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Chris Helton ENWorld and Witch Hunts - Buyer Beware

Started by trechriron, May 01, 2018, 02:51:12 PM

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I see that the last few pages this has gone back into the topic of RPGs specifically.

Please keep it there. I don't want to see posts about broader topics that don't specifically and explicitly relate to RPGs.
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The real question though is. Who of their own will they throw under the buss next?

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Quote from: Omega;1040177The real question though is. Who of their own will they throw under the buss next?
It's funny watching a minority of them start to question why SPF is being treated like a serial rapist while at the same time trying to stress how bad they find his antics.

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Quote from: Rhedyn;1040214It's funny watching a minority of them start to question why SPF is being treated like a serial rapist while at the same time trying to stress how bad they find his antics.

Well I think it's very important to hold SJWS like SPF to extra-super-high standards of behaviour - Quid ipsos custodiet (prob spelt wrong) :D - if Chris Helton ever looks at a woman, he must be defenestrated forthwith!

trechriron

Quote from: S'mon;1040244... if Chris Helton ever looks at a woman, he must be defenestrated forthwith!

We played an RPG in Vegas with a porn star. He regularly posts sexually charged pulp covers on his blog. He's not a prude nor is he anti-sex-positive. Like I have recounted earlier, his reporting went from "informed RPG enthusiast" to "inquisitor general" over the last 18 months. It stinks of virtue signaling and desperate atonement. Toss in some delusions of fame and desire for attention to spice it up a bit and you have the perfect pressure cooker for a self-grown fanatic. A hypocritical fanatic to boot.

Based on what I know of Chris Helton he wouldn't have condemned someone for asking a girl out. Which shouldn't be a crime unless you keep pestering her. But alas, it seems things have tipped into the realm of "fevered fanaticism".

The purpose of my post was simply to warn people that the ENWorld staff are now prosecuting an inquisition. What was once a place I considered a good source for gaming industry news is now a questionable source of personal agendas. Hence the "buyer beware".
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S'mon

Quote from: trechriron;1040254The purpose of my post was simply to warn people that the ENWorld staff are now prosecuting an inquisition. What was once a place I considered a good source for gaming industry news is now a questionable source of personal agendas.

I certainly agree with you. It's very sad - and the main reason I mostly hang out here these days.

S'mon

#516
Quote from: trechriron;1040254He regularly posts sexually charged pulp covers on his blog.

I see what you mean! https://dorkland.blogspot.co.uk/2017/11/minky-woodcock-girl-who-handcuffed.html

Apparently NSFW:
https://4.bp.blogspot.com/-P2P965_DICc/WgnVSVCSKlI/AAAAAAAAuKw/KxoUzpYn5PsMJ_H5VNfAhyCl3OCa83cnQCLcBGAs/s1600/Minky%2BWoodcock%2BCover%2BB.jpg

:eek:

Male gaze... ! Objectification... ! Surely there must be some kind of sanction?? Someone call the Thought Police!

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Quote from: trechriron;1040254The purpose of my post was simply to warn people that the ENWorld staff are now prosecuting an inquisition.

Is ENwolrd continuing to act against SPF? AKA, have they done anything / posted anything / followed up / etc?

Or just the original article?

DocJones

Quote from: tenbones;1039420Dala and Rentch are lovers because the setting has no assumptive issue with hetero-normative relationships<---- this is the hangup that post-modern SJW's have an issue with. Because it's the appearance of hetero-normative reactions that they want for LGBT+ representation and they want it as a conceit of gameplay not of anything else.
Well said.

jhkim

Quote from: S'mon;1040262I see what you mean! https://dorkland.blogspot.co.uk/2017/11/minky-woodcock-girl-who-handcuffed.html

S'mon - Please put the image as an external link and label it Not Safe For Work (NSFW). Those are the rules that are posted at the top of every forum.

(I do, in fact, read this at work frequently.)

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Yeah, the image doesn't really violate rules, but that's a good practice for anything borderline, out of courtesy.
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S'mon

Quote from: RPGPundit;1040345Yeah, the image doesn't really violate rules, but that's a good practice for anything borderline, out of courtesy.

I edited it as soon as I saw Kim's diktat.

Personally I would never read therpgsite at work if there were other people in the room, I'm supposed to be working. :)

trechriron

Quote from: Spinachcat;1040306Is ENwolrd continuing to act against SPF? AKA, have they done anything / posted anything / followed up / etc?

Or just the original article?

Thus far I've not heard anything. He felt compelled to leave ENWorld (he wasn't "fired") and he stepped down as Rifts line developer for Pinnacle. He is still publishing his column of daily suggestions based on a theme. The thread on the article has reached 1200+ posts. It would seem one of the most attention grabbing articles of all time. Look for new, even more inflammatory inquisition judgements in the future.
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Quote from: trechriron;1040378Thus far I've not heard anything. He felt compelled to leave ENWorld (he wasn't "fired") and he stepped down as Rifts line developer for Pinnacle. He is still publishing his column of daily suggestions based on a theme. The thread on the article has reached 1200+ posts. It would seem one of the most attention grabbing articles of all time. Look for new, even more inflammatory inquisition judgements in the future.

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