Quote from: RPGPundit;348461They have a right to exist. Someplace far FAR away from my hobby.

That's the problem. This hobby belongs to no one. It's not YOUR hobby, or anyone else's. That kind of stupid sense of entitlement is Lawncrapper's Behaviour 101.

Quote from: RPGPundit;348463Why should I extend such a courtesy to a game I'm ideologically opposed to?

So you are dumping on the game itself, and not just its author and publisher.  See what a dissembling little turd you are?

!i!

Quote from: RPGPundit;348463"Good sir, perhaps you would care to make some preliminary statements and take some tea before we engage in a game of feather-toss to determine who is correct on the subject of the destiny of the gaming hobby?"

Thing is, the destiny of the gaming hobby is not at stake here, Pundit. People liking one game more than other is hardly a threat to the continuity of RPGs.

Quote from: RPGPundit;348461Your statements here are nonsensical.

No it's not. Makes perfect sense. Ronin is refering to his dustup with Ed and your warning for him to back off.

Regards,
David R

Worst. Thread. Ever.

Quote from: David R;348507No it's not. Makes perfect sense. Ronin is refering to his dustup with Ed and your warning for him to back off.

Regards,
David R

Ahhh. I see. I hadn't captured the subtlety of his issue what with his roundabout passive-aggressive parlance.

And to Ronin, yes; it is ok to criticize games, game designers, or publishers on this forum. That's one of the things it is about. It is NOT ok to follow around individual posters on this forum and try to post zero-content personal attacks and insults against them at every opportunity, particularly when they're gratuitous and have fuck all to do with the subject of the thread in question.

I hope that clears things up for you.

RPGpundit

Quote from: Imperator;348464That's the problem. This hobby belongs to no one. It's not YOUR hobby, or anyone else's. That kind of stupid sense of entitlement is Lawncrapper's Behaviour 101.

No, its really not. If a group of rhythmic gymnasts started to show up at football games and insist that the games be changed to suit their interests (or vice-versa), the people who were there FIRST have a totally legitimate claim to say that the hobby in question belongs to THEM.

RPGPundit

Quote from: Ian Absentia;348471So you are dumping on the game itself, and not just its author and publisher.  See what a dissembling little turd you are?

!i!

I think you either don't understand the meaning of the word "dissembling", or you are just being an intentional repetitive troll.

For the record: Dissembling: "To disguise or conceal behind a false appearance".
I think that one thing you can definitely say about me is that all my hatreds are worn very much on my chest, out in the open.

The only one being a turd here is you.

As for the "game itself", if you're talking about the content of the game, I know very little about it, though what little I have heard doesn't sound very appealing to me.
If you're talking about "the game" in the sense of the idea of Diaspora as a standard, the Great White Hope that will slay the wicked unwashed Starblazer Adventures Boogeyman-of-Mainstream-Appeal, then that I'm firmly opposed to, yes.

RPGPundit

Poo-eater. Just keep shifting that goalpost.  Maybe no one will notice.

!i!

Quote from: RPGPundit;348527Ahhh. I see. I hadn't captured the subtlety of his issue what with his roundabout passive-aggressive parlance.

And to Ronin, yes; it is ok to criticize games, game designers, or publishers on this forum. That's one of the things it is about. It is NOT ok to follow around individual posters on this forum and try to post zero-content personal attacks and insults against them at every opportunity, particularly when they're gratuitous and have fuck all to do with the subject of the thread in question.

I hope that clears things up for you.

RPGpundit

I dont know how you couldnt understand. As I was not very subtle. I thought better of you. Perhaps I was incorrect.

As to your explaination of the "rules". I understand. Its not ok to insult another poster when they say something ignorant, blatantly lie, or say something hypocritical. But it is OK to insult an author or publisher because you dont like their game or business plan. You like when you called the authors/publishers of Diaspora a "Twat" in post 1 of this thread. Or "Retards" in both post 1 and 6.
So your right, that has cleared things up for me. So I'm done with this thread. OHT is right, worst thread ever. I'm gonna go post some "content" on another thread. I'll catch ya on the flip Il Duce.

