tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9113217136376400257.post6201870144614334839..comments2024-02-28T00:43:53.934-08:00Comments on "It's okay; Gary sent us.": More controversy! Oh noooooooooo!Will Mistrettahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18403399118961902073noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9113217136376400257.post-73205692113975965812010-08-08T18:06:01.176-07:002010-08-08T18:06:01.176-07:00Also pinging this a month late.
The guy's fir...Also pinging this a month late.<br /><br />The guy's first bullet-point: "Instead of having social conversations, they focused on concrete goals." That's meant as a <i>complaint</i>? Holy shit. That's like a description of who I want as friends/ collaborators.<br /><br />As Andreas says above, I'm way down on forums these days. Better to visit a blog with one person in charge and a specific point-of-view (and that won't be co-opted by some random OCD loudmouth).Deltahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00705402326320853684noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9113217136376400257.post-51051860134247849822010-07-05T11:37:06.041-07:002010-07-05T11:37:06.041-07:00What do you mean "potentially violent?" ...What do you mean "potentially violent?" I kill at least three WotC employees a day. And that's just before breakfast.Will Mistrettahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18403399118961902073noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9113217136376400257.post-91076455263212823642010-07-04T19:01:31.275-07:002010-07-04T19:01:31.275-07:00Wow, you need to pay attention more. You're al...Wow, you need to pay attention more. You're all starting to sound like religious conservatives; Loud, misinformed, and potentially violent about it: 'I don't agree, so therefore it must be sh*t, and of course its on its way out.'<br /><br />The 'top down, corporate way of manufacturing rpgs' has been 'on its death bed' as you put it since the mid -ninties. Since it still proceeds to make money hand over fist vs. the rest of the industry, it is likely not going away any time soon. We as fans of our particular styles of gaming should be doing more to change that. rather then sitting around trolling about it.<br /><br />Or I guess you could continue to take your cues from evangelical christian television.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9113217136376400257.post-23917449046564291812010-07-02T12:06:51.812-07:002010-07-02T12:06:51.812-07:00It was a long time since I was a regular on forums...It was a long time since I was a regular on forums. Guess why. :)AndreasDavourhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17170806742393291962noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9113217136376400257.post-1628163960570854632010-06-24T06:33:42.542-07:002010-06-24T06:33:42.542-07:00Me and my horrid typos. Let's try that last on...Me and my horrid typos. Let's try that last one again:<br /><br />Basically, what I'm getting at here is that the top-down corporate way of creating and distributing tabletop RPGs is on its deathbed, and the hobby as a whole will only be better for it. Gradually (but not too gradually at all), more and more emphasis will shift toward the type of lateral (gamer-to-gamer), low/no-cost, passion-over-profit content creation and distribution that the OSR is currently exemplary of. <b>And the content itself won't suffer for it one bit.</b><br /><br />This scares some folks like this Skarka fellow absolutely shitless and it's easier to blame "toxic jerkwads" and "Comic Book Guys" for the old business model's failure than that model itself, especially if you were a part of it on some level.Will Mistrettahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18403399118961902073noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9113217136376400257.post-79851133520407538262010-06-24T06:26:35.615-07:002010-06-24T06:26:35.615-07:00This comment has been removed by the author.Will Mistrettahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18403399118961902073noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9113217136376400257.post-14776809153794899382010-06-24T03:45:26.663-07:002010-06-24T03:45:26.663-07:00"I think the problem is not 'tabletop gam..."I think the problem is not 'tabletop gamers' but a small fraction of them who present a disproportionately negative face on Internet forums."<br /><br />Maybe I'm just not convinced that having strong opinions and expressing them is "negative", "toxic" or whatever the else you want to call it.<br /><br />If that's all it takes to "spoil the market", the market may have it coming. And in any case, f*** the market. Great gaming doesn't need (and may not even want) it.Will Mistrettahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18403399118961902073noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9113217136376400257.post-8054139733073981772010-06-24T00:18:35.604-07:002010-06-24T00:18:35.604-07:00What I took away from malcolm's post was that ...What I took away from malcolm's post was that the people spoiling the market were the kind of bitter message-board whine-mongers and know-it-alls I'm all too familiar with from my work on AEG's games. <br /><br />I think the problem is not "tabletop gamers" but a small fraction of them who present a disproportionately negative face on Internet forums.Roger G-Shttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08594440701279968693noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9113217136376400257.post-40986809036278269572010-06-23T17:42:41.045-07:002010-06-23T17:42:41.045-07:00I wish to subscribe to your controversy of the wee...I wish to subscribe to your controversy of the week posts.<br /><br />Keep em coming.Aaron E. Steelehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07789462075611254929noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9113217136376400257.post-39333471463253625792010-06-23T15:52:58.614-07:002010-06-23T15:52:58.614-07:00So forgive me for not being down with the devastat...<i>So forgive me for not being down with the devastating tag-team combination of bitter failed novelists churning-out White Wolf splatbooks for pennies on the word and douchebags with MBAs.</i><br /><br />I just about spit my drink on the monitor when I read that. Well played, sir.DMWieghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03682249561077936507noreply@blogger.com