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Exalted 3 - What the hell?

Started by DisgruntleFairy, February 24, 2014, 01:51:28 AM

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One Horse Town

#165
March 13, 2014, 02:01:45 PM
Amusingly, with Exalted, the RPGnet mods also risk being hoisted by their own Social Justice Warrior petard.

That'll learn 'em.

Rincewind1

#166
March 13, 2014, 02:06:45 PM
Quote from: One Horse Town;736302Amusingly, with Exalted, the RPGnet mods also risk being hoisted by their own Social Justice Warrior petard.

That'll learn 'em.


As if.
Furthermore, I consider that  This is Why We Don\'t Like You thread should be closed

Kaiu Keiichi

#167
March 13, 2014, 04:11:37 PM
Quote from: Warthur;736107I have to say, the split between the way Onyx Path is handling Exalted and the cool shit they're bringing out for World of Darkness (both incarnations) is surprising. Vampire 20th is the best edition of V:tM ever made, Blood and Smoke has made Requiem a really exciting alternative, they're finally shifting to making products to meet particular needs and to provide a high level of bang for the buck rather than padding things out with excessive verbiage and cranking out product for the sake of it, and in general the World of Darkness are more interesting (to me at least) than they've ever been.

Then you look at Exalted and there's... this.

To +1 this, the Mage 20 Kickstarter looks like it's going to be one of the best handled OP projects yet. Phil Brucato wrote the entire manuscript (and demonstrated this on Facebook) before they took a red cent of any of the cash. He's also been exceedingly nice and accessible during the whole thing - as opposed to the Ex 3 Devstaff who have been generally hostile towards anyone who might question them.

Also, Ex 3 and the entire Exalted game line is pudding proof why rules matter. This whole idea of GMs just winging it can work fine for some other games, but the need for a well designed rules set is achingly clear in Exalted.
Rules and design matter
The players are in charge
Simulation is narrative
Storygames are RPGs

Nexus

#168
March 13, 2014, 08:03:52 PM
In all fairness, part of the problem with "Ask a Developer" thread is that the fans won't shut up.
Remember when Illinois Nazis where a joke in the Blue Brothers movie?

Democracy, meh? (538)

 "The salient fact of American politics is that there are fifty to seventy million voters each of whom will volunteer to live, with his family, in a cardboard box under an overpass, and cook sparrows on an old curtain rod, if someone would only guarantee that the black, gay, Hispanic, liberal, whatever, in the next box over doesn't even have a curtain rod, or a sparrow to put on it."

Snowman0147

#169
March 13, 2014, 09:08:31 PM
You don't even need those kind of threads.  Just show your work and show people what you are doing.  If people get reminders here and there that the game is alive and being built you wouldn't have this nightmare.

Warboss Squee

#170
March 14, 2014, 11:27:46 AM
Quote from: One Horse Town;736302Amusingly, with Exalted, the RPGnet mods also risk being hoisted by their own Social Justice Warrior petard.

That'll learn 'em.

We covered that up thread, buddy.

Warboss Squee

#171
March 14, 2014, 11:30:25 AM
Quote from: Nexus;736397In all fairness, part of the problem with "Ask a Developer" thread is that the fans won't shut up.

That's always been the case.

Hell they were still having Ex2 hate threads after the Ex3 kickstarter.

One Horse Town

#172
March 14, 2014, 12:34:49 PM
Quote from: Warboss Squee;736467We covered that up thread, buddy.

and i'm covering it again, chap.

Warboss Squee

#173
March 14, 2014, 01:00:28 PM
Quote from: One Horse Town;736474and i'm covering it again, chap.

Well, to be fair, it hasn't stopped being funny yet.

Nexus

#174
March 14, 2014, 01:06:26 PM
I feel like I might be reading too much into one of hatewhee's original posts but it seems like they're giving in to fanon and running with "Everyone in Creation is bisexual unless its stated otherwise" thing.
Remember when Illinois Nazis where a joke in the Blue Brothers movie?

Democracy, meh? (538)

 "The salient fact of American politics is that there are fifty to seventy million voters each of whom will volunteer to live, with his family, in a cardboard box under an overpass, and cook sparrows on an old curtain rod, if someone would only guarantee that the black, gay, Hispanic, liberal, whatever, in the next box over doesn't even have a curtain rod, or a sparrow to put on it."

Warboss Squee

#175
March 14, 2014, 02:48:08 PM
Quote from: Nexus;736480I feel like I might be reading too much into one of hatewhee's original posts but it seems like they're giving in to fanon and running with "Everyone in Creation is bisexual unless its stated otherwise" thing.

Link?

Warboss Squee

#176
March 14, 2014, 03:09:05 PM
Nevermind, I found it.

If you are reading to much into it, I think I agree. As for the rest of the post, I don't particularly want sexually charged art, of any type. Hell, I would prefer my elf games of all types to not include sex at all.

Nexus

#177
March 14, 2014, 06:03:45 PM
Here's the link for anyone else that was curious

On reading it again, yeah, I think I was too. He seems to be saying about the same thing they've said before on the subject maybe in a slightly clumsy way. It's one of the things they've been consistent about.

And to giver credit were credit is due. Stephen Shepherd has been handling the thread better at this point. It's still a wreck but not a total one.
Remember when Illinois Nazis where a joke in the Blue Brothers movie?

Democracy, meh? (538)

 "The salient fact of American politics is that there are fifty to seventy million voters each of whom will volunteer to live, with his family, in a cardboard box under an overpass, and cook sparrows on an old curtain rod, if someone would only guarantee that the black, gay, Hispanic, liberal, whatever, in the next box over doesn't even have a curtain rod, or a sparrow to put on it."

Nexus

#178
March 14, 2014, 08:50:26 PM
I am beginning to think that it's actually against rpg.net rules to praise Exalted without taking at least a small potshot at Tolkien, D and D or "Western" fantasy in general though.
Remember when Illinois Nazis where a joke in the Blue Brothers movie?

Democracy, meh? (538)

 "The salient fact of American politics is that there are fifty to seventy million voters each of whom will volunteer to live, with his family, in a cardboard box under an overpass, and cook sparrows on an old curtain rod, if someone would only guarantee that the black, gay, Hispanic, liberal, whatever, in the next box over doesn't even have a curtain rod, or a sparrow to put on it."

Rincewind1

#179
March 14, 2014, 09:20:23 PM
People of Creation aren't afraid of naked bodies.

Our target audience, however, is afraid of (pretty) naked bodies, so there will be no cheesecake art.
Furthermore, I consider that  This is Why We Don\'t Like You thread should be closed
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