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The Real Reason I Don't Work for Wizards of the Coast

Started by RPGPundit, August 15, 2016, 12:02:25 AM

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Kyle Aaron

#30
August 18, 2016, 09:46:56 PM
Quote from: RPGPundit;913574If he did, maybe he'd have been hired to work on D&D.
You can cast Charm Person? That's awesome! It's probably the D&D low-level spell that'd be most useful in the real world.
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Crüesader

#31
August 18, 2016, 09:53:50 PM
Honestly, Pundit-

I'm glad you don't work for WotC.  There's way too many people in the outrage brigade that will do their best to get you fired if you displease them with your opinions.  Like I told some folk, I worked with a guy who is a Doctor that had to quit because the local outrage brigade didn't like his opinions on certain things.

FaerieGodfather

#32
August 18, 2016, 10:20:18 PM
Quote from: Battle Mad Ronin;913702While I have my disagreements with the Pundit, I still retain that knocking a person's spiritual beliefs is wrong. I still do find the whole 'I saved D&D!' shtick a little tiring too.

Exactly. There's no reason we can't be gentlemen here. Pundit's never mistreated me, despite our vast political disagreements, both inside and outside of gaming. I don't like his politics, but it's to his credit that I have been allowed to continue saying so, in his own house, for so long.

The one thing that this community-- tabletop gamers-- most desperately needs is a dose of emotional maturity.
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Sommerjon

#33
August 19, 2016, 09:05:14 AM
Quote from: Battle Mad Ronin;913740It can be part of a spiritual/religious tradition, and I feel that understanding and respecting such beliefs is an important part of engaging with and understanding other people(s). While I don't believe in it, and certainly don't have a respectful relationship with the Pundit, it is still a matter of personal conviction that religious/spiritual  world views should not be belittled.
That's nice.
I don't care what you think.
I will make fun of the persona that professes magic is real.
Quote from: FaerieGodfather;913899Exactly. There's no reason we can't be gentlemen here. Pundit's never mistreated me, despite our vast political disagreements, both inside and outside of gaming. I don't like his politics, but it's to his credit that I have been allowed to continue saying so, in his own house, for so long.

The one thing that this community-- tabletop gamers-- most desperately needs is a dose of emotional maturity.
You believe magic is real......and you're wanting us, who live in reality, to desperately get a dose of emotional maturity?
Quote from: One Horse TownFrankly, who gives a fuck. :idunno:

Quote from: Exploderwizard;789217Being offered only a single loot poor option for adventure is a railroad

FaerieGodfather

#34
August 19, 2016, 02:21:14 PM
Quote from: Sommerjon;913982You believe magic is real......and you're wanting us, who live in reality, to desperately get a dose of emotional maturity?

I want you to stop being a self-righteous jackass, yes. You're the kind of person that gives atheism a bad name, and your obsession with other peoples' spiritual beliefs is getting tiresome.
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Snowman0147

#35
August 19, 2016, 02:42:28 PM
Quote from: FaerieGodfather;914069I want you to stop being a self-righteous jackass, yes. You're the kind of person that gives atheism a bad name, and your obsession with other peoples' spiritual beliefs is getting tiresome.

Pot meet kettle.

FaerieGodfather

#36
August 19, 2016, 03:10:03 PM
Quote from: Snowman0147;914072Pot meet kettle.

Yes, I'm just being so uncivil here. Goodness and mercy me!
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Snowman0147

#37
August 19, 2016, 05:33:12 PM
Quote from: FaerieGodfather;914077Yes, I'm just being so uncivil here. Goodness and mercy me!

There you go proving me right with your sarcasm.  

Look just because you are well behaved in one thread does not mean we should forget your other posts in other threads in which you do come off as a self righteous jackass.

The Butcher

#38
August 19, 2016, 08:09:21 PM
The real reason Pundejo doesn't work for Wizards is that they're not real wizards like himself, and he doesn't mingle with Muggles.

Kyle Aaron

#39
August 19, 2016, 09:58:15 PM
Quote from: RPGPundit;913411Number of D&D editions Kyle was hired to help make: 0
This is true. But I realise now my analogy is not accurate.

QuoteThe real reason I haven't had sex with Angelina Jolie is she's a bit thin for me. The fact that she never asked me is irrelevant, of course.
Which would hurt my ego more, Jolie refusing to sleep with me once, or doing it but then not wanting to repeat the experience?
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Rincewind1

#40
August 20, 2016, 01:46:28 PM Last Edit: August 20, 2016, 01:50:06 PM by Rincewind1
I could've slept with Angelica Jolie, but I told her to hire Wizards of the Coast instead.

Quote from: Kyle Aaron;913881You can cast Charm Person? That's awesome! It's probably the D&D low-level spell that'd be most useful in the real world.

For the less magickally inclined, they need to stick to Cast Rohypnol.

Quote from: The Butcher;914170The real reason Pundejo doesn't work for Wizards is that they're not real wizards like himself, and he doesn't mingle with Muggles.

It shall remain forever a mystery how Pundit's fate turned out in the alternative universe, where they are called Magickians of the Coast.

All in all however, having played 5e a couple times, I still wonder how is it old school. Remember how in AD&D you just took an hour's break after a fight and your spells came back? Those were fun times. Man, we just rested like 6 times in Against the Giants, stomped the dumbos.
Furthermore, I consider that  This is Why We Don\'t Like You thread should be closed

Simlasa

#41
August 20, 2016, 03:06:51 PM
Is 'cocksucker' generally considered a homophobic insult? I'd never thought of it that way... not that's really in my repertoire, but I always took it as a ruder synonym of 'sycophant'.

kosmos1214

#42
August 20, 2016, 06:50:23 PM
Quote from: Simlasa;914309Is 'cocksucker' generally considered a homophobic insult? I'd never thought of it that way... not that's really in my repertoire, but I always took it as a ruder synonym of 'sycophant'.
Because its not homophobic its just  Ronin losing his shit over nothing.
sjw social just-us warriors

now for a few quotes from my fathers generation
"kill a commie for mommy"

"hey thee i walk through the valley of the shadow of death but i fear no evil because im the meanest son of a bitch in the valley"

Battle Mad Ronin

#43
August 21, 2016, 04:49:37 AM
Quote from: Simlasa;914309Is 'cocksucker' generally considered a homophobic insult? I'd never thought of it that way... not that's really in my repertoire, but I always took it as a ruder synonym of 'sycophant'.

My reasoning is;There is little social stigma for fellatio in the western world, so presumably the insult is not bound in the act of giving a blowjob/blowjobs. Since the insult is used by the pundit against men that would mean the insult is bound to the act of fellatio in a homosexual context. That would make it homophobic.

I see your point about it being a synonym for 'sycophant'. Earlier in the thread Warboss Squee suggested that 'cocksucker' is really meant in a congratulatory way, celebrating skill at fellatio. So there is some debate as to what the remark means.

Warboss Squee

#44
August 21, 2016, 12:41:37 PM
Quote from: Battle Mad Ronin;914432My reasoning is;There is little social stigma for fellatio in the western world, so presumably the insult is not bound in the act of giving a blowjob/blowjobs. Since the insult is used by the pundit against men that would mean the insult is bound to the act of fellatio in a homosexual context. That would make it homophobic.

I see your point about it being a synonym for 'sycophant'. Earlier in the thread Warboss Squee suggested that 'cocksucker' is really meant in a congratulatory way, celebrating skill at fellatio. So there is some debate as to what the remark means.

No. I meant it wasn't homophobic. It was totally an insult.
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