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[TerminalTryHard]

Most modern pop culture references to the Wendigo have absolutely nothing to do with any native American mythology and is mostly an original fictional monster with the Wendigo name simply taped on to it.

If it has antlers it isn't related to any NA mythology.

 

[Shaka Brah]

Most modern pop culture references to the Wendigo have absolutely nothing to do with any native American mythology and is mostly an original fictional monster with the Wendigo name simply taped on to it.

If it has antlers it isn't related to any NA mythology.

Yeah people don't realize they're talking about the Goatman from /x/ most of the time.

 

[The Ugly One]

The Chinook peoples, men and women alike, only dressed themselves from the waist up, since they were constantly hopping in and out of canoes in waist-deep water. It was chilly, though, so they did wear upper garments and hats. For representational considerations alone, if your RPG lacks a Balls Out trait I can apply to my character, it's white supremacist.

 

[Autistic Joe]

The Chinook peoples, men and women alike, only dressed themselves from the waist up, since they were constantly hopping in and out of canoes in waist-deep water. It was chilly, though, so they did wear upper garments and hats. For representational considerations alone, if your RPG lacks a Balls Out trait I can apply to my character, it's white supremacist.

And a +2 modifier against Shrinkage.

 

[TerminalTryHard]

Yeah people don't realize they're talking about the Goatman from /x/ most of the time.

The goatman, the rake, the skinwalker, the Wendigo, the fleshgait, with some physical features some artists thought looked cool, and some random behaviors that creepypasta writer thought were creepy. The evolution of the Wendigo myth brought on by the internet is actually pretty interesting.

 

[NerdShamer]

3 day ban for grilling another player about RPing as an Ugyer

 

[Great Sun Jester]

Your player plays a monirity, therefore you present to him some idea on how a minority will be received in the real world.
BAD, adding this complication makes people unconfortable and encourages people to only play/write majority characters.

Your player plays a monirity, you ignore it because you want to encourage diversity in the table.
BAD, you are erasing their problems.


Is normal today to only present things to a player if both parties have agreed on it? I would like to see how these people play and how they adapt all this stupid rules to their table. If they play at all, that is.

 

[Shaka Brah]

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Your player plays a monirity, therefore you present to him some idea on how a minority will be received in the real world.
BAD, adding this complication makes people unconfortable and encourages people to only play/write majority characters.

Your player plays a monirity, you ignore it because you want to encourage diversity in the table.
BAD, you are erasing their problems.


Is normal today to only present things to a player if both parties have agreed on it? I would like to see how these people play and how they adapt all this stupid rules to their table. If they play at all, that is.

Rest assured nobody who posts outside the play by post board actually plays games.

 

[Kongo-Müller]

Your player plays a monirity, therefore you present to him some idea on how a minority will be received in the real world.
BAD, adding this complication makes people unconfortable and encourages people to only play/write majority characters.

Your player plays a monirity, you ignore it because you want to encourage diversity in the table.
BAD, you are erasing their problems.

I like Savage Worlds' approach to this. If you want to play a character of a unpopular minority or occupation and make it a big part of your character how people treat you, you simply pick up the Outsider hindrance. If you just want to play such a character for the looks of it, but don't want to be hassled by the NPCs over it, you simply don't pick that hindrance.

Clear-cut, simple, and requires neither mind reading by the GM nor produces unnecessary awkward moments.

 

[Hugbox Kommissar]

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Your player plays a monirity, therefore you present to him some idea on how a minority will be received in the real world.
BAD, adding this complication makes people unconfortable and encourages people to only play/write majority characters.

Your player plays a monirity, you ignore it because you want to encourage diversity in the table.
BAD, you are erasing their problems.


Is normal today to only present things to a player if both parties have agreed on it? I would like to see how these people play and how they adapt all this stupid rules to their table. If they play at all, that is.

Like almost everything else, you work it out at the table with your players. Polling the internet about a problem is unnecessary and will only lead to further issues.

