Angry at patronizing garbage in my game books.

Christopher Brady · November 20, 2018, 10:15:06 PM

Looking outside my window, seeing how easily we can mix together and yet, how people STILL segregate themselves, and even make up new classifications for 'races', I beg to differ. Humanity won't change a bit.

S'mon · November 21, 2018, 02:05:29 AM

Quote from: Christopher Brady;1065560Looking outside my window, seeing how easily we can mix together and yet, how people STILL segregate themselves, and even make up new classifications for 'races', I beg to differ. Humanity won't change a bit.

I think there will still be visually distinguishable population groups in the future, yes. Although some will be different from today.

Bradford C. Walker · November 21, 2018, 02:51:38 AM

Quote from: S'mon;1065576I think there will still be visually distinguishable population groups in the future, yes. Although some will be different from today.

I posit that the major nations of Mankind will still exist a thousand years from now, never mind that races still exist, and in the far future they all have stellar domains of their own. (No "empire" in my future, yet; the first to try is literally trying to rebuild the Tower of Babel as the basis for imperium.) Man can't change his nature. Only his environment, and then only to a finite degree.

Shawn Driscoll · November 21, 2018, 03:14:46 AM

Just send a generation of kids to public school if you want everyone to hate the same things. Then use social media to focus their hate on whatever you need to virtue signal.

Spinachcat · November 21, 2018, 05:12:48 AM

Quote from: Kyle Aaron;1065517If humanity reaches the stars, we'll get more races.

Agreed. And its going to happen on Earth in 1000 years. Maybe sooner. Just look at world map/demographics/cultures in 10th century vs. today. Just imagine year 12,018.

soltakss · November 22, 2018, 03:13:08 PM

Quote from: Kyle Aaron;1065517Is there anyone in the world now who identifies as an Angle, a Saxon, or a Jute, except as an affectation for historical reproduction purposes?

You would seriously be surprised. There are people in England who identify as Saxons, not Anglo-Saxon, but Saxons.

Kyle Aaron · November 22, 2018, 04:20:02 PM

Yes but they don't speak Saxon, or even Old English, nor do they worship Thunor, and they wouldn't know a seax from shortbread. So it's just an affectation. I know of a Yorkshire woman who asked a friend how they could be friends with someone from Lancashire, "because what about the War of the Roses?" So there's always the odd dickhead who mouths off, but there's nothing behind it.

Cultures die, rot and become compost to grow the next culture.

Silverlion · November 22, 2018, 07:15:10 PM

I've twice caused people with claustrophobia to have reactions (negative) to the game. Both via chat programs, not live. (I've caused and triggered other fears in the past as well unintentionally in FTF games.) So at least giving a GM a heads up "Hey this bothers me, please don't include it," is at the very least something I as a GM will take time to listen to, and try and avoid actually making people afraid to the point that REAL world hurt is done to them. Yes, such fears CAN cause real-world hurt to some people-- it's not something they can control, that's why its a phobia. I'm not saying take away horror or fear aspects, but try and be kinder with ones people have in real life.

soltakss · November 23, 2018, 04:28:39 AM

Quote from: Silverlion;1065776I've twice caused people with claustrophobia to have reactions (negative) to the game. Both via chat programs, not live. (I've caused and triggered other fears in the past as well unintentionally in FTF games.) So at least giving a GM a heads up "Hey this bothers me, please don't include it," is at the very least something I as a GM will take time to listen to, and try and avoid actually making people afraid to the point that REAL world hurt is done to them. Yes, such fears CAN cause real-world hurt to some people-- it's not something they can control, that's why its a phobia. I'm not saying take away horror or fear aspects, but try and be kinder with ones people have in real life.

I've had this once, where the PCs were attacked by an insect swarm and one player was visibly distressed, turned out she had a phobia of swarming things, so I never used it again.

RPGPundit · November 26, 2018, 02:56:50 AM

Quote from: Brad;1065286What..? Is that true? I thought it was just a FUDGE derivative.

FATE wasn't really based on Amber, certainly not the game. It was inspired by Amber; I think meant to be a set of rules (different from Amber) to play the Amber setting with.

dungeon crawler · November 26, 2018, 09:52:38 AM

Quote from: Lynn;1059430It is from Evil Hat. I like some of their stuff - especially Don't Rest Your Head, but I had to unfollow anyone associated with the company a long time ago because of the overbearing political crap. They aren't doing very well either:

https://www.evilhat.com/home/refocused-resized-hat-mode-activated/

Another case of get woke go broke right here.

RPGPundit · November 28, 2018, 04:58:50 AM

Quote from: dungeon crawler;1066092Another case of get woke go broke right here.

Practically couldn't have happened to a nicer bunch of assholes.

Abraxus · November 28, 2018, 12:46:40 PM

I think it's less going Woke and then Broke and more too much expansion too fast. While trying to reinvent the same rpg too often imo. While working on too many rpgs. Counting Fate core the have fourteen rpgs. They never struck me as a big enough company to handle all that production while affording to buy so many IPs.

antiochcow · November 28, 2018, 01:06:03 PM

Quote from: dungeon crawler;1066092Another case of get woke go broke right here.

From the article:

"We believe that narrowing our focus to focus on our core strengths will be best for helping us get back into the black in 2019."

Sounds like diversity wasn't their strength.

HappyDaze · November 28, 2018, 05:08:35 PM

Quote from: antiochcow;1066438From the article:

"We believe that narrowing our focus to focus on our core strengths will be best for helping us get back into the black in 2019."

Sounds like diversity wasn't their strength.

Narrowing to focus on a core group is diversity today.