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Author Topic: MCG "Core Values"???  (Read 670 times)

Alderaan Crumbs

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« on: February 10, 2017, 12:57:39 PM »
So, MCG posted this on Feb 6th and recently felt compelled to reinforce it...

"Our core values at MCG have always included acceptance and inclusion. In our products, in the events we support, and in the gaming spaces we strive to create, we welcome people from all walks of life, all genders and orientations, all religions and cultures, and all ethnicities. We support the civil liberties of all people, and manifest that support in our own small way: through the fun and imagination of games. But now we find that we must add to those core values. We must add truth.

Although fantasy is our business, we recognize that we can’t be good stewards of that business if we make decisions based on fantasy. Our employees, our families, our Kickstarter backers, our fans, and our future all depend on vision and aspiration built upon a foundation of fact. To this end, we look to leadership that bases its decisions on facts and the sharing of information, and if that leadership is not available, we will step up our efforts to champion the cause ourselves. To deliver the products we promise, and continue to be true to our core values, we can’t tolerate playing fast and loose with reality. We will do our best to promote acceptance, inclusion, and truth in all aspects of our business, and we will work for these values in our community."

So, what the fuck does that even mean? I think it's anti-Trump/conservative/non-Left bullshit, but wanted other opinions.
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« Reply #1 on: February 10, 2017, 01:24:11 PM »
What is MCG? Come to think of it, is this even in the right subforum? Has this anything to do with roleplaying games?

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« Reply #2 on: February 10, 2017, 01:26:25 PM »
Quote from: Moracai;945045
What is MCG? Come to think of it, is this even in the right subforum? Has this anything to do with roleplaying games?

I'm guessing Monte Cook Games?  So sick of lazy fucking acronyms.

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« Reply #3 on: February 10, 2017, 01:28:18 PM »
Quote from: Alderaan Crumbs;945043
So, MCG posted this on Feb 6th and recently felt compelled to reinforce it...

"Our core values at MCG have always included acceptance and inclusion. In our products, in the events we support, and in the gaming spaces we strive to create, we welcome people from all walks of life, all genders and orientations, all religions and cultures, and all ethnicities. We support the civil liberties of all people, and manifest that support in our own small way: through the fun and imagination of games. But now we find that we must add to those core values. We must add truth.

Although fantasy is our business, we recognize that we can’t be good stewards of that business if we make decisions based on fantasy. Our employees, our families, our Kickstarter backers, our fans, and our future all depend on vision and aspiration built upon a foundation of fact. To this end, we look to leadership that bases its decisions on facts and the sharing of information, and if that leadership is not available, we will step up our efforts to champion the cause ourselves. To deliver the products we promise, and continue to be true to our core values, we can’t tolerate playing fast and loose with reality. We will do our best to promote acceptance, inclusion, and truth in all aspects of our business, and we will work for these values in our community."

So, what the fuck does that even mean? I think it's anti-Trump/conservative/non-Left bullshit, but wanted other opinions.

I guess so.  Don't have much use for Trump and his cronies and "Alternate Facts"; tired of seeing activism bleed into the fucking hobby, though.  I do this shit to get away from it.

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« Reply #4 on: February 10, 2017, 01:36:57 PM »
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I'm guessing Monte Cook Games?  So sick of lazy fucking acronyms.
Yeah, it's Monte Cook Games. I'm guessing the thread will get moved as it hasn't impacted actual roleplaying games yet. I like the Cypher system well enough but I can certainly live without it. If Monte wants to start forcing politics into his games, I certainly won't mind looking elsewhere for entertainment. It's not like I buy a lot of his stuff as it is.

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« Reply #5 on: February 10, 2017, 05:01:37 PM »
Quote from: Alderaan Crumbs;945043

So, what the fuck does that even mean?

Nothing, its virtue signaling wank.

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« Reply #6 on: February 10, 2017, 05:14:28 PM »
Not interesting.
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