Quote from: Spinachcat on June 30, 2021, 12:25:07 AM
LOL.

There clearly needs to be Make Fantasy Great Again OSR RPG Con.

No need to limit it to just Fantasy. There's plenty of good non-woke rpg of numerous genres out there. Limiting it to JUST Fantasy or just OSR is just playing to the Woke divide-and-conquer strategy.

So open it up to all non-woke games/players and call it the "Make Adventuring Great Again Convention" or MAGACon for short. 

Quote from: SaintAndSinner on June 28, 2021, 09:10:37 PM
Hey Everyone,
GenCon On-Site Games on Demand is looking for in-person GMs to run games at GenCon 2021 in Indianapolis, IN from September 16-19, 2021. We need enough GMs to run 3 concurrent tables of games in the morning and afternoon of each day of the convention and would love to have you join us!

Whooo-eee. I feel sorry for you. You pretty much stuck your arm in an angry hornets nest as Gen-Con higher ups have been... special... lately... Again. And its rather eroded any good will towards the con.

  I would not attend Gencon if you paid me too.  I went in 2016 and I enjoyed it.  I was there mostly buying and sight seeing, and trying out a few board games with preview tables.   However, that particular organization has taken stances that say they hate me.  I wanted at the time, to come back in a few years once my kids were old enough to go and enjoy it.   No way in hell would I go now.

   As for game mastering at that Con...I would rather be a cop in the worse neighborhood in detroit.  Fewer landmines to trip over regarding getting outraged mobbed.

Since I had zero interest in going to GenCon before it was taken over by the current crowd, it is difficult to express just how far into "negative interest" territory it has now gone.  Let's just say we left "Wouldn't go if they paid me" behind in the review mirror some time ago, with the acceleration increasing.

Quote from: Omega on June 30, 2021, 04:08:09 AM
Whooo-eee. I feel sorry for you. You pretty much stuck your arm in an angry hornets nest as Gen-Con higher ups have been... special... lately... Again. And its rather eroded any good will towards the con.

Luckily I have thick skin. I like playing good games with interesting people. The rest of the drama doesn't bother me.

Quote from: SaintAndSinner on June 30, 2021, 03:02:23 PM

Quote from: Omega on June 30, 2021, 04:08:09 AM
Whooo-eee. I feel sorry for you. You pretty much stuck your arm in an angry hornets nest as Gen-Con higher ups have been... special... lately... Again. And its rather eroded any good will towards the con.

Luckily I have thick skin. I like playing good games with interesting people. The rest of the drama doesn't bother me.

   I do not see where the thick skin matters at all.  No one seems to be attacking you.  You just get to see the buzzing.

Quote from: SaintAndSinner on June 30, 2021, 03:02:23 PM

Quote from: Omega on June 30, 2021, 04:08:09 AM
Whooo-eee. I feel sorry for you. You pretty much stuck your arm in an angry hornets nest as Gen-Con higher ups have been... special... lately... Again. And its rather eroded any good will towards the con.

Luckily I have thick skin. I like playing good games with interesting people. The rest of the drama doesn't bother me.

You may not be interested in the drama, but the drama will be interested in you.

Quote from: oggsmash on June 30, 2021, 03:07:02 PM
I do not see where the thick skin matters at all.  No one seems to be attacking you.  You just get to see the buzzing.

You're correct. I was just skimming the temp but the replies are all aiming any ire at Gencon, not me. I should have just said:

QuoteI like playing good games with interesting people. The rest of the drama doesn't bother me.

Since people of every persuasion (here and multiple other places) are telling me there is no interest for in-person GoD, this will get tabled for a year.

Quote from: SaintAndSinner on June 30, 2021, 03:02:23 PMLuckily I have thick skin. I like playing good games with interesting people. The rest of the drama doesn't bother me.

If only it were just drama. People have been threatened, and in at least two cases now, physically attacked just attending GenCon. Used to be the only thing had to worry about were grifters pretending to be bikers with damaged bikes and could you spare 20$. Or being accosted by a random hooker.

I love to GM stuff and used to host a Dragon Storm session each year when was working with BDP way back. I've also GM'd the original Albedo as knew both the creator and RPG writer well way back.

But Im not going to attend knowing the staff and and nigh certainly will be treating people like dirt. Or worse. I had run-ins like that years ago at other cons and have seen first hand just how bad things can get short of violence.

I really miss the days Andon ran GenCon.

Quote from: SaintAndSinner on June 30, 2021, 04:15:01 PM

Quote from: oggsmash on June 30, 2021, 03:07:02 PM
I do not see where the thick skin matters at all.  No one seems to be attacking you.  You just get to see the buzzing.

You're correct. I was just skimming the temp but the replies are all aiming any ire at Gencon, not me. I should have just said:

QuoteI like playing good games with interesting people. The rest of the drama doesn't bother me.

Since people of every persuasion (here and multiple other places) are telling me there is no interest for in-person GoD, this will get tabled for a year.

I did not see anything wrong with your comment.

From personal experience: Some advice then:
I'd say that if you really want to do this then go in as planned if can find enough folk willing. But go in cautiously, aware that there might be a problem. Or hopefully there might not be any problem at all.
Much like posting over on RPG.net. You can cross the minefield and never get blown to smithereens. 

Quote from: Zelen on June 28, 2021, 10:07:23 PM
Best of luck, but I will not participate in a convention that participates in and facilitates hate mobs. I have no interest in this type of thing until GenCon cleans up their act.

This exactly.  I agree 100%.  I used to love going to GenCon nearly every year.  No more.  They will not get another penny from me. 

GenCon can eat a $^#*.

GET WOKE GO BROKE!

TRUMP 2024, BABY!

Quote from: Omega on June 30, 2021, 04:44:57 PM
From personal experience: Some advice then:
I'd say that if you really want to do this then go in as planned if can find enough folk willing. But go in cautiously, aware that there might be a problem. Or hopefully there might not be any problem at all.
Much like posting over on RPG.net. You can cross the minefield and never get blown to smithereens. 

Since people of every persuasion (here and multiple other places) are telling me there is no interest for an in-person GoD, this will get tabled for a year.

Quote from: SaintAndSinner on June 30, 2021, 04:15:01 PM

Quote from: oggsmash on June 30, 2021, 03:07:02 PM
I do not see where the thick skin matters at all.  No one seems to be attacking you.  You just get to see the buzzing.

You're correct. I was just skimming the temp but the replies are all aiming any ire at Gencon, not me. I should have just said:

QuoteI like playing good games with interesting people. The rest of the drama doesn't bother me.

Since people of every persuasion (here and multiple other places) are telling me there is no interest for in-person GoD, this will get tabled for a year.

  I would think it works out better next year.  I cant imagine a heavy con attendance for any con with the coof lingering about.

Gencon supports violence, and censorship.  I will not give my money, time, or labor to an organization that follows those practices.

Quote from: SaintAndSinner on June 30, 2021, 04:15:01 PM

Quote from: oggsmash on June 30, 2021, 03:07:02 PM
I do not see where the thick skin matters at all.  No one seems to be attacking you.  You just get to see the buzzing.

You're correct. I was just skimming the temp but the replies are all aiming any ire at Gencon, not me. I should have just said:

QuoteI like playing good games with interesting people. The rest of the drama doesn't bother me.

Since people of every persuasion (here and multiple other places) are telling me there is no interest for in-person GoD, this will get tabled for a year.

You handled the responses fairly well. That deserves a kudo or two.

(A kudo is a type of bird, right?)