The Honorable OSR

[VengerSatanis]

See my signature url for the blog post wherein I talk about it, but let me explain the basics first...

A sub-set of the OSR has splintered off, deciding that they're the morally virtuous ones within the OSR.  Their group is called The Honorable OSR.  It spawned from the whole OSR logo that we're no longer allowed to use, but it's a different topic which is why I created this thread.  I'm sure this story will develop nicely.  Feel free to post your thoughts below.

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[Razor 007]

Those folks are full of themselves; and just because they want to chase unicorn farts to the other end of the rainbow, that doesn't give them the right to splinter the OSR!!!

[Alathon]

Those folks are full of themselves; and just because they want to chase unicorn farts to the other end of the rainbow, that doesn't give them the right to splinter the OSR!!!

It kinda does though.  That's what liberty and free association are all about.  If they really want to apply a political litmus test to their hobby, require that those they play with speak their required leftwords when the lash falls on their back, they ought to be able to do that.

For people to not be divided by serious political issues, some amount of social homogeneity is required, a homogeneity that no longer exists in the western world.  I empathize with those who wish they could just play their vidya, read their comics, or play their RPGs.  It's natural that they would have that expectation, because for most of them their parents could have done that.  Because these last few generations chose to destroy the old order in society in favor of what they imagined would be something better, we don't get to have things like that anymore, and things like leisure-centric communities get kicked over more easily than sandcastles.

[Toadmaster]

Those folks are full of themselves; and just because they want to chase unicorn farts to the other end of the rainbow, that doesn't give them the right to splinter the OSR!!!

They are doing everyone else a favor by segregating those to whom gaming is a political exercise from those who actually think gaming is about....  playing games.

[Mordred Pendragon]

They are doing everyone else a favor by segregating those to whom gaming is a political exercise from those who actually think gaming is about....  playing games.

This guy gets it.

[bat]

They are doing everyone else a favor by segregating those to whom gaming is a political exercise from those who actually think gaming is about....  playing games.

We'll said! In time this virtue signalling will die down and people will just be themselves again. It is just ridiculous that people feel a compulsion to do this.

[Omega]

Unfortunately, from experience I can tell you that prude patrol and purity police factions like this NEVER just hole up in their little bunkers of hate and be forgotten. No. They will valliantly range out and suffer the horrible pains of looking at stuff they despise so they can BITCH incessantly about how WRONG WRONG WRONG it is and how they are the bastions of TRUE (inser whatever here).

The other thing they will do is start insinuating themselves into normal gatherings and then start rallying to oust anyone they deem inappropriate.

Eventually yes they will die out. But not before causing as much damage to the normal community as they can.

[RPGPundit]

Yeah, places like the Hosr are not places to 'hide' in, they're places where they get to organize where they feel they're mostly out of the view of ordinary people.

[Godfather Punk]

'Honorable' OSR.

Is that one of those qualifiers like 'Peoples Free Democratic Republic' that some countries call themselves?

[HappyDaze]

Yeah, places like the Hosr are not places to 'hide' in, they're places where they get to organize where they feel they're mostly out of the view of ordinary people.

Is it weird that "Hosr" looks like an abbreviated form of "Hoser" (popularized in Strange Brew) to me.

[bat]

"Honorable" OSR/ Attack of the Betas, same thing.

[Joey2k]

Is it weird that "Hosr" looks like an abbreviated form of "Hoser" (popularized in Strange Brew) to me.

I think we've found our new nickname for OSRSJWs

[moonsweeper]

But wouldn't labeling the OSRSJWs as "Hosers" be an insult to the intelligence level of Bob and Doug McKenzie?

[Spinachcat]

Is it weird that "Hosr" looks like an abbreviated form of "Hoser" (popularized in Strange Brew) to me.

Awesome!!

I loved Strange Brew. Best movie ever for Canadian PR.

[Omega]

Is it weird that "Hosr" looks like an abbreviated form of "Hoser" (popularized in Strange Brew) to me.

If only they had opted to call themselves Legendary OSR. :rolleyes: