Quote from: splishbuzz on July 07, 2022, 06:14:40 AM
Unfortunately, I do happen to live in the UK, where this entire thing tends to be very mainstream... :/

The D&D UK Facebook player recruitment group is well moderated and good at staying apolitical https://www.facebook.com/groups/dungeonsdragonuk - an oasis in the social media desert!

If you want to PM me, I can give you a link to my Discord where you can advertise your game, I have a couple dozen non-toxic players there, many of whom are jonesing for more games (at least one is a big PF2 fan, & she's definitely not Woke) and some have partners et al looking for a game too. Also if you're in London I fancy running the 5e Essentials Kit with some new players, would give you a chance to recruit in person... 

For me, I just get players or join a group but I make it clear that politics/religion have no place in the conversation.   

If I am running the game if someone talks about politics they are warned and then if they keep doing it, they get bounced.

There is a time and place to talk about politics.  While playing a game is not one of them (unless you are playing a political game).

Quote from: splishbuzz on July 06, 2022, 01:48:54 PM
Almost all the adventures contain your stereotypical idiot worthless men, all factions are led by strong females and there's the token gay and trans characters all throughout. But here's the thing - I don't really care. At my table, I just ignore all of that and have a world where things make sense. And, generally, I'm not too against a bit of unrealism. I mean, DnD and its clones are generally games where you can be a small Kobold and still be a barbarian who knocks down a dragon or something. But I still do have a grip on reality, which is why most of my characters are male despite my irl sex being female.

That being said, I hate how limiting the culture around Pathfinder is. The forums, the content creators, every aspect of the game is woke, and not only that, all sorts of related places are going woke as well.

Make YouTube videos if you aren't already. Talk about your hobby. People will find you that you can get along with. You may not agree with them 100% on everything (that will never be). But there are many people that will agree 80% with you, which is still pretty good.

Quote from: Battlemaster on July 06, 2022, 03:27:10 PM
Fuck the fascist right and the fascist left.

Project much?

So going ALL the way back to OP: Roll20.

I'm serious.

I had the problem where when looking for a temporary new game that I wanted to run (Conspiracy X v2.0) I kept getting people that were actually mentally ill. Admittedly, it could be due to choice of game, but it's also just because it's Roll20. But here's the kicker - Roll20 has a LOT of people, so you're bound to get some gold nuggets betwixt the dross. Now, Roll20 prevent discrimination. You can't put up an ad and say "BTW, if you're XYZ, don't bother applying." But those rules only apply while you're using Roll20 as a communication platform. Once you're off the site, you can feel free to be as discerning as you want. I even have an e-mail from one of their support staff that confirms this, see the attachment.

So what I've gone around to doing is if I want a game with 4 people, I will invite 8-10 players. I'll engage them in normal conversation about stuff. If they're mental, they'll reveal their power level, and I get to boot them. Then I'll have about 6-7 decent people remaining, but about 2-3 of them will flake, and so I'll have enough people to form a group from. Then it's personal recommendations from that point on, unless we need fresh blood.

And as far as filtering woke people specifically, do the stuff I outlined above, but your "filter" would be talking about the ridiculous shit that woke people/entities do and you say "Wow look, XYZ decided to enforce pronouns in e-mails, isn't that absolutely bullshit?" Then if they start defending it, you boot them. ezpz

Quote from: drayakir on July 09, 2022, 01:31:21 PM
And as far as filtering woke people specifically, do the stuff I outlined above, but your "filter" would be talking about the ridiculous shit that woke people/entities do and you say "Wow look, XYZ decided to enforce pronouns in e-mails, isn't that absolutely bullshit?" Then if they start defending it, you boot them. ezpz

Just mention Trump. See what reactions you get for that. Then start booting accordingly.

Quote from: Shawn Driscoll on July 10, 2022, 12:26:07 AM

Quote from: drayakir on July 09, 2022, 01:31:21 PM
And as far as filtering woke people specifically, do the stuff I outlined above, but your "filter" would be talking about the ridiculous shit that woke people/entities do and you say "Wow look, XYZ decided to enforce pronouns in e-mails, isn't that absolutely bullshit?" Then if they start defending it, you boot them. ezpz

Just mention Trump. See what reactions you get for that. Then start booting accordingly.

