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Sword Dream: Leftist OSR

Started by Lurtch, June 02, 2019, 08:47:08 AM

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rgalex

#165
June 13, 2019, 08:02:55 AM
Quote from: BronzeDragon;1091831Is the writer of ACKS persona non grata at TBP?

I don't know the system, so maybe there's something in there they found "triggering"?

From their Rules and Guidelines:

QuoteBanned Topics:
Fred Phelps / Westboro Baptist Church
Discussions even remotely related to "homosexuality: nature vs. nurture" and/or "does God really hate gays?"
Should transgender people really be considered the gender they say they are?
Spanking children as a disciplinary measure.*
Typical male circumcision.*
*These two topics are not banned in the Parents & Parenting subforum
As per discussion, the moderation staff has decided that discussions about gun control and points related will not occur in threads about mass shootings; they can be spun off as a separate thread as normal. (12/3/2015)
The rpg game ACKS and the game company Autarch, as the designer of the game and owner of the company, Alexander Macris, has threatened the board with legal actions multiple times. (7/6/2018 for explanation from ShannonA)
Support for President Donald Trump and his administration - please see this post/thread for our reasoning on this and the clarifications as to what this means. (10/29/2018)

While not a banned topic, the moderators will no longer mod group attacks against Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) and the Border Patrol. (see post here) (6/19/2018)

Note the threats of legal action came after a bunch of smears and claims by the mods of Macris being Alt-right and a Nazi.  You know, the usual.  If you want to see the full explanation you can go here.

BronzeDragon

#166
June 13, 2019, 03:07:32 PM
Quote from: rgalex;1091847Note the threats of legal action came after a bunch of smears and claims by the mods of Macris being Alt-right and a Nazi.  You know, the usual.  If you want to see the full explanation you can go here.

Thanks.

Quote from: rgalex;1091847Support for President Donald Trump and his administration - please see this post/thread for our reasoning on this and the clarifications as to what this means. (10/29/2018)

Holy shit, are you kidding me?

I didn't know they were this explicit in their wokeness. I always assumed nobody posted in support of Trump because nobody there would anyway...
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Aglondir

#167
June 13, 2019, 11:22:48 PM
Quote from: SavageSchemer;1091795I've never read Harry Potter, so I don't know what's in the books, but J.K. Rowling is one obnoxious Woke bandwagoner.

It's a weird situation where I love the books, but not the author. Ursula K. LeGuin was the same.

Spinachcat

#168
June 14, 2019, 03:26:55 AM
Quote from: Aglondir;1091969It's a weird situation where I love the books, but not the author.

I don't find that weird at all. It's healthier in the long run to separate Creator from Creation.

Aglondir

#169
June 16, 2019, 09:48:18 PM Last Edit: June 16, 2019, 10:22:52 PM by Aglondir
Quote from: Blankman;1091753The Harry Potter books are some of the most popular books of all time (just check out wikipedia's list of best-selling books), and they came out right in the middle of when "Millennials" (god I hate that nearly meaningless term) were growing up. Of course they are popular among people you don't like, they're popular with damn near every group.

What amazes me is that Dream of the Red Chamber is one of the greatest selling books of all time. I thought it was just an obscure academic text I had to read in college. But it's up there with Lord of the Rings and Harry Potter in terms of sales.

Trond

#170
June 18, 2019, 02:53:27 PM
Quote from: GeekyBugle;1091253Asterisk Dream? Really? .....

GeekyBugle

#171
June 18, 2019, 02:55:24 PM
Quote from: Trond;1092602

Well deserved after defeating Caesar's legions I say!
Quote from: Rhedyn

Here is why this forum tends to be so stupid. Many people here think Joe Biden is "The Left", when he is actually Far Right and every US republican is just an idiot.

"During times of universal deceit, telling the truth becomes a revolutionary act."

― George Orwell

Armchair Gamer

#172
June 18, 2019, 03:16:45 PM
Quote from: Aglondir;1092339What amazes me is that Dream of the Red Chamber is one of the greatest selling books of all time. I thought it was just an obscure academic text I had to read in college. But it's up there with Lord of the Rings and Harry Potter in terms of sales.

