Is Zweinhander woke or something? What did they do?

Quote from: Monero on June 24, 2023, 08:48:40 PM
Is Zweinhander woke or something? What did they do?

Didn´t strike me as particularily woke, and just by creating an account here, i probably ripped out the Overton Window and put it on the left wall between my hammer and sickle. Hi all by the way

Zweihänder received the Gold ENNIE awards 2018 for Best Game & Product of the Year at Gencon (i´m not sure that automatically qualifies it as woke); however it didn´t strike me as particularly anything when i read it. Strong Warhammer FRP 2e vibes, and a truckload of missed opportunities to clean it up. It could have been to WFRP what OSE is to D&D/AD&D, but as such it´s mostly a missed opportunity. Mr. Fox also took credit for taking down a repository of pirated RPG content, but IMO that´s more of a coincidence than a causal relationship.

Fox does some Woke virtue signalling; I'd guess it's as opportunistic as everything else about the man.

Quote from: S'mon on June 26, 2023, 10:44:43 AM
Fox does some Woke virtue signalling; I'd guess it's as opportunistic as everything else about the man.

Indeed; and some of this comes out in the game as in images of characters in wheelchairs but these exist alongside other images and descriptions that certain wokesters might hate.  But he was a vocal supporter of woke causes and such until he had his "me too" moment with some female designer that he was "mentoring" or something.  As I recall, it seemed to be over blown but because Fox had previously gone out of his way to establish his woke credentials, not unlike his pal Adam Koebel, it came back to bite him in the ass.  He's also got some beef with Pundit, but I'm sketchy on those details.

Pundit being anti-woke and good at it might've scared the regime into a faster marching pace onto store shelves, union rules be damned.

Fox's role in getting the Trove shutdown soured a lot of attitudes towards him.

I'm not going to argue the legality of piracy, but the Trove was actually a good place to dig up rare gems or stuff that's been out of print for decades. But because people were looking at Zoolander, er, Zweihander and pointing out how derivative it was, Fox got his panties in a twist.

Quote from: Ghostmaker on June 26, 2023, 01:39:18 PM
Fox's role in getting the Trove shutdown soured a lot of attitudes towards him.

I'm not going to argue the legality of piracy, but the Trove was actually a good place to dig up rare gems or stuff that's been out of print for decades. But because people were looking at Zoolander, er, Zweihander and pointing out how derivative it was, Fox got his panties in a twist.

I'm guessing he cancelled it so people couldn't download Warhammer Fantasy Roleplay. 

Quote from: cgWolf on June 26, 2023, 10:31:09 AM

Quote from: Monero on June 24, 2023, 08:48:40 PM
Is Zweinhander woke or something? What did they do?

Didn´t strike me as particularily woke, and just by creating an account here, i probably ripped out the Overton Window and put it on the left wall between my hammer and sickle. Hi all by the way

Zweihänder received the Gold ENNIE awards 2018 for Best Game & Product of the Year at Gencon (i´m not sure that automatically qualifies it as woke); however it didn´t strike me as particularly anything when i read it. Strong Warhammer FRP 2e vibes, and a truckload of missed opportunities to clean it up. It could have been to WFRP what OSE is to D&D/AD&D, but as such it´s mostly a missed opportunity. Mr. Fox also took credit for taking down a repository of pirated RPG content, but IMO that´s more of a coincidence than a causal relationship.

He shilled his game everywhere.

Attacked anyone that called him out on it

Attacked anyone that called him out on ripping off WHFRP.
 
He doxed people like Pundit.
 
He weaponizes woke to go after people.
 
He bitched to wotc and got all the consultants removed from 5e credits.
 
He got an award for a game he stole from someone else. Probably greased a few palms. But the Enworld awards have been corrupt for years.
 
And more. Theres always more.

Quote from: S'mon on June 26, 2023, 02:21:29 PM

Quote from: Ghostmaker on June 26, 2023, 01:39:18 PM
Fox's role in getting the Trove shutdown soured a lot of attitudes towards him.

I'm not going to argue the legality of piracy, but the Trove was actually a good place to dig up rare gems or stuff that's been out of print for decades. But because people were looking at Zoolander, er, Zweihander and pointing out how derivative it was, Fox got his panties in a twist.

I'm guessing he cancelled it so people couldn't download Warhammer Fantasy Roleplay. 

So true.

... lets not forget all the sock-puppet accounts he uses.

He strikes me a colossal scumbag, but I don't confess to know him outside his social media, and forum antics.

This video by DD is relevant.

Just so everyone knows, it was DD's choice to step away from Inappropriate Characters. Venger and I both wanted him there. Don't hold it against him, here he is still making good content. Maybe some friendly persuasion could get him to reconsider.

Also, as of today, Danny is crowing over my being suspended on twitter. But he's carefully avoiding the fact that what got me suspended was fighting against right-wing anti-semites, because that would ruin his narcissistic-psychopath fake-woke narrative.

Quote from: Omega on June 24, 2023, 03:46:10 AM

Quote from: JeremyR on June 21, 2023, 01:40:09 AM
Same reason is seems to do well at DTRPG - it's inexplicably popular.

He shilled and spambotted it everywhere.

He also attacked competition and any detractor that called him out on his design theft.

Which is kind of funny when you think about it.

He simply has connections in the publishing industry. However his publisher closed their entire RPG dept, and the Flames of Freedom forum on their #Discord was closed over lack of engagement. So despite appearances his work isn't anywhere near as successful as it might seem.

Also don't fall for him offering to refund your money himself. Return it to B&N directly, as that will lead to the book being sent back to the publisher for pulping.

Quote from: RPGPundit on July 01, 2023, 04:06:05 PM
Also, as of today, Danny is crowing over my being suspended on twitter. But he's carefully avoiding the fact that what got me suspended was fighting against right-wing anti-semites, because that would ruin his narcissistic-psychopath fake-woke narrative.

Dan's such a strange fellow. Narcissistic for sure, but I can't help but feel his paranoia and neuroticism is what really drives his behavior. Like he actually sued the police and slept with a gun after his neighbor's house was broken into:

> Fox's lawsuit, from which the description of what happened was drawn, seeks unspecified damages for violations of the First Amendment and conspiracy to violate his constitutional rights. It also asks the court to rule that the KCPD's alleged policy of "hands-off policing" since the DeValkenaere verdict "is contrary to the public interest."

But why didn't the police act?

> The captain, whom Fox later learned was James Gottstein, said that, since the DeValkenaere verdict, the police no longer searched abandoned houses without a search warrant. Gottstein was referring to the conviction by a Jackson County judge last year of former KCPD Detective Eric DeValkanaere in the killing of Cameron Lamb, a Black man who was backing into his garage.

Which means we can make 3 conclusions:

• He's pro police as he expects them to act on his behalf.
• He's pro gun and willing to keep one unsecured while children are present.
• He's anti BLM the minute he feels the least bit threatened.

Which easily makes him the most wretched hypocrite in the hobby.

So you couldn't have been banned for a better reason, as the only comeback they have now is to call you a liar, and any other avenue they take exposes more of their hypocrisy. However now that #Twitter can't be browsed without an account you need to provide receipts. So where are the anti-semetic #Tweets you're talking about? Where is Dan's #Tweet you mentioned here?