Quote from: The Ent;828697Blue Rose, storygames, Storyteller games, but 1st and foremost, *World games.

It's actually funny, because the guy that got me into *World is about as far from SJW as you can imagine (without, ya know, being a jackass).

Quote from: robiswrong;828752It's actually funny, because the guy that got me into *World is about as far from SJW as you can imagine (without, ya know, being a jackass).

I wouldn't doubt it. I'm pretty sure that some(maybe even most) of the people I play *World games with would fit into the SJW camp if I bothered to talk politics with them. As is, I've gotten pretty good at giving a noncommittal grunt followed by a redirection back to a topic of mutual interest(gaming, TV shows, etc.) when that stuff comes up.

Earthdawn - one of my favorite fantasy RPGs the setting is central and eastern europe, the world is on the down swing of the magic cycle, everyone is coming out of the caves they went and hid in when the demons (oh wait, TSR got in a lot of trouble with demons, so let's call ours Horrors) ravaged the landscape.
so it is a post apocalyptic fantasy game with fairly high magic, lots of lost civilizations, monsters, and plenty of room for PCs to make a name for themselves.

The guy who ran the game for our group the first three times we played it railroaded us through every published adventure, would yell at us if we tried to deviate in the slightest, and would tell us we were playing our characters wrong if we did something he didn't expect.
many of the adventures had write ups for creatures, but he would usually say "oh this is going to be easy for you" and make the creatures tougher, and then be surprised when he was looking at a TPK after the first round of combat.
then he would yell at us because it was OUR fault that he had to cheat to keep us alive.

Gaming in general - I don't know what it is, but I've been in 1 group where one guy was arrested (turned himself in) for raping his pre-teen step daughter (the judge wanted to give him the minimum sentence as this was his first crime ever (not even a parking ticket) but he insisted that he get the maximum. the theory of most of the group is that he did this because we all saw ourselves as her uncles, having known her since birth, and were very protective of her.) I was in another group where one guy was caught in an FBI sting and was arrested for 37 counts of child pornography (he is still in prison AFAIK, he defended himself in court and claimed this was a First Amendment issue).  In that same group 2 others were questioned after a break in at their apartment uncovered several pieces of child porn while they were out of town at a 'hobby convention'.

I have since said that if one more person I game with gets busted for a sex crime involving children I'm taking up a new hobby.

Quote from: remial;828782I have since said that if one more person I game with gets busted for a sex crime involving children I'm taking up a new hobby.

Holy moly I don't blame you. Hoping your experience was a bit of an outlier there.

Quote from: remial;828782Earthdawn - one of my favorite fantasy RPGs the setting is central and eastern europe, the world is on the down swing of the magic cycle, everyone is coming out of the caves they went and hid in when the demons (oh wait, TSR got in a lot of trouble with demons, so let's call ours Horrors) ravaged the landscape.
so it is a post apocalyptic fantasy game with fairly high magic, lots of lost civilizations, monsters, and plenty of room for PCs to make a name for themselves.

The guy who ran the game for our group the first three times we played it railroaded us through every published adventure, would yell at us if we tried to deviate in the slightest, and would tell us we were playing our characters wrong if we did something he didn't expect.
many of the adventures had write ups for creatures, but he would usually say "oh this is going to be easy for you" and make the creatures tougher, and then be surprised when he was looking at a TPK after the first round of combat.
then he would yell at us because it was OUR fault that he had to cheat to keep us alive.

Gaming in general - I don't know what it is, but I've been in 1 group where one guy was arrested (turned himself in) for raping his pre-teen step daughter (the judge wanted to give him the minimum sentence as this was his first crime ever (not even a parking ticket) but he insisted that he get the maximum. the theory of most of the group is that he did this because we all saw ourselves as her uncles, having known her since birth, and were very protective of her.) I was in another group where one guy was caught in an FBI sting and was arrested for 37 counts of child pornography (he is still in prison AFAIK, he defended himself in court and claimed this was a First Amendment issue).  In that same group 2 others were questioned after a break in at their apartment uncovered several pieces of child porn while they were out of town at a 'hobby convention'.