   We often forget how huge a market China is.

jhkim

#173
June 18, 2019, 04:17:08 PM
Quote from: AglondirWhat amazes me is that Dream of the Red Chamber is one of the greatest selling books of all time. I thought it was just an obscure academic text I had to read in college. But it's up there with Lord of the Rings and Harry Potter in terms of sales.
Quote from: Armchair Gamer;1092605We often forget how huge a market China is.

But it's interesting that there are very few Chinese titles in the best-selling books -- except specifically for Dream of the Red Chamber which is in the Wikipedia top ten. In the top 100 there are more Japanese than Chinese, it looks to me. I suspect there might not be good book sales statistics coming out of China.  I started reading Dream of the Red Chamber recently but got side-tracked by other books.

cenmarik

#174
June 18, 2019, 06:37:03 PM
Quote from: rgalex;1091847From their Rules and Guidelines:


Note the threats of legal action came after a bunch of smears and claims by the mods of Macris being Alt-right and a Nazi.  You know, the usual.  If you want to see the full explanation you can go here.

When this happened I was intrigued by the implications. Basically any creator in "bad standing" (banned) on rpg.net has every reason in the world to send their own notice. If I was a creator, I would definitely have a sleeper account, quietly scanning occasionally for such defamation. If it reached point X, then sending a letter of intent out. If it was bad enough for enough creators, perhaps building an alliance, all using the same lawyer that the creators perhaps pay a small amount to in a pact for said lawyer to act if it came to that. They've already bowed to ACKS. (Love to hear a lawyer's thoughts.) I wouldn't want to be rpg.net.

Spinachcat

#175
July 27, 2019, 10:51:50 PM
So...are the swords still dreaming?

GeekyBugle

#176
July 27, 2019, 11:09:49 PM
Quote from: Spinachcat;1097291So...are the swords still dreaming?

They have released some reskins of PbtA games like The Veil and some other shit, developed dual wielding rules for a game without combat and spawn a fork called RolPunk The usual suspects with pronouns in their bio are saying it's the shit. And the assholes are daring call their shit OSR.
Quote from: Rhedyn

Here is why this forum tends to be so stupid. Many people here think Joe Biden is "The Left", when he is actually Far Right and every US republican is just an idiot.

"During times of universal deceit, telling the truth becomes a revolutionary act."

― George Orwell

Slambo

#177
July 28, 2019, 12:42:08 AM
Quote from: GeekyBugle;1097293They have released some reskins of PbtA games like The Veil and some other shit, developed dual wielding rules for a game without combat and spawn a fork called RolPunk The usual suspects with pronouns in their bio are saying it's the shit. And the assholes are daring call their shit OSR.

Honestly the rolpunk (ugh it hurts to say) manifesto wouldn't be so bad if it weren't for all the forced cursing, it sounds like some kid pretending to be badass. Its basically rule zero but with an added layer of the worst interpretation of "punk"

GeekyBugle

#178
July 28, 2019, 01:05:02 AM
Quote from: Slambo;1097298Honestly the rolpunk (ugh it hurts to say) manifesto wouldn't be so bad if it weren't for all the forced cursing, it sounds like some kid pretending to be badass. Its basically rule zero but with an added layer of the worst interpretation of "punk"

And it's all about not excluding anybody, except those bad bad people who don't toe the party line.
Quote from: Rhedyn

Here is why this forum tends to be so stupid. Many people here think Joe Biden is "The Left", when he is actually Far Right and every US republican is just an idiot.

"During times of universal deceit, telling the truth becomes a revolutionary act."

― George Orwell

Slambo

#179
July 28, 2019, 01:22:21 AM
Quote from: GeekyBugle;1097299And it's all about not excluding anybody, except those bad bad people who don't toe the party line.

I mean, probably, I don't doubt it, I more skimmed than read any of it. I couldn't keep going past the fifteenth time it tired to be hip and use fuck in a way that didn't sound forced (they succeeded 0 times)
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