Quote from: Mike the Mage;1041869What is becoming increasingly apparent to me is that sexuality and the politics of sexuality is of far greater interest to certain people than playing tabletop RPGs.

Ding!  Winner!

Whining about other peoples' politics is also of far greater interest to certain people than playing or even talking about RPGs.

Quote from: Gronan of Simmerya;1041908Ding!  Winner!

Whining about other peoples' politics is also of far greater interest to certain people than playing or even talking about RPGs.

Then why do you do it so much?

Quote from: Ras Algethi;1041912Then why do you do it so much?

I've answered that question before.  Do try to keep up.

Quote from: Gronan of Simmerya;1041924I've answered that question before.  Do try to keep up.

Forgive Ras Algethi, he's dumber than a bag of hammers.

Me and him should just fuck and get it over with.

Quote from: Doc Sammy;1041929Forgive Ras Algethi, he's dumber than a bag of hammers.

That's no way to talk about hammers.

Quote from: jhkim;1041733As far as I know, Larry Correia also has done nothing for the tabletop games industry. It seems to me that he has roughly as much relevance as reality TV stars or wrestlers who happen to be game players.

He is a big gamer and minis collector / painter who has engaged with a lot of his fanbase over games.

Supposedly, the Savage Worlds Monster Hunter setting based on his novels was supposed to be making some sort of big splash/announcement at the show, and he was going to be involved somehow

Quote from: bayonetbrant;1043335He is a big gamer and minis collector / painter who has engaged with a lot of his fanbase over games.

Supposedly, the Savage Worlds Monster Hunter setting based on his novels was supposed to be making some sort of big splash/announcement at the show, and he was going to be involved somehow

Hm.  I backed the Monster Hunter game because it sounded like fun - I've read a few of the novels that I found used - but I've also got a copy of the Monster Hunter Hero games version, which I picked up cheap off of a 'failed rpg' table at a convention, so I wonder how many rpg fans he actually has.  (Well, at least 2,058, going by the kickstarter.  On the one hand, that sounds low, on the other hand, small press rpgs only sell in the thousands to start with, I expect.  It's half the number who backed the Rifts version of Savage Worlds, and twice the number who backed The Last Parsec and The 6th Gun.  (Wow, that really brings that into sharp relief.  I went in thinking 2000 was pretty low, but looking over Pinnacle's other Savage Worlds kickstarters, it's a very healthy number of backers.)

Anyway, Larry's a good choice for a guest for a game convention.  He plays games.  He blogs about games.  And he's written works that are very gamable - shown by his Monster Hunter books having two games based on them.  He hasn't written any games himself, but he may not be that masochistic.

Quote from: jcfiala;1043341Anyway, Larry's a good choice for a guest for a game convention.  He plays games.  He blogs about games.  And he's written works that are very gamable - shown by his Monster Hunter books having two games based on them.  He hasn't written any games himself, but he may not be that masochistic.

   I keep an eye on Correia's blog, and apparently he's got a design for a 'cop drama' game in the works that he may be Kickstarting next year.

Quote from: jcfiala;1043341He hasn't written any games himself, but he may not be that masochistic.

"How do you have a game and a million dollars?"
"Start with two million dollars."

Quote from: Gronan of Simmerya;1043380"How do you have a game and a million dollars?"
"Start with two million dollars."

Indeed.  I was listening to an interview with C.J. Carella, who started out writing RPG books but these days writes novels.  Although he's interested in someone making a game based off of his settings, he's not willing to do it himself because it's too big of a pay cut.

There is no money in gaming.  Other than WoTC and maybe Pazio, the rest of the "industry" survives on scraps.

Quote from: Gronan of Simmerya;1043389There is no money in gaming.  Other than WoTC and maybe Pazio, the rest of the "industry" survives on scraps.

Alot of designers utterly and totally do not understand this or the actual costs of publishing.

A certain Kevin Crawford could probably correct your ideas on the whole "no money in RPG" subject matter.

Granted, he's an exception on almost every level.

Somebody making a living, or even a living for three or four people, is still scraps compared to WotC.

Quote from: Gronan of Simmerya;1043414Somebody making a living, or even a living for three or four people, is still scraps compared to WotC.

Wonder how Monte Cook is doing.