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Author Topic: RPGnet's decay (TBP madness)  (Read 306637 times)

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Re: RPGnet's decay (TBP madness)
« Reply #90 on: August 10, 2021, 05:37:37 PM »
All right, a tad off-topic, but this should be said:

The problem with "trans-women" for example is that nobody likes them.


Trans-women" are insane men who want people to view them as actual women, right? The problem is, they are not, and no heterosexual man wants to have have sex with them. The only men who will are homosexuals, and only because "trans-women" are men, so that will not do.

Therefore the only way they can even get anywhere is through deception. Say a drunk guy in a dark bar somewhere, but of course it won't be long before...well, you know what I mean.

Now here's the real problem with leftism and feminism: since they are pushing for an increasingly broad (pun intended) definition of "rape by deception" in what way would this not count as rape? No heterosexual man wants any intimate relationship with "trans-women" so if it gets anywhere it must have been by force or by deception- therefore rape.

Let's just say that once again the hypocrisy of leftism will become clear.

But more chillingly, will the government recognize them legally as "women?" If so, then the waters have been muddied, which is exactly the intention- it would be a woman raping a man, and the feminists have made it clear this cannot happen.

But if they ARE "women" then they will get the special privileges women get, and feminists are not keen on that now are they?
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Re: RPGnet's decay (TBP madness)
« Reply #91 on: August 10, 2021, 05:38:18 PM »
Are they allowed to read anything other than Das Capital and works by Te-Nehisi Coates?

White fragility for starters must be a mandatory read.

I couldn't remember the cunt's name so didn't bother including it.

You mean her name isn't Cunt McCuntface?
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Re: RPGnet's decay (TBP madness)
« Reply #92 on: August 10, 2021, 05:41:50 PM »
Are they allowed to read anything other than Das Capital and works by Te-Nehisi Coates?

White fragility for starters must be a mandatory read.

I couldn't remember the cunt's name so didn't bother including it.

You mean her name isn't Cunt McCuntface?

Ah thanks!  That's the name!

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« Reply #93 on: August 17, 2021, 09:29:03 AM »
Reading the Afghanistan thread on TBP is pretty funny. They're going back and forth from 'oh this is terrible' to 'FUCK THE RIGHT' but they can't bring themselves to put ANY blame on Biden at all.

There are a few holdouts who are hanging the albatross on Sleepy Joe, so I'll give credit where it's due.

But oh, the copium really is flowing freely in that thread.

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« Reply #94 on: August 17, 2021, 09:34:26 AM »
Reading the Afghanistan thread on TBP is pretty funny. They're going back and forth from 'oh this is terrible' to 'FUCK THE RIGHT' but they can't bring themselves to put ANY blame on Biden at all.

There are a few holdouts who are hanging the albatross on Sleepy Joe, so I'll give credit where it's due.

But oh, the copium really is flowing freely in that thread.

   Thing is, at the end of the day, a dude who has been in DC for over 50 years and never had a real job, and who did vote to invade Afghanistan...is to blame.  I think the exit was going to be Taliban takes over no matter what.  Of course I fully expect him to fuck this up more and take in 200k or so 'refugees'.

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« Reply #95 on: August 17, 2021, 09:38:17 AM »
Reading the Afghanistan thread on TBP is pretty funny. They're going back and forth from 'oh this is terrible' to 'FUCK THE RIGHT' but they can't bring themselves to put ANY blame on Biden at all.

There are a few holdouts who are hanging the albatross on Sleepy Joe, so I'll give credit where it's due.

But oh, the copium really is flowing freely in that thread.

   Thing is, at the end of the day, a dude who has been in DC for over 50 years and never had a real job, and who did vote to invade Afghanistan...is to blame.  I think the exit was going to be Taliban takes over no matter what.  Of course I fully expect him to fuck this up more and take in 200k or so 'refugees'.
And forget to collect the Americans still left behind in Afghanistan.

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Re: RPGnet's decay (TBP madness)
« Reply #96 on: August 17, 2021, 10:18:43 AM »
Such as slap in the face to those who sacrificed everything in that shithole
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« Reply #97 on: August 17, 2021, 10:34:47 AM »
Such as slap in the face to those who sacrificed everything in that shithole

   Well...I think enlisting in the military then and more so now is a classic parable about the frog and the scorpion.  If you keep giving the scorpion a ride, you can not complain about getting stung again and again.

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« Reply #98 on: August 19, 2021, 08:21:02 AM »
Back on track here.

Some of you saw that TheGlen had posted links to his homebrew 5E Mystara guide. I've checked it out myself, though I haven't had the time to write up my thoughts.

Welp...

https://forum.rpg.net/index.php?threads/the-glen-receives-a-%F0%9F%94%B4-warning-piracy.885738/

Stay classy, TBP.

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Re: RPGnet's decay (TBP madness)
« Reply #99 on: August 19, 2021, 08:36:36 AM »
Back on track here.

