Quote from: GnomeWorks on December 14, 2024, 03:37:17 PMThe only reason this asshole is still around is because you people keep engaging with him.

Stop doing that, and he will go away.

It is true that I only ever come here to fact-check.

If everybody could stop making shit up, I wouldn't have to come here and correct it.

Quote from: Zak S on December 14, 2024, 03:46:16 PMIt is true that I only ever come here to fact-check.

Did I retract my "don't quote me ever again" statement to you from several years back?

No?

Fuck off forever, shitheel.

Quote from: GnomeWorks on December 14, 2024, 03:55:15 PM

Quote from: Zak S on December 14, 2024, 03:46:16 PMIt is true that I only ever come here to fact-check.

Did I retract my "don't quote me ever again" statement to you from several years back?

No?

Fuck off forever, shitheel.

I'd be happy to make an agreement whereby you never refer to me, ever and, in exchange, I never quote you.

Quote from: Zak S on December 14, 2024, 04:03:28 PMI'd be happy to make an agreement whereby you never refer to me, ever and, in exchange, I never quote you.

Given how obviously litigious you are, I would never agree to any formal agreement with you.

Kindly crawl back into the fucking hole from whence you came.

Quote from: GnomeWorks on December 14, 2024, 04:10:47 PM

Quote from: Zak S on December 14, 2024, 04:03:28 PMI'd be happy to make an agreement whereby you never refer to me, ever and, in exchange, I never quote you.

Given how obviously litigious you are, I would never agree to any formal agreement with you.

Kindly crawl back into the fucking hole from whence you came.

Oh well.

Quote from: Zak S on December 14, 2024, 03:06:35 PM

Quote from: Valatar on December 14, 2024, 02:59:38 PM

Quote from: Zak S on December 14, 2024, 07:13:51 AMIf you actually read the instructions there's nothing suggesting anyone say anything nice about me or praise the work. You guys made that up because I guess you're complete morons.

How did you guys get this stupid? Can you read?

I reed gud.  It's sort of necessary in this hobby.

QuoteIf there is any major positive news from me, you will get an email from me. If so, and if this news is discussed in any of the places above, write helpful comments in all the places above where it is being discussed.

"Helpful" does not mean "praiseful of me specifically".

"Helpful" means it helps people. For example: if you order a book from me and arrives damaged then it is helpful to people to say that.

Again:

If you can't read, do not post comments on the internet.

I would buy that along with a Scottish nobility title, except I wasn't born yesterday and I know that people with established accounts (which you are instructing them to create) signal boosting a post (which you are instructing them to do) will tremendously boost its exposure.  Someone could reply basically anything whatsoever to a "major positive" post about you and it will guarantee more eyes see it.  They don't have to post about how you're their best buddy to have the end result you're trying to achieve here, which is the aforementioned major positive posts or articles gaming the algorithms.

You would be less tiresome as a person if you would refrain from pissing on people and telling them it's raining.  It's obvious what you're doing here to anyone with the faintest modicum of experience with SEO, which most Internet users have at this point.  There's not even anything to gain from denying it; gaming the algorithm is so everyday at this point (like and subscribe!) that I doubt anyone sees it as unethical.  You really can just say, "Yep, I'm giving people merch to improve my exposure," and it's not some scandal.  Though like BlueWave up there points out, any admin actually paying attention to user activity would pretty quickly spot those users.

Because you aren't intelligent you have moved the goalposts from

Quotepost nice things about your work

and

Quotesay nice things about you

to

Quote from: Valatar on December 14, 2024, 04:20:39 PMguarantee more eyes see it

So, your thing is totally irrelevant.

Yes, I would like many people to see the book where, to get it, you either pay me 1000$ or help make the RPG community suck less. This is in no way sinister.

No, I don't want to do the stupid and wholly unrelated other thing y'all made up.

You are moving the goalposts to do the thing where you're like "I'm wrong...but maybe that means I'm right in some new, unheard-of-way".

Quote from: Zak S on December 14, 2024, 04:27:11 PMor help make the RPG community suck less

There are obviously those that feel you could make a stronger contribution to this effort by just dropping out of the community altogether, so why should we accept your opinion of what makes the community suck less over theirs?

Quote from: HappyDaze on December 14, 2024, 04:30:06 PM

Quote from: Zak S on December 14, 2024, 04:27:11 PMor help make the RPG community suck less

There are obviously those that feel you could make a stronger contribution to this effort by just dropping out of the community altogether, so why should we accept your opinion of what makes the community suck less over theirs?

