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The Swine strike at post #39!

Started by Settembrini, July 08, 2007, 01:28:49 AM

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Blue Devil

#15
July 08, 2007, 11:40:43 PM
Quote from: Tyberious FunkFuck me!  You guys are critical.  Talk about jumping at the shadows.

Yeah.  Well they have to justify and pump their imaginary war somehow.

They can't stand that people are enjoying games they don't like

Tyberious Funk

#16
July 08, 2007, 11:44:54 PM
Quote from: Blue DevilYeah. Well they have to justify and pump their imaginary war somehow.

I'm having visions of "the swine" being like weapons of mass destruction...
 
...which would make the Pundit the roleplaying equivalent of GBW.
 
How quaint :)
 

Molotov

#17
July 08, 2007, 11:52:26 PM
Quote from: Blue DevilYeah.  Well they have to justify and pump their imaginary war somehow.

They can't stand that people are enjoying games they don't like

To be fair, in my time in this fancy intarweb thing, I've seen the behavior being discussed displayed by pretty much every grouping / type of players ... folks coming to one forum or another to endorse / attack / whatever one style of play or game over another.

I've seen rapid OD&Ders, 3rd gen'ers, story-gamers, palladium'ers, and all shades between attack and defend.

Personally, I find the behavior about the same as when folks post on a forum "hey, lookit what they're doing over at that forum ... "

I think too many folks both look to be offended and look to offend.

I'm just saying ... ;)

Blue Devil

#18
July 08, 2007, 11:56:10 PM
Quote from: Tyberious FunkI'm having visions of "the swine" being like weapons of mass destruction...
 
...which would make the Pundit the roleplaying equivalent of GBW.
 
How quaint :)

I think the comparison is dead on.

jdrakeh

#19
July 08, 2007, 11:59:00 PM
Quote from: MolotovTo be fair, in my time in this fancy intarweb thing, I've seen the behavior being discussed displayed by pretty much every grouping / type of players ... folks coming to one forum or another to endorse / attack / whatever one style of play or game over another.

I've seen rapid OD&Ders, 3rd gen'ers, story-gamers, palladium'ers, and all shades between attack and defend.

Personally, I find the behavior about the same as when folks post on a forum "hey, lookit what they're doing over at that forum ... "

I think too many folks both look to be offended and look to offend.

I'm just saying ... ;)

As I said earlier, it's not a "swine" thing -- it's a fan thing ;)
 

Blue Devil

#20
July 09, 2007, 12:01:42 AM
Quote from: MolotovTo be fair, in my time in this fancy intarweb thing, I've seen the behavior being discussed displayed by pretty much every grouping / type of players ... folks coming to one forum or another to endorse / attack / whatever one style of play or game over another.

I've seen rapid OD&Ders, 3rd gen'ers, story-gamers, palladium'ers, and all shades between attack and defend.

Personally, I find the behavior about the same as when folks post on a forum "hey, lookit what they're doing over at that forum ... "

I think too many folks both look to be offended and look to offend.

I'm just saying ... ;)

Well the Pundit likes to claim that there is a group of Swine trying to subvert the hobby, etc.

It's total crap.  

Hell, if we were to go by The Pundit's discription of a "Swine" both the Pundit and Set fit in this category.

There are no "Swine" there aren't people trying to subvert this hobby.  There are people playing different things.

Are their assholes in this hobby?  Sure, but there are assholes in every hobby.

There aren't "Swine" there are people playing games that make them happy.  And since some of those games are games Pundit hates he labels them "Swine"

Molotov

#21
July 09, 2007, 12:03:18 AM
Quote from: Blue DevilAre their assholes in this hobby?  Sure, but there are assholes in every hobby.

There's assholes everywhere, forget hobbies.  ;)

Blue Devil

#22
July 09, 2007, 12:04:31 AM
Quote from: MolotovThere's assholes everywhere, forget hobbies.  ;)

Yep, that is true.  But there is no such thing as swine.  They only exsist in Pundit's head.

obryn

#23
July 09, 2007, 09:55:55 AM
I'm failing to see that post as any kind of 'swinery' whatsoever.  So what - he barely makes a dig at d20.  Sett, you're boxing with shadows.

-O
 

Blue Devil

#24
July 09, 2007, 10:24:11 AM
Quote from: obrynI'm failing to see that post as any kind of 'swinery' whatsoever.  So what - he barely makes a dig at d20.  Sett, you're boxing with shadows.

-O

I agree.

Now I have to say I wouldn't play Dred because I really don't care for how the system goes (I have never seen it, I am just going by the game discription in the post) but I see no swinery there.

joewolz

#25
July 09, 2007, 10:34:52 AM
Quote from: Blue DevilI agree.

Now I have to say I wouldn't play Dred because I really don't care for how the system goes (I have never seen it, I am just going by the game discription in the post) but I see no swinery there.

I play Forge games all the time, but I don't think I'm swine.  However, I quoted the above because I have played Dread, and not gotten a real good experience.  

It ended up feeling like a free-form roleplaying session with Jenga on the side.
-JFC Wolz
Co-host of 2 Gms, 1 Mic

Drew

#26
July 09, 2007, 10:55:18 AM
I can't help but seeing a lot of this "Swine" nonsense as nothing more than a cynical ploy by Pundit to generate more traffic for the site.

What's even sadder is that people like Settembrini are following suit. Whether this is out of some misguided sense of loyalty or just a case of being genuinely suckered by Pundit's screed is debatable. Whatever the case, the behaviour this "war" engenders almost beyond juvenile.

Seriously mate, get a grip.
 

Blue Devil

#27
July 09, 2007, 10:57:46 AM
Quote from: joewolzI play Forge games all the time, but I don't think I'm swine.  However, I quoted the above because I have played Dread, and not gotten a real good experience.  

It ended up feeling like a free-form roleplaying session with Jenga on the side.

See I am not a fan of Free-Form role playing, I like dice roles and rules that really frame what goes on.

So Dread wouldn't do it for me.

Just curious, what didn't you like about it?

Blue Devil

#28
July 09, 2007, 11:00:42 AM
Quote from: DrewI can't help but seeing a lot of this "Swine" nonsense as nothing more than a cynical ploy by Pundit to generate more traffic for the site.

What's even sadder is that people like Settembrini are following suit. Whether this is out of some misguided sense of loyalty or just a case of being genuinely suckered by Pundit's screed is debatable.

Yeah.  The thing is people who once sided with Pundit no longer agree with his "War" and "Swine" movement.

The amount is discussed has become less and less.   The best thing we all can do (yes, me included) is simply not reply to the threads.  When we take away the attention he craves he will move on to something else.

Quote from: DrewWhatever the case, the behaviour this "war" engenders almost beyond juvenile.

Seriously mate, get a grip.

There is no war.  Just Pundit and Sett boxing with shadows

Settembrini

#29
July 09, 2007, 11:08:32 AM
There are people making a lot  posts about me making a post about it.

Who´s boxing with shadows and is reassuring themselves of their level-headedness?

:rolleyes:



Post #39 is shit that makes me gag, because I have seen it ten times too often. Call him an asshole, I call him swine. In the end it doesn´t matter.
If there can\'t be a TPK against the will of the players it\'s not an RPG.- Pierce Inverarity
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