Quote from: RPGPundit;348528No, its really not. If a group of rhythmic gymnasts started to show up at football games and insist that the games be changed to suit their interests (or vice-versa), the people who were there FIRST have a totally legitimate claim to say that the hobby in question belongs to THEM.

I see your point, but I think you forget that, most probably, almost no one would pay any attention to the rhythmic gymnasts and would keep playing football. So, the alcoholic bum in rags shouting from the corner of the stadium "WE HAVE TO SAVE FOOTBALL!! IS NO ONE GOING TO DO ANYTHING ABOUT THE GYMNASTIC INVASION?" is not doing any useful service whatsoever.

Quote from: Ian Absentia;348532Poo-eater. Just keep shifting that goalpost.  Maybe no one will notice.

!i!

The only one moving goalposts here is you. And this is how the whole deal is looking to everyone who's sane:

Me: "I hate the Forge, and everything in it!"
You: "Ah but do you hate game author x?"
Me: "Yes."
You: "That proves it! You're a liar!! Because before you said your problem was with the publisher, not the author! You're disingenuous!!!"
Me: "I hate them both."
You: "LIAR!!!! Do you hate game x itself?!"
Me: "Yes. What I know of it, anyways."
You: "AH HAH!! LIAR!!! DISINGENUOUS!! TURDERY!!!! Before you said you hated the author, then you say you hate the publisher and now you say you hate the game!! Hypocrite!!"
Me: "I hate them all. ALL. That's what I always said, and what pretty much everyone who's ever met me knows about me."
You: "You're a slimey stinky goalpost-shifter!!!"
Me: "I hate ALL of it. All you're doing is trying to pretend that certain things are contradictions that are not, in a desperate attempt to insult me. Its sad".
You: "and I hate that you're successful and people pay more attention to you than me, don't forget that!"

RPGPundit

Quote from: RPGPundit;348596The only one moving goalposts here is you. And this is how the whole deal is looking to everyone who's sane:

Not really.

Quote from: Ronin;348535I dont know how you couldnt understand. As I was not very subtle. I thought better of you. Perhaps I was incorrect.

The reason I missed it was very simple: I couldn't give a twopenny fuck about your personal moral conundrums.
I'm sure that over in Ronin-world, your beef with Koltar is a massive issue of cosmic proportions. But over here in the real world, I don't give a fuck. Therefore, I'd already forgotten all about it; and since your post did not include the word "Koltar" or the phrase "This is really about me", I just plum-darn forgot.

QuoteAs to your explaination of the "rules". I understand. Its not ok to insult another poster when they say something ignorant, blatantly lie, or say something hypocritical. But it is OK to insult an author or publisher because you dont like their game or business plan. You like when you called the authors/publishers of Diaspora a "Twat" in post 1 of this thread. Or "Retards" in both post 1 and 6.

Yes. That's exactly what you were doing with Koltar. :rolleyes:
In any case, this isn't thekoltarsite. The design or corporate choices of RPG writers/publishers are DIRECTLY relevant to the theme of this site. You thinking Koltar is a douchebag is NOT directly relevant. It is in fact, OFF-MOTHERFUCKING-TOPIC.

QuoteSo your right, that has cleared things up for me. So I'm done with this thread. OHT is right, worst thread ever. I'm gonna go post some "content" on another thread. I'll catch ya on the flip Il Duce.

Good. I strongly recommend that. Since the thread has at this point de-evolved to all the usual suspects coming along to take their turns to be smacked down yet again by the Pundit.

RPGPundit

Quote from: RPGPundit;348527It is NOT ok to follow around individual posters on this forum and try to post zero-content personal attacks and insults against them at every opportunity, particularly when they're gratuitous and have fuck all to do with the subject of the thread in question.

Will you be creating a forum where we can bring such violators to the moderators' attention? Or perhaps add a report button?

Seanchai