Bullshit, lots of non woke hate trump now.

Wanna woke screen? Ask people how they feel about rpg.net. I'd be suspicious of anyone who has not been banned or walked away from that pit.

Quote from: Battlemaster on July 10, 2022, 01:22:12 AM

Quote from: Shawn Driscoll on July 10, 2022, 12:26:07 AM

Quote from: drayakir on July 09, 2022, 01:31:21 PM
And as far as filtering woke people specifically, do the stuff I outlined above, but your "filter" would be talking about the ridiculous shit that woke people/entities do and you say "Wow look, XYZ decided to enforce pronouns in e-mails, isn't that absolutely bullshit?" Then if they start defending it, you boot them. ezpz

Just mention Trump. See what reactions you get for that. Then start booting accordingly.

Bullshit, lots of non woke hate trump now.

Wanna woke screen? Ask people how they feel about rpg.net. I'd be suspicious of anyone who has not been banned or walked away from that pit.

I haven't actually been banned, and I haven't walked away, but that's because I never went there.

Quote from: Battlemaster on July 10, 2022, 01:22:12 AM

Quote from: Shawn Driscoll on July 10, 2022, 12:26:07 AM

Quote from: drayakir on July 09, 2022, 01:31:21 PM
And as far as filtering woke people specifically, do the stuff I outlined above, but your "filter" would be talking about the ridiculous shit that woke people/entities do and you say "Wow look, XYZ decided to enforce pronouns in e-mails, isn't that absolutely bullshit?" Then if they start defending it, you boot them. ezpz

Just mention Trump. See what reactions you get for that. Then start booting accordingly.

Bullshit, lots of non woke hate trump now.

And every single one of them is either a complete retard, or will probably not lose their shit at the mere mention of Trump, even if they do hate him if they're not retarded. Either way it's a still a good screen.

Quote from: Battlemaster on July 10, 2022, 01:22:12 AMWanna woke screen? Ask people how they feel about rpg.net. I'd be suspicious of anyone who has not been banned or walked away from that pit.

This assumes that they even know WTF rpg.net is. Not everyone who plays RPGs is active enough in forums to know about forum drama. And they might still be woke and simply never been to rpg.net, but even then they would still probably know about Trump.

Quote from: VisionStorm on July 10, 2022, 10:02:51 AM

Quote from: Battlemaster on July 10, 2022, 01:22:12 AM

Quote from: Shawn Driscoll on July 10, 2022, 12:26:07 AM

Quote from: drayakir on July 09, 2022, 01:31:21 PM
And as far as filtering woke people specifically, do the stuff I outlined above, but your "filter" would be talking about the ridiculous shit that woke people/entities do and you say "Wow look, XYZ decided to enforce pronouns in e-mails, isn't that absolutely bullshit?" Then if they start defending it, you boot them. ezpz

Just mention Trump. See what reactions you get for that. Then start booting accordingly.

Bullshit, lots of non woke hate trump now.

And every single one of them is either a complete retard, or will probably not lose their shit at the mere mention of Trump, even if they do hate him if they're not retarded. Either way it's a still a good screen.

Quote from: Battlemaster on July 10, 2022, 01:22:12 AMWanna woke screen? Ask people how they feel about rpg.net. I'd be suspicious of anyone who has not been banned or walked away from that pit.

This assumes that they even know WTF rpg.net is. Not everyone who plays RPGs is active enough in forums to know about forum drama. And they might still be woke and simply never been to rpg.net, but even then they would still probably know about Trump.

That's why policies and news are a better test. It allows for nuance and better filtering. Besides, someone might disagree with your politics but they could still be able to put that shit away while the game is happening.

Quote from: MeganovaStella on July 10, 2022, 07:42:27 AM

Quote from: Battlemaster on July 10, 2022, 01:22:12 AM

Quote from: Shawn Driscoll on July 10, 2022, 12:26:07 AM

Quote from: drayakir on July 09, 2022, 01:31:21 PM
And as far as filtering woke people specifically, do the stuff I outlined above, but your "filter" would be talking about the ridiculous shit that woke people/entities do and you say "Wow look, XYZ decided to enforce pronouns in e-mails, isn't that absolutely bullshit?" Then if they start defending it, you boot them. ezpz

Just mention Trump. See what reactions you get for that. Then start booting accordingly.

