Careercow Darrick Dishaw / Venger Satanis / Kort'thalis Publishing - Incompetent TTRPG Creator, Filthy Coomer, Chronic Stoner, and Lovecraftian Cult Leader with a Cult of Grognards

On Darrick not vaccinating his kids; I can see him genuinely not doing this even pre-grifting. That retarded movement affects all spectrums politically after all. He also could be completely lying; it's not uncommon for anti-vaxxers to just straight up lie for attention or updoots, or in this case "clout" for money.

On Vengercon being a shitshow: Given that Darrick only responds or thinks about it whenever it gets made fun of for how little he thinks about it due to *yawn*🚬, might as well do some preliminary shitposting about things a TTRPG con should have that Darrick almost certainly put no thought into and what he put minimal brain into. Why? Because it's funny; it's why Dashcon was hilarious, and why Fyrefestival was a hoot.

  1. Venue: Darrick was at least sober enough to remember to buy a reservation at the Double Inn's little convention hall. He has not however thought about how mandates still apply, since the venue likely has distancing requirements at least. I've done very minimal looks on this, but it's likely going to be a policy of the locale and the state.
  2. Accommodations; Darrick has not put any thought whatsoever on reminding guests to get their own accomodations, since 100 bucks for a 3 day tour will not cover room. It can't; the place alone costs at least that per night.
  3. Activities: Darrick has barely put any thought into this at all, let alone run plans for it. As of right now, it's only himself as a GM for hypothetically up to 100 people. He has no Co-GMs planned out or committed to running, no itinerary or modules he wants to push specifically, and no refs on hand to break up potential fights or conflicts. He also does not have any extra resources alloted in case people go without specific modules. Bring your own shit and assume you can read his high as fuck mind I guess.
  4. Activities 2: Does he have any plans if his pay pigs start playing OSE, Blood and Treasure, Mork Borg, or other OSR books instead of his own? That's a possibility since there's more than him in the makers, and he hasn't specified. Also those games have different paces, so how will he manage that.
  5. Activities 3: He only has the campaigns and a panel where he pretends he can totally DM since he wrote a book on it lol. That's not enough for 3 days, but this wastecase doesn't know that.
  6. Activities 4: He doesn't have any panels or ideas on say how to make your own game ideas come to life (GM workshop or writer's workshop), he has no peers invited to sell and talk about their own games (having a couple of OSR creators on board would be a good idea), and he doesn't even have things like comedy panels planned, like "story time" where you talk about bad games gone good or so on. It's just his games and letting him brag about himself. It's a pure ego project from a fool who is not very sociable, doesn't GM via voice, or even runs longer campaigns anymore.
  7. Vendors: He has put no thoughts at all on how to organize a store space. I assume that only his garbage books will be available here. On top of that, how is he going to sell the books. Will it be like a seminar where he overlooks the crowd of paypigs trying to buy stuff they almost certainly already have? Because it's this lack of thought due to weedlmao420 that had I'm Board drop him. You need to sell more copies, and that fails when your small fanbase you don't focus on growing slowly already has your shit on hand.
  8. Budgeting: Conventions cost a lot more than people think, even rinky dinks like this ego project. I wouldn't be shocked if Darrick pissed away the money already by going to Disney World recently, given those muppet pictures I saw a good while back. Did he reserve the money, or does Danielle have to pay for his vanity project.
  9. Enforcement of Civility: What does Darrick plan if his small crowd gets rowdy? Is he just going to let them do whatever, or will he have to enforce basic rules?
  10. Age checking: Darrick stated you have to be 18+ to enter. Who is going to check their age, and will it be with an ID.
These are just basic things that I've noticed you need to do bare minimum for a convention just from watching failed ones in the past. Darrick has less than 5 months to account for this, and as far as I can tell he's done fuck all but respond to comments like this. It's almost like he hopes the mandates forces him to close down so he can zoidberg away with the money or something.
 
For real, 3 days is a very conservative 24 hours, a more realistic 30 and that's not counting setup and teardown. Cons are a ton of work.

You should aim for at least a panel a day, a full day of structured events per day, and some kind of tournament or a raffle or something, just to keep asses in seats.

Not having vendors is absolutely beyond retarded. It's such an obvious thing for a con, not only because it'll generate money but because it gives people a reason to go around and wander if they're just curious.

Even LAN parties break up the gaming with movies and trivia or something, usually. PL: We used to have computer throwing contests at LANs, and I remember at one comic convention me and some friends found a giant bag of pogs and held an impromptu pog tourney. More activities means more socializing and meeting people, and it let's people make their own fun, taking the onus off the organizers.