I would never argue that you should accept my definition of an unsucky RPG community--you're an anonymous internet troll.

We have, therefore, wholly opposite goals.

Quote from: Zak S on December 14, 2024, 04:33:46 PM

Quote from: HappyDaze on December 14, 2024, 04:30:06 PM

Quote from: Zak S on December 14, 2024, 04:27:11 PMor help make the RPG community suck less

There are obviously those that feel you could make a stronger contribution to this effort by just dropping out of the community altogether, so why should we accept your opinion of what makes the community suck less over theirs?

serious question: what RPG community doesn't suck?

this site is pretty good--people are generally cool. But places like rpg.net, or even reddit, are absolute cesspools from my experience. Even FB is pretty trashy

I don't really care what a guy's politics or ideology are (within reason) as long as he can act like an adult and not some chronically-offended grown-up-child. I am Gen X, and we just don't have time for bullshit.

if you know of good sites and groups, go ahead and let me know

I would never argue that you should accept my definition of an unsucky RPG community--you're an anonymous internet troll.

We have, therefore, wholly opposite goals.

Quote from: RPGPundit on December 14, 2024, 09:10:19 AMA wiser thing might be to trust your fans and supporters and let them use their own voice; at least that's always worked for me.

That's disgustingly reasonable and free market of you. It's also not how you create an Emotionally Safe Environment.

Quote from: Kyle Aaron on December 14, 2024, 08:44:13 PM

Quote from: RPGPundit on December 14, 2024, 09:10:19 AMA wiser thing might be to trust your fans and supporters and let them use their own voice; at least that's always worked for me.

That's disgustingly reasonable and free market of you. It's also not how you create an Emotionally Safe Environment.

Again, Pundit's definition of "works" is not mine.

By my lights, having a forum where mostly what people do is talk and they routinely say things that aren't true and completely dodge accountability for that is not "working".

In fact, it isn't clear what "works" means for Pundit? So it's kind of meaningless.

Anyway, so long as this thread keeps going I might as well post things from the book:

400 pages. 200-odd scenarios. Tables and tools.




Flip-through video here.

It is interesting to observe these interactions from a sociological point of view because there are few people with less self-awareness and ability to learn from their mistakes. While in actuality the Vivka Grey lawsuit has been an unmitigated disaster, with six out of eight of the accusations now legally declared to be true and many unflattering peripherals coming to light, the fact that it can be stated that Zak won a lawsuit has a face validity that would in any other situation give him back some credibility. But any interaction in a space that is not carefully controlled by pet moderators leaves one with the inescapable conclusion that he probably should have been cancelled even harder.

In this light this forum performs a vital service to the wider community by facilitating further interactions. There is a Sun Tzu-like genius to just letting Zak speak his mind that I think should be aknowledged, if only by myself. The way he can appear both contemptuous and threatening while also being completely caught in the act and confronted with the fact he has spies even in his tiny inner circle is art, easily superior to the addled scribblings he peddles at grossly inflated costs. The beauty of seeing him brag that seven people have purchased his book, contrasted with his attempt to squeeze his fans for shipping costs, illustrating his destitute status. A lesser mind would remove the astroturfed accounts for joining under false pretences but here, again, an enlightened administrator allows them to simply exist, inevitably illustrating their poverty, low status and diseases of the mind by their own actions. Who would price their time, the most precious resource in the universe, so very low?

Poetry.

Quote from: BlueWave on December 15, 2024, 05:11:56 AMIt is interesting to observe these interactions from a sociological point of view because there are few people with less self-awareness and ability to learn from their mistakes. While in actuality the Vivka Grey lawsuit has been an unmitigated disaster...

Despite the fact an anonymous 4chan troll tried to spin a win as a loss and you believed it, to quote Dr Weisman:


Her article about you here:
https://archive.is/0Nv3c

The audio clips of your fellow harassers admitting what they did have been preserved here:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8GJAJNbF2Tg

If you think I did anything wrong or that there was some horrible "revelation" you can describe : sign an affidavit under penalty of perjury saying so.

I read the court document last night, after asking someone posting defamation about Zak for any evidence to support their claim.

It seems there are a group of people actively persecuting him on multiple platforms.

It also seems these people do not know how to read court documents or what the words there are intended to mean.

They think they are heroes for their campaign of harassment. They are ignoring statements in the document.

Cherry-picking which items are relevant and which are not relevant is a dangerous game, I would say a fools game.

Zak won and Viv was exposed as being manipulative.