Bullshit, lots of non woke hate trump now.

Wanna woke screen? Ask people how they feel about rpg.net. I'd be suspicious of anyone who has not been banned or walked away from that pit.

I haven't actually been banned, and I haven't walked away, but that's because I never went there.

Soo, there's a good chance you meet the op's standards.

Quote from: Battlemaster on July 10, 2022, 01:22:12 AM

Quote from: Shawn Driscoll on July 10, 2022, 12:26:07 AM

Quote from: drayakir on July 09, 2022, 01:31:21 PM
And as far as filtering woke people specifically, do the stuff I outlined above, but your "filter" would be talking about the ridiculous shit that woke people/entities do and you say "Wow look, XYZ decided to enforce pronouns in e-mails, isn't that absolutely bullshit?" Then if they start defending it, you boot them. ezpz

Just mention Trump. See what reactions you get for that. Then start booting accordingly.

Bullshit, lots of non woke hate trump now.

Trump Derangement Syndrome at it's finest!

Quote from: Battlemaster on July 10, 2022, 01:22:12 AM

Quote from: Shawn Driscoll on July 10, 2022, 12:26:07 AM
Just mention Trump. See what reactions you get for that. Then start booting accordingly.

Bullshit, lots of non woke hate trump now.

There will always be never-Trumpers. But they don't make nearly as much fuss as you just did.

Quote from: Battlemaster on July 10, 2022, 01:22:12 AM
Wanna woke screen? Ask people how they feel about rpg.net. I'd be suspicious of anyone who has not been banned or walked away from that pit.

I was banned from that site years ago. Not sure what you're screening for exactly with the mentioning of it. What if the person your screening doesn't use BBS forums? Most of them don't.

Anyway, learn to vet players. Sounds like you have no clue. Or people have already vetted you away from their tables. I don't allow democrats in my games.

Quote from: Battlemaster on July 06, 2022, 03:27:10 PM
Oh Jesus Christ, does every fucking game thread here have to mention being  anti woke?  Does everyone  here have to fuckibg constantly virture signal how anti woke they are?

The anti woke crowd is as fucking tiresome as the woke crowd.

"Oi mate, can you not be a cunt or I'll start avoiding you and people like you."

"OMG, you are just as bad as those so called heckin valid SJWs!"

Having standards for your friends and groups is not the gotcha you think it is. I as a person have a right to associate with whomever I like. Without being forced to. If someone is constantly screaming about how Race in DnD is some flavour of ism I and the rest of my group have a right to say that sort of tedious sophistry is unacceptable in my group. The same as you guys do when you talk about fiery yet peaceful property destruction and someone wants to bring Trump into it.

Groups have standards. They may differ on a per group basis. Whining because one group has different standards than yours just shows how intolerant you are. It is perfectly acceptable for a person to look for a likeminded group as opposed to a group that will not be welcoming to people with his opinions. That you can't accept this is more proof that SJWs are the real bigots and fascists.

Quote from: Battlemaster on July 10, 2022, 02:18:52 PM

Quote from: MeganovaStella on July 10, 2022, 07:42:27 AM

Quote from: Battlemaster on July 10, 2022, 01:22:12 AM

Quote from: Shawn Driscoll on July 10, 2022, 12:26:07 AM

Quote from: drayakir on July 09, 2022, 01:31:21 PM
And as far as filtering woke people specifically, do the stuff I outlined above, but your "filter" would be talking about the ridiculous shit that woke people/entities do and you say "Wow look, XYZ decided to enforce pronouns in e-mails, isn't that absolutely bullshit?" Then if they start defending it, you boot them. ezpz

Just mention Trump. See what reactions you get for that. Then start booting accordingly.

Bullshit, lots of non woke hate trump now.

Wanna woke screen? Ask people how they feel about rpg.net. I'd be suspicious of anyone who has not been banned or walked away from that pit.

I haven't actually been banned, and I haven't walked away, but that's because I never went there.

Soo, there's a good chance you meet the op's standards.

for being 'woke'? no, as my personal politics are pretty far from 'woke', and I also don't care about what people put in their media. Depiction is not endorsement, nobody is forcing you to consume dark media, and media does not affect reality.

For being 'non-woke'? Yes.