RPGnet's decay (TBP madness)

[Mistwell]

[sorry didn't see Pundit warning, please delete]

[Mistwell]

[sorry didn't see Pundit warning, please delete]

[KindaMeh]

Mistwell, read Pundit's post.

[Grognard GM]

Mistwell is either a lawyer, a journalist, or a politician.

That seems like an awful lot of words to just say liar.

[Crawford Tillinghast]

Mistwell is either a lawyer, a journalist, or a politician.

Dude, flaming someone who is threadbanned?  Not cool.

[Brad]

Mistwell is either a lawyer, a journalist, or a politician.

Dude, flaming someone who is threadbanned?  Not cool.

[Crawford Tillinghast]

Excellent, well reasoned response. I'm sure we are all impressed with your command of rhetoric.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=mv09BwHGayM

[Brad]

Excellent, well reasoned response. I'm sure we are all impressed with your command of rhetoric.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=mv09BwHGayM

My reply was an entirely appropriate response to your concern trolling, Mistwell.

[KindaMeh]

This thread is getting kinda weird. To bring things back on point, I find it kinda funny that in the wake of the OGL scandal RPG.net is now seemingly trying to bump and promote a thread advertising their own flavor of OSR away from what they deem badwrongthink. [Anything not approved and listed in their roundup is apparently subtly implied to be alt-right/racist/whatever at the start of the thread a year ago, which is equally hilarious and terrible.]

"Despite potential problems on the horizon with the new OGL, OSR creators are still pushing ahead. Get the latest news in our OSR Roundup!" (https://www.rpg.net/shownews.phtml?date=2023-01-11) Methinks maybe the rats can subconsciously recognize they may be on a sinking ship.

[rytrasmi]

Those people are so far up their own assess with rules and "guidance" about their A-game thread it's gross.

[Ghostmaker]

This thread is getting kinda weird. To bring things back on point, I find it kinda funny that in the wake of the OGL scandal RPG.net is now seemingly trying to bump and promote a thread advertising their own flavor of OSR away from what they deem badwrongthink. [Anything not approved and listed in their roundup is apparently subtly implied to be alt-right/racist/whatever at the start of the thread a year ago, which is equally hilarious and terrible.]

"Despite potential problems on the horizon with the new OGL, OSR creators are still pushing ahead. Get the latest news in our OSR Roundup!" (https://www.rpg.net/shownews.phtml?date=2023-01-11) Methinks maybe the rats can subconsciously recognize they may be on a sinking ship.

I'm kind of disappointed that they were freaking out about Macris and Desborough's names being on the petitions against the new OGL. 'EW I DON'T WANT MY NAME WITH HIS!'. Like a pack of fucking fifth graders. But I guess they've got the foresight of fifth graders if that.

[KindaMeh]

I'm kind of disappointed that they were freaking out about Macris and Desborough's names being on the petitions against the new OGL. 'EW I DON'T WANT MY NAME WITH HIS!'. Like a pack of fucking fifth graders. But I guess they've got the foresight of fifth graders if that.

It's annoying on many levels, but not at all unexpected. On the upside, I bet that with all this OGL nonsense Ascendant gets a boost. That and their screeching over Macris' activism against WotC's BS might cause more level headed folk to actually look into his products, which are not nearly as terrible as RPG.net had tried to make them or their authors out to be. Also funny that they pulled that after alleging they weren't going to talk about him or his game.

[Stephen Tannhauser]

That and their screeching over Macris' activism against WotC's BS might cause more level headed folk to actually look into his products, which are not nearly as terrible as RPG.net had tried to make them or their authors out to be.

That's one of the biggest rhetorical blunders you can make. However tempting it is, never portray people you're criticizing as unparallelled monsters when they aren't; you may rouse the fatal human urge of curiosity, whereupon your listeners may actually want to go look at the monster you've created in their minds. And once they realize the reality doesn't match your description, they will never hear your words without skepticism again.

[Rod's Duo Narcotics]

On the upside, I bet that with all this OGL nonsense Ascendant gets a boost. That and their screeching over Macris' activism against WotC's BS might cause more level headed folk to actually look into his products, which are not nearly as terrible as RPG.net had tried to make them or their authors out to be. Also funny that they pulled that after alleging they weren't going to talk about him or his game.

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[Horace]

That's one of the biggest rhetorical blunders you can make. However tempting it is, never portray people you're criticizing as unparallelled monsters when they aren't; you may rouse the fatal human urge of curiosity, whereupon your listeners may actually want to go look at the monster you've created in their minds. And once they realize the reality doesn't match your description, they will never hear your words without skepticism again.

This might be true of rational people. I don't think it's true of SJWs. If they were capable of rational thought, they would not be SJWs.