 

[The Ugly One]

I like Savage Worlds' approach to this. If you want to play a character of a unpopular minority or occupation and make it a big part of your character how people treat you, you simply pick up the Outsider hindrance. If you just want to play such a character for the looks of it, but don't want to be hassled by the NPCs over it, you simply don't pick that hindrance.

Clear-cut, simple, and requires neither mind reading by the GM nor produces unnecessary awkward moments.

That collapses the experiences of all minorities, which are as manifold as the stars in the sky, into a single trait. That makes it racist.

 

[NerdShamer]

You know what else is racist? Tying religion to ethnicity, and the mod claims that "religions aren't marketing campaigns."

Guess he doesn't know about televangelists or the Church of Scientology, then.

 

[Flaming Insignias]

You know what else is racist? Tying religion to ethnicity, and the mod claims that "religions aren't marketing campaigns."

Guess he doesn't know about televangelists or the Church of Scientology, then.

So, if religion isn't ethnicity, is Islam fair game?

 

[NerdShamer]

So, if religion isn't ethnicity, is Islam fair game?

I won't be surprised if someone was banned for blaming the Muslims, at this rate.

Found an religious argument being shut down.

One on defending Muslims.

Muslim refugee argument on how they will undo the progressive reforms in Europe.

And a ban for a guy who was painting with broad strokes, accompanied by an reasonable response from one of the admins.

 

[Hugbox Kommissar]

You know what else is racist? Tying religion to ethnicity, and the mod claims that "religions aren't marketing campaigns."

Guess he doesn't know about televangelists or the Church of Scientology, then.

He's right, the jews did nothing wrong for all of history. Literally everyone they came in contact with hated them for no reason. Also if you refuse to accept their version then you're the problem.

 

[Autistic Joe]

Browsing some old RPG.net threads thanks to @NerdShamer 's links, lol... I found this very interesting take from just before Covid. The potential worries and dangers about long-term effects that are "far more likely to occur" from new and untested medical treatments. Who'd a thunk it?! Even mentions about the potential for boosted immune response to end up causing "more autoimmune disorders", and fear of the effects of "genetic tampering".

My, my, how quickly the tables turned with their views on sCiEnCe.

 

[Shaka Brah]

Browsing some old RPG.net threads thanks to @NerdShamer 's links, lol... I found this very interesting take from just before Covid. The potential worries and dangers about long-term effects that are "far more likely to occur" from new and untested medical treatments. Who'd a thunk it?! Even mentions about the potential for boosted immune response to end up causing "more autoimmune disorders", and fear of the effects of "genetic tampering".

My, my, how quickly the tables turned with their views on sCiEnCe.

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How long until the struggle session over this?

 

[Autistic Joe]

How long until the struggle session over this?

It'll probably never happen, they memory-hole any views that run counter to the Narrative of the Week. Although it would be interesting if someone made the same argument against the Coof Vax just to see their reaction. I'm sure they'd circle the wagons and trot out some talking points to deflect it. "Well that was different, it was about CANCER not COVID." "That was about a hypothetical cure, not a real one." "Cancer isn't a contagious public hazard and a Threat to All Humanity like Covid."

I wouldn't put it past them to just delete the post or the thread, and gaslight everyone that it never happened. And it's in Tangency so I can't even get an archive for proof, just screencaps.

 

[SITHRAK!]

Random reacharound post of the morning.

But more importantly, Tanka is on his period.

If memory serves me correctly, that 'member of the staff' calls himself 'Save vs DM'. And he only got the job as staff because he got a temp ban over something and came back with basically "you can't do that, I'm a Native American". At which point the ban was immediately rescinded, and he was invited to join the mod team.

 

[AnOminous]

Is normal today to only present things to a player if both parties have agreed on it? I would like to see how these people play and how they adapt all this stupid rules to their table. If they play at all, that is.

They don't. There is literally no way you could have a functional game run by any of these retards. This is not how games work.