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[Manly_Brony]

Never, ever trust someone who hates his country. Doesn't mean they have to love their current government or all its works, but people who hate everything they grew up with are always mentally unbalanced. It's like dating a girl who hates her dad.

Oikophobes amuse me because they're the same everywhere. Even the ones from internationally gassed up countries like Canada, the Nordic countries and Ireland are unable to stop it.

Can someone explain to me how a Non-Native English speaker or the average teenager is supposed to use a forum like this without getting scolded again and again for not speaking fluent Far-Left Intelligentsiaese?

 

[The Ugly One]

Can someone explain to me how a Non-Native English speaker or the average teenager is supposed to use a forum like this without getting scolded again and again for not speaking fluent Far-Left Intelligentsiaese?

It's not Anglosphere Far-Left Midwitese. It's called being a decent fucking human being, which is the same in every culture and language.

 

[Kyria the Great]

I occasionally venture onto RPG.net looking for an old review or forum discussion from back when interesting gaming discussions were still allowed and even encouraged (these posts are generally at least 10 years old, usually more like 15). There's almost always one of those little "In Memoriam" bubbles floating in the corner. These idiots might be the only website whose userbase is dying faster than newbies are signing up.

All of this confirms why gatekeeping is critical for any hobby to actually survive.

 

[Hugbox Kommissar]

All of this confirms why gatekeeping is critical for any hobby to actually survive.

I'm working on a theory that the backlash against even the mildest forms of gatekeeping is pushed by corporations who are profiting off of nerd hobbies. Now that formerly niche interests are fully monetized, corporations need continued growth in order to make line go up, which is why their online jannies and mods push the "everyone is welcome" line. They don't give a shit what the hobby will look like in five years, they need people buying the starter pack now so the Q3 financial report looks good.

 

[Manly_Brony]

corporations need continued growth in order to make line go up, which is why their online jannies and mods push the "everyone is welcome" line.

I play historical RPGs and every new one or recent edition needs to have a section on how diverse the White countries really were, what pronouns were used, how women ran things from the background and how they packed fudge, munched carpets and crossdressed. It's all so tiresome. It has its place in a footnote here and there but not whole chapters.

 

[AnOminous]

It's not Anglosphere Far-Left Midwitese. It's called being a decent fucking human being, which is the same in every culture and language.

[THIS IS WHAT SJWS ACTUALLY BELIEVE.]

 

[Morethanabitfoolish]

I play historical RPGs and every new one or recent edition needs to have a section on how diverse the White countries really were, what pronouns were used, how women ran things from the background and how they packed fudge, munched carpets and crossdressed. It's all so tiresome. It has its place in a footnote here and there but not whole chapters.

I think the 7th Sea reboot was a great one for that, you could mine almost every one of the books from the first couple onwards.

Unrelated to rpg.net but pretty certain I saw they are about to try to do another one. I do not know how much laughter is apt given how badly that kickstarter went in terms of meeting its goals but I suspect all of the laughter is a good start.

 

[Manly_Brony]

7th Sea

Ooh I like that one and have some 1st edition books. But seafaring and piracy have really worn out their welcome. Avalon and Eisen for life!

 

[robobobo]

I play historical RPGs and every new one or recent edition needs to have a section on how diverse the White countries really were, what pronouns were used, how women ran things from the background and how they packed fudge, munched carpets and crossdressed. It's all so tiresome. It has its place in a footnote here and there but not whole chapters.

Thankfully for games like Deadlands that did that, there's nothing mechanics-wise stopping you using the newer system with the original setting.

 

[Manly_Brony]

Thankfully for games like Deadlands that did that, there's nothing mechanics-wise stopping you using the newer system with the original setting.

Funny how the classic Deadlands setting could be considered "woke". Post-gender and post-race societies in the North and the South for the widest possible range of people and the devs also gave the Indians a huge chunk of land back. But nobody gave a damn and just played.

 

[Lurkey Turkey]

Funny how the classic Deadlands setting could be considered "woke". Post-gender and post-race societies in the North and the South for the widest possible range of people and the devs also gave the Indians a huge chunk of land back. But nobody gave a damn and just played.

I mean, progressivism was fine when it was actually countercultural, and not performed for social credit points. Tons of cool stuff from back then has a proto-woke slant to it without being offputting.

 

[Samuel Fuller]

I mean, progressivism was fine when it was actually countercultural, and not performed for social credit points. Tons of cool stuff from back then has a proto-woke slant to it without being offputting.

It helped that it was all acknowledged as imaginary settings and wasn't being forced on the world as how society HAS TO be.

 

[The Ugly One]

Just goes to show that progressivism is a moving target. Last year's progressivism is this year's fascism. cf. this thread's titular forum having a struggle session over 1990s lefty RPG writers distrusting pharma corps. Best to just throw the whole thing in the fire and do what you want. And I mean that not just for grumpy right-wingers like myself. If you're left-leaning, do not even start down the path of trying to please the moral police on your side. It can't be done. You can't win. you'll eventually be cast out. Just do what you want.