Quote from: BadApple on December 25, 2024, 07:28:41 AMI don't see him disavowing the ideology he was a part of that did this to him.  I don't see him trying to get along with those that didn't try to cancel him. 

This.

Quote from: BadApple on December 25, 2024, 07:28:41 AMI don't see him disavowing the ideology he was a part of that did this to him.

As soon as someone makes something up regardless of ideology, they have become a part of the hatemob.

Quote from: PsyClops on December 25, 2024, 11:43:21 AM

Quote from: BadApple on December 25, 2024, 07:28:41 AMI don't see him disavowing the ideology he was a part of that did this to him.

As soon as someone makes something up regardless of ideology, they have become a part of the hatemob.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ElXi7yDHyWo&pp=ygUfYnJpdHRhbnkgc3BlYXJzIGxlYXZlIGhlciBhbG9uZQ%3D%3D

Quote from: RPGPundit on December 25, 2024, 10:06:43 AMNo, sorry, one thing I've never been the slightest bit concerned with is having the trendy lefty pretentious twats giving a damn about me, right from the very start when I called them all Swine.

Oink oink!

But more on point.

QuoteI'll assume some people have made that claim, but personally I've heard far more people claim that Zak is some kind of "trust fund baby" than that Zak is in RPGs for cash.

One could argue those are not even mutually exclusive but that doesn't really matter. People are idiots. Believing in two mutually exclusive things is what they do all the time, I won't go into political examples though they're the ones that can be clearly seen. But without politics, just looking at Zak's case again - people proclaim "I believe women!" until a woman says "you're wrong, I was there and I saw what really happened", then those same people go "lol you're a stupid bitch I don't have to listen to you". Happens all the time. I'm sure you saw it more often than I did.

Quote from: dvar on December 24, 2024, 05:07:30 AM

Quote from: SHARK on December 24, 2024, 12:39:42 AMHey there Eirikrautha! You know, something else I have noticed about some people. They conduct their social interactions and conversations like everyone involved is on trial in a court. That kind of legalistic approach to conversation and socializing to be eye-rollingly annoying, and kind of sad. Such an approach to socializing and conversation demonstrates a huge chip on their shoulder and likely long-standing social problems.

All of the yammering about "Misinformation" and calls to "Prove It!" or "You need to show evidence!" Blah Blah. No, people don't. The people yammering on like that can pound sound. Fucking conversations between people face to face or even here, especially online, are not college debates or episodes of fucking court trials. You know? It's like, Geesus, man. Get a life, and go outside and touch grass. *Laughing*

Hey Shark, I understand where you're coming from, but there's an important point to consider in this context. This isn't about abstract debates or theoretical constructs—it's about real consequences on someone's life. In this case, Zak's reputation was unjustly dragged through the mud based on misinformation spread by bad actors, and it's had a tangible, damaging impact.

There's proof that these claims were unfounded, yet some people still perpetuate the lies without acknowledging the truth that's come to light over time. Setting the record straight isn't about being overly legalistic—it's about correcting falsehoods and restoring fairness, even when it's a hard pill for some to swallow.

Greetings!

Hello, Dvar!

Yes, well, if someone is talking *specifically* about some court-related issue and legal charges, then what you are saying may be relevant.

The problem here for Zak is, as I have seen in nearly all of the commentary in this thread--is that no one is talking about Zak's BS court drama with his porn star girlfriends. No one here gives a damn about any of that at the end of the day. I suspect that most members here never bought into the BS court nonsense and "allegations". Why? Well, for one thing, everyone here has likely been married, some divorced, and virtually all here are quite familiar with the hazards and ordeals involved when engaging in relationships with women.

Toss porn-star skank women into the mix, and the drugs, mentally-damaged attributes of moron Leftists, and you can dial all that BS drama up to 11.

Personally, as I stated long ago when this BS unfolded, I don't care, it's none of my business. What *exactly* went on between Zak and his porn-star girlfriend is strictly their business and no one else's business, unless the police become involved, and a court of law. Then, everything in Zak's specific relationships also becomes the business of the police and the court.