To expect someone to turn up for a 3 day game with one DM and 100 players and no new modules or stories is unbelievably stupid.
 
Does he have any plans if his pay pigs start playing OSE
Oh.... about that... Darrick is going on a crusade against them for being woke.

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The OSE KS has made over 600k, with 20 days to go. And this is for a game that's sold well, and a lot of people already have. Zero chance Darrick has any impact on their bottom line. He'd only be hurting himself by not allowing it at Wanker Con.

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I like how the players just seem to succeed at everything effortlessly, but have to roll to see if there are rocks near the cave mouth. Great GMing there, bud.
 

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Nice going, I always wondered his GM style. Darrick's friend basically made an open letter to call him out on his little hissy fit about being kicked out of Misty Mountain Games.





Of course, Darrick said this in the comments of the video:

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Which is bullshit because in his latest video he was really angry that his books were no longer sold there.


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Doesn't matter because you as a GM insert sex stuff in there anyways even if in your first two Cha'alt books don't have anything super explicit. Also, bullshit, your wife's boobs are in full display on the cover in Fuchsia Malaise
 
So this is how Darrick's games work huh.

So issues I already see is that he doesn't plan out shit at all when it comes to scheduling, literally YOLO'ing into things just whenever he feels like it. Usually you need to set a game for at least a few hours to even a few days if you want players; they need time to either create a character, or to schedule how they can show if at all. But that doesn't mean much to eternal stoner Darrick; if he can game right now, so can you.

Also was this most of what they did that session? If so then holy shit was it a shorty. I don't blame him on that specific case, but I'd not be shocked if the reason he wants to run short games is because he keeps announcing games with no time to organize.

As for the fight and it going well; it's partly the dice, and also partly just issues with the system in general. Dice went the player's way, fair enough. It's just that this is something that happens if your system is simple and you decide to stupidly make your main martial bullshit strong. D12s and +Level damage in a game where there's little to no health? Legitimately broken and stupid. Ironically in his efforts to fuck over the magic users, the martials in this game just are plain broken.

You know the funniest thing? With the heavy emphasis on talking and minimum amount of mechanics needed, it feels more like I'm reading Critical Role fanfiction than anything OSR related. Not kidding.
Nice going, I always wondered his GM style. Darrick's friend basically made an open letter to call him out on his little hissy fit about being kicked out of Misty Mountain Games.


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Of course, Darrick said this in the comments of the video:

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Which is bullshit because in his latest video he was really angry that his books were no longer sold there.


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Doesn't matter because you as a GM insert sex stuff in there anyways even if in your first two Cha'alt books don't have anything super explicit. Also, bullshit, your wife's boobs are in full display on the cover in Fuchsia Malaise
As for Chris here? I disagree with him on Alpha Blue succeeding as a sleazy comedy, since those have clever jokes intermixed with things like fucking the pie. Alpha Blue is just a mixture of memberberries, copyright theft, and Darrick writing porn tables.

But he's legit right in that a FLGS often times can't for sake of profits allow Darrick's stuff to be played. If it has an open floor plan, which is pretty common to maximize shelf and table space, then you have to keep things at a certain rating. If you don't, then at any point could have a manchild screech "I RAPE THAT BITCH WITH MY MACE BY SHOVING IT UP HER SHITHOLE!" in ear shot of the kids playing Magic, Pokemon, or trying out DnD or 40k for the first time. And that will cause the next generation of customers to not show due to their parents not wanting them to deal with that, and/or open you up to complaints. Fun fact: my FLGS I mostly go to to buy books from has a plan like this, so you can't go much more hardcore than 40k or WarMaHordes.

Now if you have private rooms or a back half? Sure you can probably get away with it. Misty Mountains doesn't have that it seems, so it's no wonder they banned it. The social media doofus should've pointed that out instead of just reeeing about how Darrick said All Lives Matter or whatever, but it's a genuine issue.

Also on the tables being in the back? So what Darrick? Kids also play tabletop and minis games too. They'd be right there as well as you gleefully describe how the sword of K'tulu spirals around the hooker clown and spitroasts her like Dracula did to Turks. I know the floor design he's whining about, my FLGS has the exact same build. Sure the manga and comics are up front, but I saw kids regularly wander in the back to pick up books even as the adults gamed.

Also I downright love Darrick trying to justify and whine on why his books shouldn't get banned, gurgling that "only one of my books is completely degenerate filth". If you're angy you can't sell your books, then FUCKING STOP WRITING YOUR FETISHES INTO THEM AND STOP WRITING SMUT IN BOOKS YOU WANT TO SELL IN STORES.
 
