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I just left r/OSR after joining it a week ago. Is OSR community like this everywhere?

Started by K9ine, July 15, 2020, 04:16:44 PM

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LiferGamer

#45
July 19, 2020, 01:09:34 PM
Quote from: Spinachcat;11406311) We never want to become an echo chamber ourselves.
2) Opposing voices help us remember we're a free speech forum.
3) New chew toys are fun.

Yeah, Mistwell must get lonely.

There's a handful of tabletop gamers on r/Kotakuinaction and now Kotakuinaction.win but it's mostly complaining, not tabletop discussion.
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Libramarian

#46
July 19, 2020, 03:16:25 PM
Quote from: hedgehobbit;1140649The entire OSR is overrun with SJWs. It's not just Reddit and it's not just Discord. Play the games, ignore the community.

Yep this is true, and it's a nice victory for the SJWs. The OSR could have hardened into an explicitly anti-Woke scene with stronger leadership. Unfortunately people like J Mal and Zak S were at the helm, who were comically easy to topple.

Mordred Pendragon

#47
July 19, 2020, 04:17:55 PM
Quote from: Mjollnir;1140015There's your problem.

For once, Mjollnir is right about something. Reddit is utter cancer in and of itself, and it's now a lot worse with the recent wrongthink purges.
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FelixGamingX1

#48
July 19, 2020, 04:37:17 PM
Quote from: Libramarian;1140672Yep this is true, and it's a nice victory for the SJWs. The OSR could have hardened into an explicitly anti-Woke scene with stronger leadership. Unfortunately people like J Mal and Zak S were at the helm, who were comically easy to topple.

It's an overstatement to say the hobby was "overrun" by them. Out of personal experience, they remain just an annoying and loud minority. 8~20 users out of 18k+ on the most popular subs. Once you show them you don't give two shits about their twisted thoughts they'll fuck off. The issue here is that the larger publishers are trapped in their game and simply won't take a gamble.
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Arkansan

#49
July 19, 2020, 10:37:58 PM
Quote from: FelixGamingX1;1140681It's an overstatement to say the hobby was "overrun" by them. Out of personal experience, they remain just an annoying and loud minority. 8~20 users out of 18k+ on the most popular subs. Once you show them you don't give two shits about their twisted thoughts they'll fuck off. The issue here is that the larger publishers are trapped in their game and simply won't take a gamble.

I'm not so sure about those numbers. I see them flow out of the cracks in droves whenever one of their banners of Jihad is raised. Even if they are relatively small in number (which I'm not sure about) they are still powerful simply by virtue of being willing to raise hell in support of their aims. They can't simply be waited out or ignored, they have to be actively countered or they will win, time after time.

Ghostmaker

#50
July 20, 2020, 08:21:24 AM
Quote from: Zak S;1140567Hi,  the OSR has gone nuts. A good example is the OSR discord:
(pic snipped claiming that Zak S was banned from TheRPGSite)
Nobody fact checks.

Well, it's not like you're popping in to tell us how wrong or right we are about X random game.

Or maybe you have and I just don't frequent the right threads. :)

Snowman0147

#51
July 20, 2020, 09:48:14 PM
Quote from: Zak S;1140567Hi,  the OSR has gone nuts. A good example is the OSR discord:
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Nobody fact checks.

So when in the hell are you going to defend yourself from Mandy's accusations?  Seriously I want this he said she said shit to die.

FelixGamingX1

#52
July 20, 2020, 10:18:27 PM
Don't think anyone even remembers that anymore. Private life matters should remain private. I'm confident other writers/publishers have skeletons in their closet just like anyone else.
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Snowman0147

#53
July 21, 2020, 12:10:42 AM
Quote from: FelixGamingX1;1140918Don't think anyone even remembers that anymore. Private life matters should remain private. I'm confident other writers/publishers have skeletons in their closet just like anyone else.

Oh they remember and this false accusation shit is destroying men.  It destroyed ZakS future sales in One Bookshelf which is a major lost to anyone.

Luca

#54
July 21, 2020, 04:36:48 AM
Quote from: Snowman0147;1140910So when in the hell are you going to defend yourself from Mandy's accusations?  Seriously I want this he said she said shit to die.

You do realize he did it a few days after those accusation came out, AND there's an ongoing legal proceeding in Canada, initiated by Zak, about just that... don't you?

Zak S

#55
July 21, 2020, 06:14:45 AM
Quote from: Luca;1140951You do realize he did it a few days after those accusation came out, AND there's an ongoing legal proceeding in Canada, initiated by Zak, about just that... don't you?

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Dropkicker

#56
July 21, 2020, 08:29:00 AM
Quote from: SavageSchemer;1140027That kind of behavior is common on Reddit and common on Rpg.net (where a dissenting opinion can get you perma-banned).

It's that attitude which brought me here.
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Ghostmaker

#57
July 21, 2020, 08:47:42 AM
Quote from: Snowman0147;1140910So when in the hell are you going to defend yourself from Mandy's accusations?  Seriously I want this he said she said shit to die.

Quote from: Luca;1140951You do realize he did it a few days after those accusation came out, AND there's an ongoing legal proceeding in Canada, initiated by Zak, about just that... don't you?

Yup. Once the lawyers come out, you don't say SHIT about the case till it's done. Running your mouth on the Internet is a great way to screw yourself up.

Practice delayed gratification. It's worth it.

Snowman0147

#58
July 21, 2020, 05:38:14 PM
Quote from: Zak S;1140963^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^

Is this against Mandy?  If so I will apologize.  I am just sick of these cancel culture shit because it is destroying people.

Arkansan

#59
July 21, 2020, 10:23:03 PM
Quote from: Snowman0147;1141074Is this against Mandy?  If so I will apologize.  I am just sick of these cancel culture shit because it is destroying people.

IIRC he made some rather lengthy blog posts about it that contained testimony from others who had lived with them at the time of some of the alleged incidents. They directly contradicted Mandy's version of events in a rather damning fashion.
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