Quote from: RPGPunditYou'll note that the guy who is parodying me isn't nearly as funny as the main blog itself.

Well, of course you would think that. I mean, if Dubya read a satire of himself and Bill Clinton yakking, he'd think Clinton's lines were heaps funnier, yeah?

We're laughing at you, not with you.

Quote from: RPGPunditIts obviously someone who felt burnt by the satire of the blog and is trying to fight fire with fire.  

Or perhaps someone who knows that both the Forgers and guys like you are crazy fuckers. You don't have to be gay to mock a straight guy.

@RPGPundit - continued...

Of course there is a second meaning, that being that a little scratch on the surface and underneath the way you game is pretty damn similar to a lot of what is talked about on The Forge. Because in spite of all this "Theorist" name calling from you they appear to focus fairly intently and pay close attention to what goes on at gaming tables. Both successful and not. To capture in rules for consistant recreation how to run a game successfully so people don't have to spend as much time dumping existing rules, making up new rules, and trying to tweak those rules to work.

Because face it, you care a good deal about getting the same kinds of results if not similar gameplay (EDIT:which particular type depending on your mood and motives at the time).  And the "Indies" aren't just a pack of pontifiers that are afraid to ever throw down the dice and "just game".

Quote from: RPGPunditThe link doesn't seem to work.  Maybe its that you need to actually have an account with "storygames" to be able to read it (annoying of them, since I have no intention of signing up there).  Care to tell me if anyone has actually complained bitterly about it?

Not at all.  They're eagerly working on the Limbo Fever design.  That's where I got the hilarious cover design for it.  I'm telling you, we have to work out the Limbo Fever D20 design quickly or we'll be edged out of this emerging market and leave it to the Swine!!!

Selected quotes:

QuoteWhatever your thoughts on the blog itself, I think we are all in agreement that the world needs a Story Game focusing on Latin American dance competitions. I suggest we design one, for if "Limbo Fever" did not exist, we'd have to invent it!

QuoteI'm kind of picturing a Latin American version of 'West Side Story', where rough'n'tumble gangs of sexually ambivalent youth bring their turf disputes to the one court that is universally respected: the court of the pole.

My suggestion would be to have a couple of attribute dicepools:

Limbo
Issue (your charcacter's big thing)
Street (measures cool/social competence)

with dice distributed amongst them.

When you Limbo you have to roll your dice against the Pole's Height. (Starts at 9.)

QuoteI also think the stats should all sound very similar:

Limbo - flexibility
Lambada - pure dance
Libido - obvious and necessary here
Libation - capacity for alcohol
Lambaste - verbal skills

QuoteI agree that this totally needs to be GMless, and that players should somehow get extra dice for despicable acts they perform (i.e. "How low can you go"). In keeping with the dance movie theme, the PCs should be passionate, free-spirited youngsters breaking out from the mold that the anti-dance establishment is trying to force them into. It's by breaking the rules of ordinary morality that they show their spirit.

It needs more pretentiousness, though. Help!! Maybe a bibliography which mixes philosophy texts and dance movies?!?

QuoteYou also need like three resolution mechanisms, including a Twister Mat.

I think the best part is Cornell actually responding to the comments.  It seems like everyone is having fun with it, for the most part.  While I agree it likely won't last forever, it should be fun while it does.

I so want to create a fake Blogger account for the professor-mentor guy and post in the comments:

"Thread's Closed."



-Andy

QuoteMaybe its that you need to actually have an account with "storygames" to be able to read it (annoying of them, since I have no intention of signing up there).

Confirmed above. And yes, annoying for people who have no intention of signing up. It's a different forum with different rules, and different benefits for members.

He's at it again. My favorite bits from today's entry:
 

QuoteHis name was Lionel Marker, and his black-frame glasses and ironic t-shirt immediately marked him as a man of intellect and bearing.

QuoteAnd it suddenly clicked. Wow. I play indie games because they cater to me and my kind. I could no longer enjoy GURPS or Rifts because I had evolved, anymore than a grown man could find enjoyment in a dog's chew toy. And conversely, you can't expect GURPS players or infants to enjoy a fine wine, or a well-stocked library featuring Shakespeare, Noam Chomsky, and Anne Rice.

