for douche bag Parker Blau's thoughts on John Carter of Mars.

"We are in the 21st century and we should behave like it, even when we are role playing a character from a different era"


Ah! The Modernist Fallacy. It never goes away, does it?

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« Reply #367 on: August 05, 2020, 03:23:13 PM »
That makes my head ache like I'm trying to fucking drill through cement with it.

The whole POINT of playing a roleplaying game is you're playing someone you're not.

If he's arguing 'the players need to remember it's a game and not be dickheads', fine, but is that what he's saying? Or is he saying 'Even if you're playing the expy of a cranky, bloodthirsty 11th century Mongol, you should play as if you have 21st century values.'?

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« Reply #368 on: August 05, 2020, 04:42:02 PM »
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That makes my head ache like I'm trying to fucking drill through cement with it.

The whole POINT of playing a roleplaying game is you're playing someone you're not.

If he's arguing 'the players need to remember it's a game and not be dickheads', fine, but is that what he's saying? Or is he saying 'Even if you're playing the expy of a cranky, bloodthirsty 11th century Mongol, you should play as if you have 21st century values.'?


It's literally "don't play an awful person! Of course you could still be a violent bank robber, but you know what I mean".

My guess would be "you can still be a violent robber, as long as you still support SJW talking points"  Which sort of makes sense given the recent riots. But that definitely would not be playing 19th century characters.

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« Reply #369 on: August 05, 2020, 07:35:02 PM »
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My guess would be "you can still be a violent robber, as long as you still support SJW talking points"

Yes. It has NEVER been about diversity as much as an agreement with them.

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« Reply #370 on: August 05, 2020, 09:05:23 PM »
Greetings!

Somehow being a murderer, or a robber, some tough guy that physically intimidates and beats people for a living--that is all good. But having someone that is racist or sexist, or bigoted or whatever social classism of the day was....no, no, that's far too terrible. The social attitudes of the day, that's awful and must be replaced with 21st Century attitudes, or else.

Such fucked up thinking!

These people have such a difficult time comprehending the entire purpose of the game is.

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« Reply #371 on: August 05, 2020, 09:32:02 PM »
I think we don't need to "de-colonize" RPG's but instead re-colonize them! :D:p

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« Reply #372 on: August 06, 2020, 06:28:14 PM »
Here is another wrinkle regarding the changes being demanded by Neo-Marxist totalitarians like Orcs are not being evil and getting  rid of racial bonuses.  A lot of the defenders for this including a number of them on here say well you will always have your books that can't change that.  Well what about  people who play on sites like Roll20 something you have paid for can be changed with your consent.
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« Reply #373 on: August 06, 2020, 08:28:24 PM »
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Yes. It has NEVER been about diversity as much as an agreement with them.


Nobody knows that better than black conservatives.

But agreement isn't enough. You MUST submit.

BTW, here's Brandon Tatum discussing how BLM is shaking down Latino businesses.

It's creepy as fuck. If the business doesn't bend the knee...you know what's next.



When this BLM bullshit first hit, I posted that anyone supporting BLM truly HATES black people because any support for BLM leads to further damage and pain for the black community.

Of course, we all know the white liberals aren't going to stick around the cities and states they destroy. You see it in any of these AntiFart videos when the same scum spraying "ACAB" on walls and demanding "Defund the police!" are the same pieces of shit who start screaming "Call 911!" the moment something happens to them.


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Well what about  people who play on sites like Roll20 something you have paid for can be changed with your consent.


A) If you engage with SJW sites, you're agreeing to their rules and supporting them.

B) Any PDF that's not under your total control can be "updated" anytime, so if you want the Original Book, you gotta go get the Original Book.

C) Wonder when Roll20 and others won't support (or allow) games with disclaimers on them?

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« Reply #374 on: August 15, 2020, 05:13:30 AM »
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