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Is This "Brigade" Instruction Real, Zak?

Started by RPGPundit, December 13, 2024, 05:29:52 PM

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Zak S

#90
December 15, 2024, 01:36:23 PM Last Edit: December 15, 2024, 01:40:35 PM by Zak S
Quote from: Garry G on December 15, 2024, 01:21:31 PMI'm not feeling engaged by your marketing strategy of calling people stupid.

That's less a marketing strategy than a moral obligation.


This is the book:
I won a jillion RPG design awards.

Buy something. 100% of the proceeds go toward legal action against people this forum hates.

Garry G

#91
December 15, 2024, 01:47:41 PM
I'm clearly not going to buy it as the person trying to sell it to me has just called me stupid. I would have also been a bit concerned about the pages looking messy but I'm clearly too stupid to see the artistic vision.

Is it a moral obligation to be a bit of a dick? That seems more of a just being a bit of a dick choice.

Zak S

#92
December 15, 2024, 01:53:05 PM Last Edit: December 15, 2024, 02:00:21 PM by Zak S
Quote from: Garry G on December 15, 2024, 01:47:41 PMI'm clearly not going to buy it as the person trying to sell it to me has just called me stupid. I would have also been a bit concerned about the pages looking messy but I'm clearly too stupid to see the artistic vision.

It's not for sale, dude.

Like: you can't buy it (unless you drop 1000$ which I didn't think you would)

Like the whole "Huff, you 've lost my 22.99$!!! " Doesn't work here, Karen. This isn't about money. I think that may be one reason it's so confusing.

QuoteIs it a moral obligation to be a bit of a dick? That seems more of a just being a bit of a dick choice.
No, it's a moral obligation to point out why you and anyone else reading) was served misinformation.

The folks who made the claim didn't read the text they were complaining about. Knowing that will help you evaluate their claims in the future if you're smart.
I won a jillion RPG design awards.

Buy something. 100% of the proceeds go toward legal action against people this forum hates.

GnosticGoblin

#93
December 15, 2024, 02:30:35 PM
Quote from: Garry G on December 15, 2024, 01:21:31 PMI'm not feeling engaged by your marketing strategy of calling people stupid.

Intelligent people know we are intelligent. We feel no threat of being called stupid because we know it's not true. Someone who cannot recognise intelligence probably isn't.

That has nothing to do with the quality of a product. The photos of Zak's book look amazing and of course it makes people want a copy. Some people have paid $1000 for it already.

Most of us do not often come across a book which retails at $1000 and is actually selling at that price.

This deserves respect in and of itself regardless of any other factor.
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GnosticGoblin

#94
December 15, 2024, 02:35:48 PM Last Edit: December 15, 2024, 02:37:30 PM by GnosticGoblin
Quote from: Zak S on December 15, 2024, 01:53:05 PM
Quote from: Garry G on December 15, 2024, 01:47:41 PMI'm clearly not going to buy it as the person trying to sell it to me has just called me stupid. I would have also been a bit concerned about the pages looking messy but I'm clearly too stupid to see the artistic vision.

It's not for sale, dude.

Like: you can't buy it (unless you drop 1000$ which I didn't think you would)

Like the whole "Huff, you 've lost my 22.99$!!! " Doesn't work here, Karen. This isn't about money. I think that may be one reason it's so confusing.

QuoteIs it a moral obligation to be a bit of a dick? That seems more of a just being a bit of a dick choice.
No, it's a moral obligation to point out why you and anyone else reading) was served misinformation.

The folks who made the claim didn't read the text they were complaining about. Knowing that will help you evaluate their claims in the future if you're smart.

There is no shame at all in admitting you went on misinformation. That is human faculty for error. People forgive those who accept accountability for their mistakes.

There is shame in being showed how it was misinformation when the misinformation is exposed and continuing to conduct your behaviour in error. To do so is ignorant.

It does technically prove a person to be stupid, regarding Zaks observation.

The problem is the person and people promoting misinformation knowingly. That enters into the situation of hate crime.
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Corolinth

#95
December 15, 2024, 02:44:48 PM
Apparently winning a defamation lawsuit means never having to re-evaluate why people don't like you.

Zak S

#96
December 15, 2024, 02:51:21 PM
Quote from: Corolinth on December 15, 2024, 02:44:48 PMApparently winning a defamation lawsuit means never having to re-evaluate why people don't like you.

Oh we all know that.

When someone lies and you point it out, they don't like it.
I won a jillion RPG design awards.

Buy something. 100% of the proceeds go toward legal action against people this forum hates.

Eirikrautha

#97
December 15, 2024, 02:55:27 PM
Quote from: GnosticGoblin on December 15, 2024, 02:30:35 PMThat has nothing to do with the quality of a product. The photos of Zak's book look amazing and of course it makes people want a copy. Some people have paid $1000 for it already.

Most of us do not often come across a book which retails at $1000 and is actually selling at that price.

This deserves respect in and of itself regardless of any other factor.

I actually hope you are a sock-puppet.  Because that would be a thousand times less cringy than your sycophantic posts.  I'm struggling to find anything in the pictures of his scribbles posted to this thread that would justify a dollar, much less a thousand.  And my time is worth way more than that.  I'm having a hard time taking your post seriously, honestly.  The entire corpus of TSR D&D originally sold for less than $1000 cumulatively...
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BadApple

#98
December 15, 2024, 03:20:47 PM Last Edit: December 15, 2024, 03:22:30 PM by BadApple
Quote from: Zak S on December 15, 2024, 12:08:34 PMWe get it, you're a right wing tool.