That's one hell of a library.

We need a Pistols at Dawn for the Griot and Cornell.

The good thing is, it doesn't have to be the actual posters. Two sock puppet accounts would be just as good!

-Marco

Man, this is some hilarious stuff (the comments literally had me "LOL"ing, like the "I'm not saying you're dumb. You're just brain damaged"). I hope it goes on for awhile before the author finds it boring and quits.  I really should make that "Professor Curtis" blogger account to post comments with.

-Andy

Quote from: Andy KMan, this is some hilarious stuff (the comments literally had me "LOL"ing, like the "I'm not saying you're dumb. You're just brain damaged"). I hope it goes on for awhile before the author finds it boring and quits.  I really should make that "Professor Curtis" blogger account to post comments with.

-Andy

That could be classic. Curtis could rail against turn-coats who blur the line between indie and traditional gaming... implying that possibly the two aren't so impossibly far apart...

Cheers,
-E.

Quote from: MarcoWe need a Pistols at Dawn for the Griot and Cornell.

The good thing is, it doesn't have to be the actual posters. Two sock puppet accounts would be just as good!

-Marco

Well they have dueling blogs now.

http://therpggriot.blogspot.com/

And, well, sorry to say it Pundit but he's just as damn over-the-top funny. Kidding! I'm not sorry at all.

QuoteI so want to create a fake Blogger account for the professor-mentor guy and post in the comments:

"Thread's Closed."

LOL

Quote from: -E.That could be classic. Curtis could rail against turn-coats who blur the line between indie and traditional gaming... implying that possibly the two aren't so impossibly far apart...

Cheers,
-E.

Hmm...then again, Cornell might denounce "the impostor Professor"...

Fantastic--is the RPG Griot going to get banned?  That would be fitting.

Whenever someone totally nails Professor Kurtis, he probably responds by saying "Well, I could answer that but it would be rather like shooting fish in a barrel, so I will simply present no rebuttal."

The Griot thing is actually only funny because it presents such a primitive version of the Pundit. It isn't nearly as close-to-the-bone as Cornell Richardson because it comes out as just a sort of shallow and ham-handed caricature, and kinda goes for some cheap laughs. (Plus he doesn't get any great lines like "You could say they 'beat poets' anyday of the week..haha!") By looking at this Griot character, I can get a glimpse of how the author sees him... but all I'm getting is sheer terror.

Also, why does Griot balk at using the word swine to describe Forgies? Versimilitude, people. I ask for so little.

Quote from: Abyssal MawWhenever someone nails Professor Kurtis, he responds by saying "Well, I could answer that but it would be rather like shooting fish in a barrel, so I will simply present no rebuttal."

If you really want to be cruelly satirical, Kurtis should say: "Before I respond, I want to make sure you have followed the following conversations before we continue.  Let me know when you have finished the previous discussions and we will continue talking from there", then have random crazy links, like to Timecube, or the Wikipedia.

-Andy

Quote from: Abyssal MawBy looking at this Griot character, I can get a glimpse of how the author sees him... but all I'm getting is sheer terror.

:diarrhea:

But yes, it is definately over-the-top. Which is pretty tough given how over-the-top RPGPundit himself aims. A characture of a near-characture is going to come out pretty perverse.

QuoteAlso, why does Griot balk at using the word swine to describe Forgies? Versimilitude, people. I ask for so little.

I suspect he's using "Pig-Dog" instead of Thompson's hallmark "Swine" because he's using a south american revolutionary pic, not the H.S. Thompson pic that RPGPundit used to use?

P.S. I assume that the gaining an extra viewer every time he checks is a reference to counting his own viewings? Or do those automatically get culled from the blog stats? I'm not really up on this blog thing.

Quote from: blakkieP.S. I assume that the gaining an extra viewer every time he checks is a reference to counting his own viewings? Or do those automatically get culled from the blog stats? I'm not really up on this blog thing.

It's easy to get set up with a service like StatCounter.com that gives you reader data for your website.