If I were Mearls I'd just square up whatever internal allies would be required to weather whatever storm is in there, and release the emails myself.

It may not be blackmail, but letting someone dance around with the digital equivalent of envelopes in their hand, saying "I know a secret" isn't very seemly for either of you.

Leverage is ephemeral, but it's built either on mass, or mass's inability to dance.  One is systemic and one is situational.  Be sure you have what you think you have.

Quote from: Spinachcat;1075935LOL. So Raggi finally bows to the SJW mob?

Yeah he came out in a FB post and stated he would no longer do more print runs of anything that Smith gets writing royalties. Apparently there are some things where Smith got an editing credit and Raggi will print those.

I guess the kicker was that Raggi had no interest in losing money that was already spent at the printers but was ok with putting things out of print that could make money.

The whole thing seemed half assed on Raggi's part which made his disavowing of Smith seem even more rediculous. Why bow down to the SJW mob if you are not going to buy in? The SJW  is like a wild animal, feed them once and they are coming back for more.

Quote from: Spinachcat;1075935If anyone wants to see 4e at its best, buy the 4e version of Gamma World.

For me, that's 4e at its finest incarnation (so far).

Indeed. Too bad WOTC totally screwed it up.

Quote from: RPGPundit;1075939So Zak S's business associate and fake-feminist Daniel Fox continues to try to distract from his own deep connections to Zak by claiming now that I have tried to "blackmail" Mike Mearls, and misrepresenting the notion that I'm "threatening" Wizards. All the little Stalinists have come out to Reddit to demand I be Unpersoned.

All this to hide the fact that he was collaborting with Zak in spite of Zak's very well-known previous reputation. Disgusting.

I don't know Daniel Fox from a hole in the wall (though I don't especially like what little I do know), but this post sure does look like an attempt at coercion if not blackmail. And you wrote it, right? So, it seems that you gave him the ammunition for this latest salvo. Maybe you should have thought twice before threatening the "nuclear button".

Quote from: RPGPundit;1075771Today Wizards made a statement on twitter that they were not going to include Zak's name in the credits of the next printing of the PHB. They gave no indication of whether they were going to still include the rest of us who were Consultants.

Again, if Wizards removes all the Consultant credits, it's a bitch move but there's not much to be done about it. But if they should remove mine along with Zak's just to placate these fucking Stalinists, there will be hell to pay.

Starting with my pushing the nuclear button and publishing the Mearls Emails.

Quote from: Doc Sammy;1075938T
Only this new March To The Sea will be in the West Coast instead of the South, the military will be targeting Antifa instead of the Confederate Army, seizing control of universities and Silicon Valley instead of plantations and railroads, and burning down Portland instead of Atlanta.

This could very well be the least American thing I've ever seen.  Certainly if you liked America you would uphold her Constitution; to use Federal troops against protesters you would have to first show how the state(s) 'unable or unwilling to suppress violence that is in opposition to the constitutional rights of the people'.  Failure to do so would put you in violation of The Posse Comitatus Act.  And of course, even if you went that far, a true conservative would be justifiably frightened by the use of federal power against any minority group.  "Those who would give up essential Liberty, to purchase a little temporary Safety, deserve neither Liberty nor Safety." And of course, once that genie is out of the bottle, it is only a matter of time before it is turned on other 'enemies of the state'.

Quote from: MonsterSlayer;1075946Yeah he came out in a FB post and stated he would no longer do more print runs of anything that Smith gets writing royalties. Apparently there are some things where Smith got an editing credit and Raggi will print those.

I guess the kicker was that Raggi had no interest in losing money that was already spent at the printers but was ok with putting things out of print that could make money.

The whole thing seemed half assed on Raggi's part which made his disavowing of Smith seem even more rediculous. Why bow down to the SJW mob if you are not going to buy in? The SJW  is like a wild animal, feed them once and they are coming back for more.

Why bow down to the SJW mob at all?  That is the question.  They didn't person me, so they can't unperson me.  People need to get a backbone, and be themselves; without trying to win a popularity contest on the west coast.  Just be yourself.

Quote from: Razor 007;1075965Why bow down to the SJW mob at all?  That is the question.  They didn't person me, so they can't unperson me.  People need to get a backbone, and be themselves; without trying to win a popularity contest on the west coast.  Just be yourself.

I was with you right up until you took a bash on the west coast.

Quote from: Mistwell;1075966I was with you right up until you took a bash on the west coast.

There's something in the water out there.

Quote from: Razor 007;1075969There's something in the water out there.

You only think that because you're literally drinking some of the most toxic water in the United States down in Mississippi.

Quote from: deadDMwalking;1075960This could very well be the least American thing I've ever seen.  Certainly if you liked America you would uphold her Constitution; to use Federal troops against protesters you would have to first show how the state(s) 'unable or unwilling to suppress violence that is in opposition to the constitutional rights of the people'.  Failure to do so would put you in violation of The Posse Comitatus Act.  And of course, even if you went that far, a true conservative would be justifiably frightened by the use of federal power against any minority group.  "Those who would give up essential Liberty, to purchase a little temporary Safety, deserve neither Liberty nor Safety." And of course, once that genie is out of the bottle, it is only a matter of time before it is turned on other 'enemies of the state'.

Yeah your full of shit.  You are defending people who are more than happy to destroy the first amendment.  They literally go out to beat people up just to intimidate others from speaking.  They are evil and deserve to have the army to stomp on their asses.

Quote from: Mistwell;1075971You only think that because you're literally drinking some of the most toxic water in the United States down in Mississippi.

I guess I've been outed now.  Haha!!!

I've lived out of state, and I've traveled to more than 30 states.  I've gotten around a little bit.

Quote from: Snowman0147;1075973Yeah your full of shit.  You are defending people who are more than happy to destroy the first amendment.  They literally go out to beat people up just to intimidate others from speaking.  They are evil and deserve to have the army to stomp on their asses.

I think actually just disagreeing with people, and using the law to imprison them when they break the law, is just peachy relative to things like civil wars. No, I do not think we need to gather armies to stomp those we disagree with.

Quote from: Mistwell;1075978I think actually just disagreeing with people, and using the law to imprison them when they break the law, is just peachy relative to things like civil wars. No, I do not think we need to gather armies to stomp those we disagree with.

That is not up to us now isn't it?  The first shot in the up coming civil war will most likely come from Antifa as they want to be violent.

Release the emails Pundit!

The March to the Sea might happen again, and I agree this time the target would be the West Coast. However, that's the end of the country as I don't know if we could recover from a 2nd Civil War.

Hopefully, the USA can just peacefully shatter and the opposing cultures can just go their separate ways.

And yes, I know that countries rarely break up peacefully. We can hope because there isn't a "United States" in the future at this current cultural trajectory.

Quote from: RPGPundit;1075939All the little Stalinists have come out to Reddit to demand I be Unpersoned.

The ZakMandy shitshow is a huge coup for the Stalinists, so of course they're dancing in the streets looking for their next target. And you're neon.

And I agree with the socketpuppet above with 1 post, you should absolutely go nuclear and Release the Mearls Emails!!