Quote from: Aglondir on October 13, 2024, 11:30:18 AMWhy did TBP ban you for supporting TotV?

What does TBP stand for?

Quote from: RNGm on October 15, 2024, 08:08:21 AM

Quote from: Aglondir on October 13, 2024, 11:30:18 AMWhy did TBP ban you for supporting TotV?

What does TBP stand for?

The Big Purple; aka RPG.net with its notably purple color scheme. The only reason I'm not banned there is I stopped going there entirely before they had stopped allowing dissenting voices (and stuck exclusively to game-related topics anyway) and I don't care enough about them to even bother with a flame out post.

These days getting perma-banned from TBP isn't even an accomplishment. You just have to post something true and you'll be gone.

Quote from: Chris24601 on October 15, 2024, 08:36:55 AMThe Big Purple; aka RPG.net with its notably purple color scheme. The only reason I'm not banned there is I stopped going there entirely before they had stopped allowing dissenting voices (and stuck exclusively to game-related topics anyway) and I don't care enough about them to even bother with a flame out post.

These days getting perma-banned from TBP isn't even an accomplishment. You just have to post something true and you'll be gone.

Thanks... and, yeah, it doesn't take much.   I voluntarily stopped going there during the last US election cycle when they effectively preemptively banned conservatives with not one but two banner warnings up top on every page of their forums in addition to the additional 3-4 other ones praising various types of criminality including the ongoing burning, looting, murder, and rioting going on at the time.   It's a shame because it was a good resource for the 20 years that I frequented it (though admittedly I mostly lurked and didn't post much).

Quote from: RNGm on October 15, 2024, 08:08:21 AM

Quote from: Aglondir on October 13, 2024, 11:30:18 AMWhy did TBP ban you for supporting TotV?

What does TBP stand for?

I spent forever assuming it meant "The Banning Place", which isn't wrong.

Quote from: Chris24601 on October 15, 2024, 08:36:55 AM

Quote from: RNGm on October 15, 2024, 08:08:21 AM

Quote from: Aglondir on October 13, 2024, 11:30:18 AMWhy did TBP ban you for supporting TotV?

What does TBP stand for?

The Big Purple; aka RPG.net with its notably purple color scheme. The only reason I'm not banned there is I stopped going there entirely before they had stopped allowing dissenting voices (and stuck exclusively to game-related topics anyway) and I don't care enough about them to even bother with a flame out post.

That's me too.  I left both rpg.net and enworld when they turned anti free-speech

Quote from: Man at Arms on October 14, 2024, 11:26:56 PMIt's like being a fan, of a specific type of sports car; and finding out that they are going to make the switch to 4 cylinder engines, and chase gas mileage instead of performance.  Of course, you care and have an opinion.

And tell you its the same car. Really!

I care for the same reasons as I oppose BGG. These people have influence over the industry and gaming community and are using it to push their own agendas. And not good ones.

I enjoy watching WotC light itself on fire.

The more WotC burns, the more gamers will walk away from the D&D plantation which in the long term is fabulous for the hobby.

But, let's admit our time is better spent developing, playing and reading games we actually like.

 

Quote from: Spinachcat on October 31, 2024, 07:11:24 PMI enjoy watching WotC light itself on fire.

The more WotC burns, the more gamers will walk away from the D&D plantation which in the long term is fabulous for the hobby.

But, let's admit our time is better spent developing, playing and reading games we actually like.

But I actually like D&D. However that is mostly concentrated to TSR D&D.

5e Basic was fine in 2014, but definitely needs curation and pre-planned campaign tier limits to prevent GM burnout.

Quote from: Katowice on October 13, 2024, 12:02:07 PMPeople care because D&D IS Tabletop Roleplaying to so many people across multiple generations of players. It's such an iconic brand and has the most market share overall, and probably will for a long time.

My daughter plays Dungeons & Dragons in the Dungeons & Dragons Club at her school. Only they don't play Dungeon & Dragons, they play Risus (I think that's what it's called). They just use the term "Dungeons & Dragons" instead of "role-playing game". It's like how we in Texas call all soft drinks "Coke" even though we are most likely ordering a Dr Pepper.

It might be because "role-playing game" is now more heavily associated with video games instead of tabletop games.

Great vid as always! Keep up the good work, Pundit!

About Wizkids Of The Toast, owned by Hasbeens: It's too bad they have access to children through their toys and marketing. The only thing I care about is what the higher ups are doing that forced them to commit brand-suicide. And I, for one, do not believe it's only fiduciary duty to investors (Blackrock, et al.). Something more sinister is at play with these companies, IMHO. Maybe too much pizza, you know?

I do wonder how the folks over at TBP are doing given the week's events. 

  I think we will see a shift over at WOTC.   I think the window is shifting enough they can feel OK firing people who do doo doo work and focus on making a game that is just a game and not some sort of vanity project of fat purple haired women who think people that look like them can be athletic heroes.

I suppose I care about what WoTC does because I care about the legacy and perception of D&D, and how that will effect my children and the friends they will make as they grow up. The tedium of having to explain esoteric craziness that the average person who might get their kids into D&D literally makes you look crazy because of how crazy WoTC is that its hard to believe without being willing to go into a deep dive.
I care that a bunch of talentless hacks have socialized their ways into positions of influence in the development of D&D and shit all over the men who created D&D, and lie about them in order to make their own game or agenda seem morally superior.
I care that the cultural legacy of D&D is being poisoned by marxists and other demented freaks, and that you can't even mention paul jaquays without revisionists trying to tell you that the literal printed books that say "paul jaquays" should say "jennel jaquays", jennel didn't exist in the 80's, 90's, 00's, and barely existed in the 10's, and now jennel being the "most successful women RPG creator" is definitely taking away credit from a real woman who deserves that title because he just happened to be a very successful person who went crazy in his 50's.

Quote from: oggsmash on November 08, 2024, 12:41:08 PMI do wonder how the folks over at TBP are doing given the week's events. 

  I think we will see a shift over at WOTC.   I think the window is shifting enough they can feel OK firing people who do doo doo work and focus on making a game that is just a game and not some sort of vanity project of fat purple haired women who think people that look like them can be athletic heroes.

Those people are digging really deep, into the "fantasy" genre.  Stuff that doesn't even make sense in fantasies.