Also I downright love Darrick trying to justify and whine on why his books shouldn't get banned, gurgling that "only one of my books is completely degenerate filth". If you're angy you can't sell your books, then FUCKING STOP WRITING YOUR FETISHES INTO THEM AND STOP WRITING SMUT IN BOOKS YOU WANT TO SELL IN STORES.
That's what he does best though.
 
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So, Darrick writes a blog post about troons and how they are corrupting the youth and forcing them to troon out (archive)

Now, Darrick don't get me wrong, troons repulse me just as much as everyone else on the farms and grooming is a valid concern, but how have troons affected you and your kids on a personal level? Do you and your family have any first hand experience with them? Have you encountered any IRL?

I wonder this because most of these anti-troon talking points are very common ones the right brings up and everything about this post reads as very scripted like he is doing it for the sake of his right-wing grift

It is also funny because he got in trouble for what he believed to be his political views on his blog and what does he do immediately after that happens? Double the fuck down and write about how much he hates troons.

That way when someone calls him out for that post he can cry persecution and blame the alphabet army for trying to shut him down

This is supposed to be a blog about gaming, not about politics.

Edit: Okay, so it is apparently tangentially related to TTRPGs since it is some fundraiser some TTRPG creators are doing, but still.
 
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So, Darrick writes a blog post about troons and how they are corrupting the youth and forcing them to troon out (archive)

Now, Darrick don't get me wrong, troons repulse me just as much as everyone else on the farms and grooming is a valid concern, but how have troons affected you and your kids on a personal level? Do you and your family have any first hand experience with them? Have you encountered any IRL?

I wonder this because most of these anti-troon talking points are very common ones the right brings up and everything about this post reads as very scripted like he is doing it for the sake of his right-wing grift

It is also funny because he got in trouble for what he believed to be his political views on his blog and what does he do immediately after that happens? Double the fuck down and write about how much he hates troons.

That way when someone calls him out for that post he can cry persecution and blame the alphabet army for trying to shut him down

This is supposed to be a blog about gaming, not about politics.

Edit: Okay, so it is apparently tangentially related to TTRPGs since it is some fundraiser some TTRPG creators are doing, but still.
Not to mention which, Darrick identifies as trans. He used to talk about it a lot, and he came out as trans-alien or some shit with a lot of his stupid hyphens. But, he's never let the kayfabe slip, AFAIK, so, as fr as I'm concerned, dude's one, too. Here's the blog post where he came out:


Oh, I didn't realize Darrick's trans identity wasn't in the OP. Predictably, it created a big stink, especially because of when he decided to do it. It caused tension between him and Eric Tenkar (owner of the Tenkar's Tavern website), and led to a falling out between the two. Seemingly, they're back to being friends, but I don't know for sure.

Edit: I think he did it to poke fun at trans people, but now he's stuck with it. If he admits to doing it for mockery, he'll get (even more) shit from left-wing TTRPG folks. And if he sticks with it, he just looks dumb. I think that's why he hasn't been talking about it as much lately, he's just hoping it all goes away.

Edit2: I guess he and Tenkar are still on the outs...
 
Not to mention which, Darrick identifies as trans. He used to talk about it a lot, and he came out as trans-alien or some shit with a lot of his stupid hyphens. But, he's never let the kayfabe slip, AFAIK, so, as fr as I'm concerned, dude's one, too. Here's the blog post where he came out:

Holy shit I didn't know he went full "soul of the wolf/otherkin" like this... Jesus Christ, how embarrassing. I shouldn't even be surprised at this point given his other delusions, but wow.

Added that detail into the OP, because that's a thing that needs to be kept in mind as he denigrates others for being mentally ill sex pests.
That's what he's expecting people to pay $100 for?
Apparently. I wonder if he'll also demand the games all be done via text as well.

Remember, this guy wrote books on "DMing like a Fucking Boss", which makes this all the funnier.
 
Not to mention which, Darrick identifies as trans. He used to talk about it a lot, and he came out as trans-alien or some shit with a lot of his stupid hyphens. But, he's never let the kayfabe slip, AFAIK, so, as fr as I'm concerned, dude's one, too. Here's the blog post where he came out:

Holy shit I didn't know he went full "soul of the wolf/otherkin" like this... Jesus Christ, how embarrassing. I shouldn't even be surprised at this point given his other delusions, but wow.

It reads to me like satire, complete with made up pronouns and trans-awareness call out. OTOH, we've seen his "satire".

It was 4 years go, maybe weed hadn't completely baked his brain?
 
