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Started by myleftnut, April 27, 2019, 06:46:09 PM

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Shasarak

#165
May 01, 2019, 06:48:09 PM
Quote from: HappyDaze;1085594A point? Really? Rather than killing 1/2 the population everywhere, why not use that same near-infinite power to double (or more) the resources available everywhere?

Come on, this is high philosophy for a comic writer.
Who da Drow?  U da drow! - hedgehobbit

There will be poor always,
pathetically struggling,
look at the good things you've got! -  Jesus

Anon Adderlan

#166
May 03, 2019, 07:48:13 AM
Quote from: CarlD.;1085004I've never quite understood what hunting trophy case of a forum is for (once you've been banned you can't log into it or even to see the message that says when you were banned. :confused:) If you're locked out of thread you can't post in it again so telling making a big public ado about it is just another form of public shaming I guess.

Their original reasoning was that it helped demonstrate what would get you banned, but that went out the window the minute they decided to hide the infraction forum and not explain themselves. Now it literally is a trophy case.

Quote from: CarlD.;1085187Does anyone have any hard numbers?

I wish.

Quote from: myleftnut;1085233For a long time I thought people into RPG were different.

If you think about it, RPGs were always especially vulnerable to identity politics.

Quote from: Theory of Games;1085429Of all the fighters and peoples I've faced, I respect most the Muslims --- the largest organized religion on Earth.

And yet divided into two sects which want the other dead.

Also I've seen the videos, and I'd call them anything but organized.

Quote from: moonsweeper;1085520My dentist is "Persian".  His family emigrated here when he was a kid, a little before the fall of the Shah.  The Shah's government had issues but it is amazing how everyone...media, governments and the UN want to memory-hole what modern Iran was like before 1978.  Beirut seems to get the same treatment.

Quote from: Pat;1085528And Havana.

DON'T TOUCH IT!

Quote from: HappyDaze;1085594A point? Really? Rather than killing 1/2 the population everywhere, why not use that same near-infinite power to double (or more) the resources available everywhere?

The lack of imagination will be the death of us all.

#TheMindIsTheLimit

Armchair Gamer

#167
May 03, 2019, 08:19:06 AM
Quote from: Ratman_tf;1085619But Thanos did what he did because he was nuts. (Fixated on a solution)

  I haven't seen any Marvel movies since Captain America: Civil War, but I think they wanted to keep the overall plan from the Infinity Gauntlet comics, but didn't think they could sell the comic's original rationale for it--hence, the somewhat half-baked reasoning.

David Johansen

#168
May 03, 2019, 09:29:46 AM
Quote from: HappyDaze;1085594A point? Really? Rather than killing 1/2 the population everywhere, why not use that same near-infinite power to double (or more) the resources available everywhere?

In the comics Thanos was obsessed with death as a person in the movies he's obsessed with death as a concept.  It works better for the movies as sometimes stuff that's simply accepted for what it is in comics won't be in movies.

Besides, he just read Hunger Games and knew he had to do something.
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Omega

#169
May 03, 2019, 11:46:51 AM
Quote from: HappyDaze;1085594A point? Really? Rather than killing 1/2 the population everywhere, why not use that same near-infinite power to double (or more) the resources available everywhere?

Theres a vid up on youtube breaking down why the Disney version is bad. See the problem is, according to the director Thanos killed off half of everything living. So there are now half as many trees on earth for example. Half the crops, livestock, and so on. Cue environmental disaster. Though as of last look in the movie seems more like he offed only sentient beings. Unless that changed as of Endgame.

In the orginal comics Thanos' reason was not some altruistic "Save half of everyone" ideal. He was doing to impress DEATH whom he is in love with. Whereas in the movie it just doesnt really make alot of sense.

Back on topic. Whatever that was... Welcome to wackyland other new arrival.

Ratman_tf

#170
May 03, 2019, 12:08:19 PM
I think Thanos obsessed with death as a concept is fine, but I think they could have sold it a lot better. I keep thinking about the original Star Trek episode The Conscience of the King. Not as an exact comparison, but an example of a  character justifying terrible deeds.
The notion of an exclusionary and hostile RPG community is a fever dream of zealots who view all social dynamics through a narrow keyhole of structural oppression.
-Haffrung

CarlD.

#171
May 03, 2019, 11:25:02 PM
Quote from: CarlD.;1085004There appears to be a purge going on for some reason or another. Maybe the new mods are trying to make quota like cops and speeding tickets?

