Quote from: dungeon crawler;1054108My public event was sabotaged by the organized play mob. I just found out the yanked all of my promotional stuff from the local game shops.

1) Was this DDAL or some other organized play group?
2) DDAL has some pretty strict rules on inclusivity, which you may or may not want to subscribe to - but that shouldn't have any bearing on you doing your own independent (non-DDAL) thing at a wider convention
3) If DDAL members are sabotaging a legitimate parallel event, in the name of DDAL, it certainly sounds like something that should be escalated up their chain of command
 
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This doesn't really scan, getting thrown out of multiple conventions for not denouncing Trump or a particular religious faith? Sounds more like local interpersonal drama to me.

Quote from: Motorskills;10550311) Was this DDAL or some other organized play group?
2) DDAL has some pretty strict rules on inclusivity, which you may or may not want to subscribe to - but that shouldn't have any bearing on you doing your own independent (non-DDAL) thing at a wider convention
3) If DDAL members are sabotaging a legitimate parallel event, in the name of DDAL, it certainly sounds like something that should be escalated up their chain of command.
 
the above said....

This doesn't really scan, getting thrown out of multiple conventions for not denouncing Trump or a particular religious faith? Sounds more like local interpersonal drama to me.

Well that is some backhanded bullshit from the peanut gallery.

"What you describe is horrible and shitty! But since it is besmirching the honor of some Crusaders of Inclusivity, we must throw the shade of doubt upon the anecdote and its originator."

Go fuck yourself, Motorskills. Or at the very least, pull your head out of your ass.

Almost ALL the Org Play bullshit I've seen over the years was due to "local interpersonal drama" AKA, whenever a petty shitbag gets the top volunteer gig and then acts like they've had a 12th century coronation.

They tend to implode their local scene because Org Play is all about volunteer DMs and pissed off DMs just stop showing. And lo and behold, good DMs tend to bail first which snowballs to good players leaving which then leaves the weak DMs and weak players who attend religiously because they have nowhere else that wants them, but that is disastrous for recruitment. I've watched that dance repeatedly in LA over the decades.

Sometimes, reporting the Petty Princes to the Regional Monkey can help...if they haven't been making their numbers. BUT usually the Regionals are just thankful to have any volunteers to take the workload off them. AKA, if they chastise the Petty Prince, the Regional might lose them and have to take over their workload. Petty Princes volunteer their hours in exchange for control of their fiefdoms, fuck with that control and they meltdown and stomp off.

When you have your own private club, you should launch your club's charity "Dice 4 Food" mini-con and donate to the local food bank. Or whatever charity you like to support.

Fuck WotC. Fuck Paizo. Fuck WW. Support publishers who deserve your support.

Quote from: Spinachcat;1055040Almost ALL the Org Play bullshit I've seen over the years was due to "local interpersonal drama" AKA, whenever a petty shitbag gets the top volunteer gig and then acts like they've had a 12th century coronation.

They tend to implode their local scene because Org Play is all about volunteer DMs and pissed off DMs just stop showing. And lo and behold, good DMs tend to bail first which snowballs to good players leaving which then leaves the weak DMs and weak players who attend religiously because they have nowhere else that wants them, but that is disastrous for recruitment. I've watched that dance repeatedly in LA over the decades.

Sometimes, reporting the Petty Princes to the Regional Monkey can help...if they haven't been making their numbers. BUT usually the Regionals are just thankful to have any volunteers to take the workload off them. AKA, if they chastise the Petty Prince, the Regional might lose them and have to take over their workload. Petty Princes volunteer their hours in exchange for control of their fiefdoms, fuck with that control and they meltdown and stomp off.

When you have your own private club, you should launch your club's charity "Dice 4 Food" mini-con and donate to the local food bank. Or whatever charity you like to support.

Fuck WotC. Fuck Paizo. Fuck WW. Support publishers who deserve your support.

That's true, but there's a scale of DDAL activities - home games, store games, small conventions, large conventions. Meltdowns at home games and store games, well that's nothing new.

Getting thrown out of multiple conventions? That's certainly something different.

It doesn't explain what happened with the removal of stuff from the local stores. Was the stuff stolen (including someone misrepresenting themselves to the store owners), or did someone make a successful pitch to the store owners not to carry the advertisements?

If the former, that certainly sounds reportable, if the latter, must have been pretty strong stuff.

Quote from: Motorskills;1055060Getting thrown out of multiple conventions? That's certainly something different.

I don't recall armchair gamer ever saying that he was thrown out of multiple conventions. I'm wondering why you did not confront him about his story in the thread where he made the claim and have instead decided to disrupt this thread by bringing it up here.

Please though, don't let this stop your ongoing melodramatic disruption. It is so quintessentially pathetic that it could only have been authored by you.

Quote from: Spinachcat;1055040Fuck WotC. Fuck Paizo. Fuck WW. Support publishers who deserve your support.

Damn right.