I have since said that if one more person I game with gets busted for a sex crime involving children I'm taking up a new hobby.

im glad im not going to have to deal with that shit all the pedophiles im friends with have the willpower to keep it in there pants.

im more worried about my group members being busted for piracy because holy shit how can they be such massive pirates

I have to say you guys are creeping me out now.

Quote from: Bren;828793I have to say you guys are creeping me out now.

You're not fucking kidding.

remial has too many odd stories for it to be true, so i can only presume trolling, and not amusing trolling at that.

I'm going to presume that tuypo1 was joking (even though it's not remotely a joking matter) and not ban his worthless arse.

Quote from: GeekEclectic;828774I wouldn't doubt it. I'm pretty sure that some(maybe even most) of the people I play *World games with would fit into the SJW camp if I bothered to talk politics with them. As is, I've gotten pretty good at giving a noncommittal grunt followed by a redirection back to a topic of mutual interest(gaming, TV shows, etc.) when that stuff comes up.

I used to regularly interact with a * World designer whom I admired for his work and advice. I only ever talked with him about games and rules and he was awesome.

One day however I found out that he had another side: a rather aggressive "SJW"* presence on social media. His behavior was enough for me to stop following him, 'cause if he ever found out who else I am e-Friends with on Google+, he'd probably start giving me shit. Well, also because I felt that he was kind of a bully. It was like he had a split-personality.

* I'm always reluctant to use that term because it seems to spark up about as much negative attention and emotion as you-know-what-gate.

Quote from: Necrozius;828805I used to regularly interact with a * World designer whom I admired for his work and advice. I only ever talked with him about games and rules and he was awesome.

One day however I found out that he had another side: a rather aggressive "SJW"* presence on social media. His behavior was enough for me to stop following him, 'cause if he ever found out who else I am e-Friends with on Google+, he'd probably start giving me shit. Well, also because I felt that he was kind of a bully. It was like he had a split-personality.

* I'm always reluctant to use that term because it seems to spark up about as much negative attention and emotion as you-know-what-gate.

Is * World mean Dungeon World? And are you talking about Jonathan Tweet?

Quote from: One Horse Town;828796You're not fucking kidding.

remial has too many odd stories for it to be true, so i can only presume trolling, and not amusing trolling at that.

I'm going to presume that tuypo1 was joking (even though it's not remotely a joking matter) and not ban his worthless arse.

Nuke 'em from orbit...only way to be sure.

All I'm going to say is that you Metzner fanatics (and you know who you are) have made certain that I will never give up my Moldvay.  Jerks.

Quote from: cavalier973;828865All I'm going to say is that you Metzner fanatics (and you know who you are) have made certain that I will never give up my Moldvay.  Jerks.

I missed this? What were they doing? Other than what at times feels like incessant bitching about the art in the Cyclopedia?

Mentzer fans raped and murdered my sister, shot my dog, and stole my DMG.

Quote from: Ulairi;828857Is * World mean Dungeon World? And are you talking about Jonathan Tweet?

Yeah Dungeon World. But no, someone else.

Quote from: Omega;828866I missed this? What were they doing? Other than what at times feels like incessant bitching about the art in the Cyclopedia?

Don't even get me started on the "Rules Cyclopedinoids"...









****Actually, I just recently purchased the B/X sets off dndclassics, and the Rules Cyclopedia as well. I plan to get these printed when I have the funds, and then play it with my kids at some point. I'm a little bummed that the Metzner copy has been split into two parts (Player Guide and DM Guide) on the site, and that the ECMI sets are not yet available.

For the record, I'm one of those 4rons/4vengers *pause to stifle villainous laugh*, and still really like D&D 4th Edition, but I'm trying to see if the Basic D&D would be quicker to run.