What has destroyed Zak's reputation for many in the gaming hobby, and particularly members of this site, has everything to do with his fucking moron Leftist politics and ideology, his degenerate, immoral, and disgusting lifestyle, his narcissistic, entitled, and arrogant demeanor, and his condescending and smarmy attitudes and interactions with people in the hobby, online, and here on this site.

Semper Fidelis,

SHARK

Quick question, would you rather be in the RPG hobby with people who are arrogant and condescending, or ones who are shy, insecure and forever terrified of hurting anyone's feelings?

Quote from: Xaxus on December 25, 2024, 04:49:54 PMQuick question, would you rather be in the RPG hobby with people who are arrogant and condescending, or ones who are shy, insecure and forever terrified of hurting anyone's feelings?

I'd rather reject your pointless binary hypothetical and get on with playing games.

Quote from: PsyClops on December 25, 2024, 11:43:21 AM

Quote from: BadApple on December 25, 2024, 07:28:41 AMI don't see him disavowing the ideology he was a part of that did this to him.

As soon as someone makes something up regardless of ideology, they have become a part of the hatemob.

But the people who organized the cancellation of Zak were of a specific ideology. They were woke leftists, 3rd wave feminists who hate porn, and totalitarian censors.

Quote from: BadApple on December 25, 2024, 11:46:23 AM

Quote from: PsyClops on December 25, 2024, 11:43:21 AM

Quote from: BadApple on December 25, 2024, 07:28:41 AMI don't see him disavowing the ideology he was a part of that did this to him.

As soon as someone makes something up regardless of ideology, they have become a part of the hatemob.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ElXi7yDHyWo&pp=ygUfYnJpdHRhbnkgc3BlYXJzIGxlYXZlIGhlciBhbG9uZQ%3D%3D

Do NOT put blind links to videos. This is your one warning about that.

Quote from: Xaxus on December 25, 2024, 03:52:36 PM

Quote from: RPGPundit on December 25, 2024, 10:06:43 AMI'll assume some people have made that claim, but personally I've heard far more people claim that Zak is some kind of "trust fund baby" than that Zak is in RPGs for cash.

One could argue those are not even mutually exclusive but that doesn't really matter. People are idiots. Believing in two mutually exclusive things is what they do all the time, I won't go into political examples though they're the ones that can be clearly seen. But without politics, just looking at Zak's case again - people proclaim "I believe women!" until a woman says "you're wrong, I was there and I saw what really happened", then those same people go "lol you're a stupid bitch I don't have to listen to you". Happens all the time. I'm sure you saw it more often than I did.

It certainly is the case with me: my haters have the most rabid derangement syndrome in the world, and I've seen the same person claim I live off inherited wealth (not true, I took a page from Ozymandias and refused my family inheritance when I was 18), and that I'm actually hopelessly poor and lying about my success in RPG sales (also not true, I probably couldn't claim RPGs made me 'rich', but they afford me a very comfortable lifestyle and let me buy my own home).

Quote from: Xaxus on December 25, 2024, 04:49:54 PMQuick question, would you rather be in the RPG hobby with people who are arrogant and condescending, or ones who are shy, insecure and forever terrified of hurting anyone's feelings?

I would like to have an RPG hobby with people who don't support censorship. Especially people so retardedly narcissistic that they support censorship after they themselves were censored (and only believe they personally should never be censored).

Sounds good to me. I like it when there's a clear line between editing and censorship, and everyone keeps that line in mind.

Quote from: RPGPundit on December 25, 2024, 05:49:01 PMBut the people who organized the cancellation of Zak were of a specific ideology. They were woke leftists, 3rd wave feminists who hate porn, and totalitarian censors.

Those are the bad guys. For those same reasons. Bad guys who think they're the good guys.

Humanitarianism does not lie. Humanitarianism does not persecute people. Humanitarianism asks to see evidence before behaving.

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Quote from: RPGPundit...posting to specific internet sites (some of which he declared as "hostile")

Zak has been 100% accurate about that so far

How is he designating hostile? Does he just mean "there are people there who don't like me"?

As I've said probably dozens of times:

It's hostile because people can freely post misinformation here and they are not held accountable for it.

He has a point there: I've seen Zak do that here in his defense of cheating someone out of his money.  And he still is free to post.

Guess I have a different idea about what constitutes cheating someone out of his money. My version involves cheating.