I've never quite understood what hunting trophy case of a forum is for (once you've been banned you can't log into it or even to see the message that says when you were banned. :confused:) If you're locked out of thread you can't post in it again so telling making a big public ado about it is just another form of public shaming I guess.

And the purge continues with a target that seemed unlikely Lord Raziere.

 
QuoteLord Raziere has received a Permanent Ban for the following post:

Content: https://forum.rpg.net/index.php?posts/22493662/

Upon Admin review, the full context of your posting history makes it clear you're not a good fit for the forum, this is a permanent ban.

From previous encounters with him he seemed, in spite of his exile terms, a very good fit for the forums outlook and ideology wise. And I can't see what about this post was the "final straw"?

Quote from: Lord Raziere, post: 22493662, member: 86358well I'm not a fan of things not being playable because everyone keeps insisting they're evil, or the alignment system in general because no matter how it actually works (which is a very cloudy and headache inducing issue at the best of times) its misuse is vast, many and easily achieved. I'm not going to trod out that "every person has their own way of doing things" aesop, because its just an excuse to not change anything, and even if its not, its too easily used that way. I don't want any depiction of orcs or whatever that makes it okay to kill them just because. you want to me to kill something, you better provide me a good reason, but even "orc warlord who wants to take over everything" is suspect to me if it doesn't include orcs who don't agree with him.
"I once heard an evolutionary biologist talk about how violent simians are; they are horrifically violent. He then went on to add that he was really hopeful about humanity because "we\'re monkeys who manage *not* to kill each other most of the time.""

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wmarshal

#172
May 03, 2019, 11:51:45 PM
Quote from: CarlD.;1086092And the purge continues with a target that seemed unlikely Lord Raziere.

 

From previous encounters with him he seemed, in spite of his exile terms, a very good fit for the forums outlook and ideology wise. And I can't see what about this post was the "final straw"?

The last post I can find by Lord Raziere is back in March. It's hard to make sense that they'd ban him for that post specifically. I think they must have found something offsite they disliked, and just chose that post to attach the banning to.

Spinachcat

#173
May 03, 2019, 11:53:30 PM
Quote from: Anon Adderlan;1085938If you think about it, RPGs were always especially vulnerable to identity politics.

My instinct is to disagree, but why do you think that?

In my experience, most gamers get along great. I play at lots of cons and I've always been impressed how easily strangers from different backgrounds get along great 99% of the time. And I know its shocking, but that 1% of not getting along great is 99% mild wankery.

Even without a harassment policy or a safe space!!


Quote from: CarlD.;1086092From previous encounters with him he seemed, in spite of his exile terms, a very good fit for the forums outlook and ideology wise. And I can't see what about this post was the "final straw"?

I am totally confused by that. Are we missing some context in the thread?

Ratman_tf

#174
May 04, 2019, 12:30:56 AM
Quote from: CarlD.;1086092And the purge continues with a target that seemed unlikely Lord Raziere.

Speaking of characters obsessed with a solution...
The notion of an exclusionary and hostile RPG community is a fever dream of zealots who view all social dynamics through a narrow keyhole of structural oppression.
-Haffrung

Anon Adderlan

#175
May 04, 2019, 10:20:16 AM
Quote from: Spinachcat;1086095My instinct is to disagree, but why do you think that?

It's a hobby that's literally about adopting other identities and acting in ways which define them. Hell, the most popular RPG in the world still uses the concept of race and class to define who a character is.

Quote from: CarlD.;1086092And the purge continues with a target that seemed unlikely Lord Raziere.

To add to the crazy, they also got a 30 day ban for a followup post to that.

Steven Mitchell

#176
May 04, 2019, 11:35:56 AM
None of these events are surprising.  This is where following Rousseau always, eventually leads.

Armchair Gamer

#177
May 04, 2019, 12:07:30 PM
Quote from: Steven Mitchell;1086149None of these events are surprising.  This is where following Rousseau always, eventually leads.

TBP must force users to be free by banning all Enemies of the General Will!

goblinslayer

#178
May 04, 2019, 12:13:20 PM
Quote from: Theory of Games;1085429I need you guys to play fair here.

I'm seeing an anti-Muslim group, as if Islam wasn't the very best thing for America (aren't we revolutionaries?)

Every Muslim country is a backwards hellhole, so you are completely wrong.

Spinachcat

#179
May 04, 2019, 07:55:19 PM
Quote from: Anon Adderlan;1086145Hell, the most popular RPG in the world still uses the concept of race and class to define who a character is.

Good point.
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