People who aren't won't agree with you, ever, so there's no use scolding them about it.

I find the idea that keeping your word or being fully transparent when giving out information is somehow a right wing value really bizarre.

Quote from: Riquez on December 15, 2024, 12:48:15 PM
Quote from: BadApple on December 15, 2024, 12:05:06 PMRead the OP and you'll see it certainly looks shady and Pundit was right in bringing it to the light. 

I am critical of some of the professional things I've seen out of Zak.  He did them publicly and therefore we have a right to discuss them publicly.  I don't want to crucify him, I just want him to make appropriate changes, make amends, and behave better.

I have looked at some of his works and I do agree that he has talent.  I try to take all such things on their own merit. 

Indeed the OP was inevitable. It wasn't exactly hidden.
The warnings about "hostile" are just because there's a high risk of getting booted if you mention Zak.

To this forums credit, at least you guys are more tolerant of discussion.
Other places you will get hate mail if you so much as mention him.


There is a lot of different perspectives and opinions here; as long as you keep it on topic it's acceptable.  Zak has been a subscriber here for years without issue.

If Zak means "hostile" as "they might kick you." then he was absolutely wrong.  There are some here that are critical of him but no one trying to hurt him that I know of.



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GnosticGoblin

#99
December 15, 2024, 03:22:32 PM
Quote from: Corolinth on December 15, 2024, 02:44:48 PMApparently winning a defamation lawsuit means never having to re-evaluate why people don't like you.

It's quite obvious he has. Proof of it is all over the forums. The people who don't like Zak state their reasons regularly.

The problem for everyone is those reasons have been proved to be that they have been manipulated by lies and fabrications, which have been debunked with actual evidence.

Those people seem unwilling or unable to look at the actual evidence. Instead, they are targeting Zak and anyone who speaks up for Zak. The hostility is destroying the D&D community.
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GnosticGoblin

#100
December 15, 2024, 03:24:23 PM Last Edit: December 15, 2024, 03:26:22 PM by GnosticGoblin
Quote from: Eirikrautha on December 15, 2024, 02:55:27 PM
Quote from: GnosticGoblin on December 15, 2024, 02:30:35 PMThat has nothing to do with the quality of a product. The photos of Zak's book look amazing and of course it makes people want a copy. Some people have paid $1000 for it already.

Most of us do not often come across a book which retails at $1000 and is actually selling at that price.

This deserves respect in and of itself regardless of any other factor.

I actually hope you are a sock-puppet.  Because that would be a thousand times less cringy than your sycophantic posts.  I'm struggling to find anything in the pictures of his scribbles posted to this thread that would justify a dollar, much less a thousand.  And my time is worth way more than that.  I'm having a hard time taking your post seriously, honestly.  The entire corpus of TSR D&D originally sold for less than $1000 cumulatively...

You do not get to tell other people what they like or do not like. They get to tell you that. It is how it works. This is a normal boundary. Attacking those boundaries is sociopathic behaviour.

Also the economy has changed just a little bit since the 1970s, you might want to look into that.
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GnomeWorks

#101
December 15, 2024, 03:28:30 PM
Quote from: GnosticGoblin on December 15, 2024, 03:24:23 PMYou do not get to tell other people what they like or do not like. They get to tell you that. It is how it works. This is a normal boundary. Attacking those boundaries is sociopathic behaviour.

You're a shit sock. Fuck off already.

Honestly Zak, you, and everyone else with <100 posts in this thread should just be fucking banned.
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Zak S

#102
December 15, 2024, 03:31:03 PM
Quote from: BadApple on December 15, 2024, 03:20:47 PMThere are some here that are critical of him but no one trying to hurt him that I know of.


It's the lying and misinformation that's hostile.

Hate to sound like a broken record, but it sounds like I have to.

I won a jillion RPG design awards.

Buy something. 100% of the proceeds go toward legal action against people this forum hates.

GnosticGoblin

#103
December 15, 2024, 03:38:40 PM
Post count has nothing to do with a person using their own mind to defend other people who also use their own minds, by asking for evidence, instead of being hostile.

Yes I am a new forum user.

There are trolls in here attacking new forum users. They are defined as trolls because of their antisocial behaviour.

With your high post count you represent this community. It now has a reputation for being full of angry hostile trolls. That's your bad.

It is damaging to the reputation of the D&D community which is damaging to the industry. Some people care about that.
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Brad

#104
December 15, 2024, 03:46:21 PM Last Edit: December 15, 2024, 03:48:14 PM by Brad
Quote from: Chris24601 on December 15, 2024, 08:36:45 AMYou seem quite touchy and ready to lash out at anyone who doesn't march in lockstep with your thinking. I wonder why that is?

Because he's an obnoxious, narcissistic faggot.

Quote from: GnosticGoblin on December 15, 2024, 03:38:40 PMPost count has nothing to do with a person using their own mind to defend other people who also use their own minds, by asking for evidence, instead of being hostile.

Yes I am a new forum user.

There are trolls in here attacking new forum users. They are defined as trolls because of their antisocial behaviour.

With your high post count you represent this community. It now has a reputation for being full of angry hostile trolls. That's your bad.

It is damaging to the reputation of the D&D community which is damaging to the industry. Some people care about that.

So basically, all that nonsense is indeed 100% true and his butt-buddies have shown up here simply to get some free stuff. Lame.
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