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I'm sure people will be lining up to let a middle aged stoner with no idea of age appropriate content into their homes lol...

I was skimming one of his books yesterday (pirated PDF, because come on), and it's nuts how much of his shit is just intentionally misspelled Star Wars references.

1646575510404.png Saw this on Facebook, not mine, but posted March 3rd, so probably recent? EDIT: duh, this is why he had to Call Misty Mountain games after two years. Can't believe I just put that together.

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I wonder if Darrick's wife won't let him game in their home because of "politics".
 
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Haha, of course Danielle would ban him, there is a reason why he does it text only, plus I am sure she doesn't want potential randos having access to the kids or having them hear anything.

Anyways, decided to finally listen to that video Darrick posted, he still won't let the whole Cha'alt being banned go as he learned it was multiple gamestores and not just Misty Mountain. He literally thinks they are ganging up on him. Of course, as a cope, he totally says "If you want to ban Cha'alt, fine, but me, that's pretty low" and they are using the family friendly stuff as an excuse to get rid of him.

He gets mad when people tell him to stop sperging about politics and compares him talking about politics to trying to prevent murder

"I also don't want politics in my gaming aside from real world politics" yet you have so many thinly veiled references to real world political stuff in your games...

Apparently he made this video posted something on some forums that were mad because he sperged about politics I guess? @NavyGuzzler if you know what forums he posted in recently, let me know. I mean, even in the Farms there are times and a places to sperg about politics, hence why the moai statue exists.

Now he is talking troons which as people have pointed out, you identify as an otherkin Darrick... seriously

He is telling troons to see a psychiatrist, Darrick, why don't YOU see a psychiatrist and lay off the weed?

 
Haha, of course Danielle would ban him, there is a reason why he does it text only, plus I am sure she doesn't want potential randos having access to the kids or having them hear anything.

Anyways, decided to finally listen to that video Darrick posted, he still won't let the whole Cha'alt being banned go as he learned it was multiple gamestores and not just Misty Mountain. He literally thinks they are ganging up on him. Of course, as a cope, he totally says "If you want to ban Cha'alt, fine, but me, that's pretty low" and they are using the family friendly stuff as an excuse to get rid of him.

He gets mad when people tell him to stop sperging about politics and compares him talking about politics to trying to prevent murder

"I also don't want politics in my gaming aside from real world politics" yet you have so many thinly veiled references to real world political stuff in your games...

Apparently he made this video posted something on some forums that were mad because he sperged about politics I guess? @NavyGuzzler if you know what forums he posted in recently, let me know. I mean, even in the Farms there are times and a places to sperg about politics, hence why the moai statue exists.

Now he is talking troons which as people have pointed out, you identify as an otherkin Darrick... seriously

He is telling troons to see a psychiatrist, Darrick, why don't YOU see a psychiatrist and lay off the weed?

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I think he's talking about RPGPub, a small forum that split off from therpgsite (RPGPundit's forum) because they got tired of all the politics. The 'Pub has ONE rule: no politics. Venger is well aware of this, and has been warned on that forum before for the same reason. Hell, ultraliberal game designer Daniel "Zweihander" Fox was banned from the 'Pub, in large part for violating this rule. They take it very seriously, and Wanker knows this full well. Besides which, he hasn't even been banned from there.

First warning: https://www.rpgpub.com/threads/your-dungeon-is-racist-new-blog.6706/

Latest warning: https://www.rpgpub.com/threads/ask-me-anything-about-chaalt.3503/

Darrick's supposed to be on a livestream but he can't get his mic working lmao.


I dunno how to archive this, they say they'll edit it out, but hahaha. Don't smoke a weed, kids.

Edit: took him 20 minutes or so, but he's on now.
 
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Darrick's supposed to be on a livestream but he can't get his mic working lmao.


I dunno how to archive this, they say they'll edit it out, but hahaha. Don't smoke a weed, kids.

Edit: took him 20 minutes or so, but he's on now.
Yeah, I don't know how to archive this shit either unfortunately. I don't usually like listening to his podcasts because I can barely handle fifteen minutes of him rambling let alone over an hour. From what I have heard, most of the other people on the podcasts tend to carry him anyways.
 
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He's on someone else's show. Supposed to talk about what's going on in his hometown. Right now, he's bitching about masks. Dude, you spend half the day holding in bong hits, wearing a mask in a game store isn't gonna kill you.
 
Why did he pick those Dune figurines as a picture?

I'm not into the TTRPG scene anymore but I can't imagine there's more than a handful of players who want sexcrawls/sex dungeons, right?

All his players are roughly his age, amazing they can't find a garage or something to play in.
 
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