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Mythic Polynesia hubbub - Storm in a thimble!

Started by Rob Necronomicon, December 14, 2022, 06:54:59 AM

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Zaxxon

#45
December 16, 2022, 08:08:19 AM
Wow, just wow... Oh, the terrible harm, that this RPG product is inflicting, I can't even.

I'm not even playing Mythras ATM, but I went ahead and bought it, just out of spite.  ;D

Yes, that guy is truly a pathetic grifter, I wouldn't hire him to clean my cat's litter box.

P.S.
First post, hello to everybody!

Rob Necronomicon

#46
December 16, 2022, 08:13:59 AM
Quote from: Zaxxon on December 16, 2022, 08:08:19 AM
Wow, just wow... Oh, the terrible harm, that this RPG product is inflicting, I can't even.

I'm not even playing Mythras ATM, but I went ahead and bought it, just out of spite.  ;D

Indeed! New Zealand is about to implode into a blood bath over this seminal and highly accurate product.  :)

I love the way a few gimps on TBP are planning to remove 'their products' from DT as a protest and boycott tDM. Right... And you are who exactly? Oh, that's right, nobody at all.  ;D

PulpHerb

#47
December 16, 2022, 11:04:31 AM
Quote from: Brad on December 14, 2022, 05:40:17 PM
Quote from: PulpHerb on December 14, 2022, 05:26:42 PM
Ed Simbalist and Wilf Backhaus thought the "medieval" part of early D&D was a crock. Did they bitch about it (well, yeah, some in APAs probably), but their principle reaction was the first medieval authentic RPG (sorry Pundit): Chivalry & Sorcery.

I'd say most games up until the 2000s were essentially responses to D&D, and ways to fix things the author thought were done incorrectly. The OSR sort of went the other way and tried to reimplement D&D, albeit with changes that amount to house rules. That said, I will reiterate: these clowns do NOT PLAY roleplaying games, unless you consider posting to a messageboard pseudo-anonymously a roleplaying game.

Agreed, although in the 90s we started getting responses to WoD.

That's normal in any creative field dominated by one or two big players. Much of the other players are responding in some way to the bigs. It is the nature of influences.

But I was after the idea that it used to be if D&D pissed you off, you wrote a new game and said "I've done it right" instead of demanding the people actually working and putting out product bow to your whims.

Rob Necronomicon

#48
February 02, 2023, 06:45:32 AM
Interesting... I see the book is now no longer available on drivethru. I still have access to my download but it's no longer for sale digitally.

I'm guessing that they are about bow to political correctness after all. A real shame if they do...

mudbanks

#49
February 02, 2023, 07:44:21 AM
I might be remembering wrongly, but didn't TDM already how previously? They supported BLM or something.

Rob Necronomicon

#50
February 02, 2023, 07:53:09 AM
Quote from: mudbanks on February 02, 2023, 07:44:21 AM
I might be remembering wrongly, but didn't TDM already how previously?

I've no idea, to be honest... But in regards to this, it looks like they are bending the knee. I can't see why else it would be removed from drivthru's library.

It's always the way, one little bitch moans about something then the company starts a shakin' and suddenly they get cold feet. We will probably see a 'we got it wrong apology' in the near future.

Not that they care, but I won't give them another dime if they do. C'est la vie...

Raleel

#51
February 02, 2023, 08:20:22 AM
Other reasons include DTRPG took it down themselves, which seems possible, considering how it's still up in the tdm store.

Rob Necronomicon

#52
February 02, 2023, 08:32:22 AM
Quote from: Raleel on February 02, 2023, 08:20:22 AM
Other reasons include DTRPG took it down themselves, which seems possible, considering how it's still up in the tdm store.

Possible... But I don't think DT is quite that censorious (in general). I had noticed that the physical book is still on their site but I think this could just be a way of clearing stock. EDIT: But searching again the pdf is still on sale on their site (which I'm happy about!).

I guess we will see soon enough. But certainly, I'll tip my cap to TDM if they have not given in. But if that's the case, then I think that would bring drivethru's censorship policy to a whole new level.  :(








zincmoat

#53
February 02, 2023, 08:43:18 AM
DT have taken it down.
TDM have not backed down.
It is still available on Lulu and other places.

Rob Necronomicon

#54
February 02, 2023, 08:45:58 AM
Quote from: zincmoat on February 02, 2023, 08:43:18 AM
DT have taken it down.
TDM have not backed down.
It is still available on Lulu and other places.

Like I said, if that is the case then I salute them.

zincmoat

#55
February 02, 2023, 09:04:34 AM
Quote from: Rob Necronomicon on February 02, 2023, 08:32:22 AM
But if that's the case, then I think that would bring drivethru's censorship policy to a whole new level.  :(

I haven't bought anything from then since they made Venger ban/rewrite his  Rainbow Crystal Utopia.

Rob Necronomicon

#56
February 02, 2023, 09:47:08 AM
Quote from: zincmoat on February 02, 2023, 09:04:34 AM
Quote from: Rob Necronomicon on February 02, 2023, 08:32:22 AM
But if that's the case, then I think that would bring drivethru's censorship policy to a whole new level.  :(

I haven't bought anything from then since they made Venger ban/rewrite his  Rainbow Crystal Utopia.

That was pathetic alright... Unfortuntely they are the only game in town. So I buy from them regularly. If there was another way I'd be all over it.

I remember they also banned some other chap for having ACAB somewhere in a book. Apparently, Tenkar cried to them or some shit.


migo

#57
February 02, 2023, 09:49:08 AM
Quote from: mudbanks on February 02, 2023, 07:44:21 AM
I might be remembering wrongly, but didn't TDM already how previously? They supported BLM or something.

The guide to woke companies mentions they had a video saying if you vote for a 'particular candidate' (who never got named in the thread) not to buy their books, but they 'learned their lesson' and pulled it down.

As far as taking a knee for supporting BLM - Schwalb entertainment did, and they're still on the green list.

Quote from: zincmoat on February 02, 2023, 09:04:34 AM
Quote from: Rob Necronomicon on February 02, 2023, 08:32:22 AM
But if that's the case, then I think that would bring drivethru's censorship policy to a whole new level.  :(

I haven't bought anything from then since they made Venger ban/rewrite his  Rainbow Crystal Utopia.



For me it was when they took down Desborough's GamerGate card game because of pressure from Evil Hat.

Rob Necronomicon

#58
February 02, 2023, 09:54:04 AM
Quote from: migo on February 02, 2023, 09:49:08 AM

For me it was when they took down Desborough's GamerGate card game because of pressure from Evil Hat.
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That was pretty shitty. I'd forgotten about that...

Seriously, how insecure and spitful does someone actually have to be in order to get a silly spoof card game pulled? What a retard.

GeekyBugle

#59
February 02, 2023, 02:03:18 PM
Quote from: Rob Necronomicon on February 02, 2023, 09:47:08 AM
Quote from: zincmoat on February 02, 2023, 09:04:34 AM
Quote from: Rob Necronomicon on February 02, 2023, 08:32:22 AM
But if that's the case, then I think that would bring drivethru's censorship policy to a whole new level.  :(

I haven't bought anything from then since they made Venger ban/rewrite his  Rainbow Crystal Utopia.

That was pathetic alright... Unfortuntely they are the only game in town. So I buy from them regularly. If there was another way I'd be all over it.

I remember they also banned some other chap for having ACAB somewhere in a book. Apparently, Tenkar cried to them or some shit.

There IS another way, you could sell/buy on the freespeech gamestore called BigGeekEmporium

https://biggeekemporium.com/
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