Some of you saw that TheGlen had posted links to his homebrew 5E Mystara guide. I've checked it out myself, though I haven't had the time to write up my thoughts.

Welp...

https://forum.rpg.net/index.php?threads/the-glen-receives-a-%F0%9F%94%B4-warning-piracy.885738/

Stay classy, TBP.

Isn't something given away for free not piracy? ???
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Re: RPGnet's decay (TBP madness)
« Reply #100 on: August 19, 2021, 09:00:32 AM »
Back on track here.

Some of you saw that TheGlen had posted links to his homebrew 5E Mystara guide. I've checked it out myself, though I haven't had the time to write up my thoughts.

Welp...

https://forum.rpg.net/index.php?threads/the-glen-receives-a-%F0%9F%94%B4-warning-piracy.885738/

Stay classy, TBP.

Isn't something given away for free not piracy? ???
It's complicated. IP law in the U.S. is a giant shit sandwich.

However, issuing a fuckin' piracy warning to Mr. Welch has to be right up there in terms of worthless stupidity.

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Re: RPGnet's decay (TBP madness)
« Reply #101 on: August 19, 2021, 10:38:17 AM »
It's complicated. IP law in the U.S. is a giant shit sandwich.

However, issuing a fuckin' piracy warning to Mr. Welch has to be right up there in terms of worthless stupidity.

   Yeah, calling it 'too much of a copyright violation for us to be comfortable with' would be one thing, but piracy is a step beyond that.

    But between this and the way they've come down hard on anyone criticizing pricing of products or paid GMing recently, I get the feeling that RPGNet is becoming more and more self-consciously a place for creators/producers as opposed to hobbyists.

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« Reply #102 on: August 19, 2021, 11:20:16 AM »
Back on track here.

Some of you saw that TheGlen had posted links to his homebrew 5E Mystara guide. I've checked it out myself, though I haven't had the time to write up my thoughts.

Welp...

https://forum.rpg.net/index.php?threads/the-glen-receives-a-%F0%9F%94%B4-warning-piracy.885738/

Stay classy, TBP.

Isn't something given away for free not piracy? ???
It's complicated. IP law in the U.S. is a giant shit sandwich.

However, issuing a fuckin' piracy warning to Mr. Welch has to be right up there in terms of worthless stupidity.

I only skimmed the 5E Mystara Guide. It does seem to be well done. But, most importantly, it made me check out my GAZ series (they are on a bookshelf near where I write). It is, literally, an invitation to discover Mystara for those who still don't know it. Should I ever play 5E, I can now start from Mystara. How such free advertising (the GAZs are on DrivethruRPG) can be labeled "piracy" is beyond me.
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« Reply #103 on: August 20, 2021, 11:58:32 AM »
LOL. So now the TBP mods seem to be a little disjointed over the Mystara guide. Arethusa issued a redtext on the thread stating the guide fell within WotC's rules on fan works and so the warning should be retracted. But the thread has yet to be unlocked.

Someone posts a trouble ticket about it, and Zeea comes in with this:
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Retracting infractions takes a while for technical reasons. We'll get it done, though.

The thread is still supposed to be locked and redacted for now because the product is missing a few necessary statements and license sections to make it allowed under Wizards rules. They're fairly minor adjustments but we need to wait for them before restoring the links and the thread.
First off, huh, so it's easy to hand out infractions but hard to retract them? I am shocked! Shocked! Well, not that shocked.

Second, I'd bet hard cash they haven't actually TOLD TheGlen what his guide is missing. It's not like Mr. Welch is new to writing, or RPGs, so I suspect either TBP doesn't know, or WotC hasn't actually specified.

I could be wrong, but considering the 'quality' of TBP, I doubt it.

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Re: RPGnet's decay (TBP madness)
« Reply #104 on: August 26, 2021, 10:30:08 AM »
Another example how a thread being labeled A-game really means “don’t disrupt the narrative”:

https://forum.rpg.net/index.php?threads/macd21-receives-a-🔴-warning-and-threadban.886048/

The Afghanistan thread has been running excuses on how Biden couldn’t have done anything different that would’ve resulted in a better outcome. Macd21 went against the grain on that, and for that he was threadbanned for “heating up the thread”. You can’t interrupt posters in an A-Game thread from the dominant thread narrative. In this case the dominant thread is a lot of Biden supporters rationalizing how their guy actually hasn’t screwed up.

For them, Biden is the real victim in all this mess, and by extension his domestic agenda of giving me free stuff. Don’t hinder his ability to give me extended unemployment benefits, keep the rent moratorium in place, forgive my student loans, etc. Sadly, a big motivation on their part is probably the desire to minimize the ability of the MAGA folks (Full disclosure, I didn’t vote for Trump. I considered it, but wound up voting for the Libertarian ticket both times.) from owning them online. For the millions of women being thrown back into subhuman status? Well, sadly that’s collateral damage.