Quote from: RPGPundit;1045320Well, most big corporations do. But when people were mentioned (me, etc), that's more variable.

The thing too is that rarely do people really FALL for the idea that a corporation is super concerned about social justice or whatever; but with WoTC (and a few other corporations, recently) you have vaguely-liberal rubes totally falling for it.

This is why I have a sunburn. When the internet shithole gets too shitty I go outside.

Quote from: RPGPundit;1045320Well, most big corporations do. But when people were mentioned (me, etc), that's more variable.

The thing too is that rarely do people really FALL for the idea that a corporation is super concerned about social justice or whatever; but with WoTC (and a few other corporations, recently) you have vaguely-liberal rubes totally falling for it.

It's a new flavour of piety, no different from how some companies court the devoutly religious by broadcasting their faith and Christian identity.

Quote from: Haffrung;1045388It's a new flavour of piety, no different from how some companies court the devoutly religious by broadcasting their faith and Christian identity.

Lord Mammon cares not who you identify with. In the end, money rules.

Quote from: thedungeondelver;1043545Not sure what neck of the woods you're from Pundit but it sounds like you've hit the nail on the head: when I was a kid, and from then on all the way up until...well, hell, 2015, people just shut up and gamed.  What happened?

Oh, the drama at conventions in the 1980s. D&D edition wars started around 1978, I'd guess. The stuff you see here was in fanzines then, so it was easier to ignore, but it existed. (To forestall quibbling, a lot of the talking points were different, but "are orcs racist" I remember from then.)

Quote from: Ewan;1043833Do you see signs of SJW influence in the Adventurers League? Or is it just people playing D&D at game stores and hobby shops, without real life political stuff intruding?

I've played AL at local conventions and game stores a lot, and not seen any politics. One guy had a red "Make Faerun Great Again" hat, which I think is funny no matter what your politics.

If Pundit had cut the title short at "just a marketing schema by Hasbro" everyone would have yawned, so he had to throw in a little conspiratorial craziness about SJWs and then combine it with a warning not to get political. I can't decide if Pundit is seeking to monetize his politics or politicize his monetizing, and I'm not interested in watching his videos to find out.

Quote from: Lynn;1045270Absolutely right. For a business, a "community" is potential and existing customers on widest edge of the sales funnel.

"Community" from a hobbyist perspective is something else entirely.

Two entirely different things.

I got an email from local AL organizers promoting a particular event as a benefit for "a member of our community" (from context, the local AL community); having read much of this thread just before, it seemed odd to hear it but I think it was a reasonable characterization. It probably wouldn't have been if it had come from a company or somebody less local.

Quote from: rawma;1045635One guy had a red "Make Faerun Great Again" hat, which I think is funny no matter what your politics.

That is hysterical.

Quote from: rawma;1045635I got an email from local AL organizers promoting a particular event as a benefit for "a member of our community" (from context, the local AL community); having read much of this thread just before, it seemed odd to hear it but I think it was a reasonable characterization. It probably wouldn't have been if it had come from a company or somebody less local.

Agreed. A local gaming group can be a community (of sorts) because its real people engaged with each other, especially in meatspace, without any corporate agenda or marketing doublespeak.