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Thirsty Sword Lesbians, no, really

Started by Warder, October 14, 2020, 05:29:43 PM

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Omega

#30
October 15, 2020, 11:08:12 AM
Quote from: Thornhammer on October 14, 2020, 09:15:39 PM
Castle Gayskull?

Ohhh, I'm filing that one away for later.

Filing it under "R" for "Running Joke."

BTRC did it many a year ago, and better. A whole adventure featuring She-Her and He-Him.

Omega

#31
October 15, 2020, 11:12:19 AM
Quote from: Mercurius on October 14, 2020, 09:26:15 PM
It is kind of funny how offended some of you guys get.

I mean, fat lesbians just want to have fun and roll dice, too. It isn't like they're forcing you to play this game.

Its not the subject matter. Its the how and the who of its presentation as a SJW trainer. Ditch that and its no more offensive than anything BTRC ever made. EG: Someone somewhere will be offended by something that no one else on earth is offended by. Then demand and/or convince others to be offended too.

The reactions here and elsewhere are a byproduct of having to deal with this sort of stupid over and over and over.

Ratman_tf

#32
October 15, 2020, 11:48:13 AM
Curses! Another progressive RPG that mocks my evil, conservative villian moustache! I shall now slink back under my rock while the purple haired social justice warriors clap.

Meh, this sounds like a pathetic attention grab.
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Slambo

#33
October 15, 2020, 12:27:05 PM
If she's thirsty get her a Brawndo. Also, this seems like it might actually be kinda offensive to actual lesbians, most of whom are just normal people who might think the whole Monster Queers of Castle Gayskull and the art is intentionally making fun of them. I somehiw ended up with a table with 3 lesbians so maybe ill ask them what they think.

Omega

#34
October 15, 2020, 12:43:58 PM
Its possible its intended to appeal only to 3rd wave "feminists"? Who seem to be composed mostly of nutcase lesbians who treat other women and "lesser" lesbians like dirt.

Or maybe the promotors are morons. Again.

S'mon

#35
October 15, 2020, 12:46:42 PM
Quote from: Omega on October 15, 2020, 12:43:58 PM
Its possible its intended to appeal only to 3rd wave "feminists"? Who seem to be composed mostly of nutcase lesbians who treat other women and "lesser" lesbians like dirt.

With the reference to "Fascists & TERFS", they're certainly going for the 'Woke Lesbian' market - mostly straight men in dresses and silly college students, AFAICT.
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ShieldWife

#36
October 15, 2020, 12:59:51 PM
It seems like with a lot of the small time SJW focused RPG's, the creators are like a little kid who goes off all alone and says that they've made the greatest club ever, it's so great, but Billy can't join, and Tom can't join, and Jane can't join... Not that anybody actually even knows about it or wants to join. Saying that these bad scary people aren't allowed to play is silly enough for Vampire: the Masquerade, where some right wingers might actually want to play, but for a game like this it's doubly absurd.

Ratman_tf

#37
October 15, 2020, 01:36:21 PM
Quote from: ShieldWife on October 15, 2020, 12:59:51 PM
It seems like with a lot of the small time SJW focused RPG's, the creators are like a little kid who goes off all alone and says that they've made the greatest club ever, it's so great, but Billy can't join, and Tom can't join, and Jane can't join... Not that anybody actually even knows about it or wants to join. Saying that these bad scary people aren't allowed to play is silly enough for Vampire: the Masquerade, where some right wingers might actually want to play, but for a game like this it's doubly absurd.

I do admit. The idea that the regressive progressives feel that they control the community and can gate keep anyone they deem undesirable gets under my skin a bit.
People not following the culture war might think "Hey, whatever. Lesbians. Let's be accepting and get along." and not have any problems until they step on a landmine like use the term "sexual preference" and get browbeat for being offensive to gays.
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Brad

#38
October 15, 2020, 01:47:12 PM
Quote from: S'mon on October 15, 2020, 12:46:42 PMWith the reference to "Fascists & TERFS", they're certainly going for the 'Woke Lesbian' market - mostly straight men in dresses and silly college students, AFAICT.

So if I start wearing a dress to school, does that make me a lesbian? Do I get money or something? I'll let my wife know, might save on tuition costs.
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ShieldWife

#39
October 15, 2020, 02:31:09 PM
Quote from: Ratman_tf on October 15, 2020, 01:36:21 PM
I do admit. The idea that the regressive progressives feel that they control the community and can gate keep anyone they deem undesirable gets under my skin a bit.
People not following the culture war might think "Hey, whatever. Lesbians. Let's be accepting and get along." and not have any problems until they step on a landmine like use the term "sexual preference" and get browbeat for being offensive to gays.
Yeah, well in the case of this game, we might find it amusing or hateful, but it seems not to have much of an affect on anybody. But this same kind of thinking isn't limited to the fringes of indy RPGs. These are the ideas coming out of our universities and these are the ideas increasingly dominating the corporate world. The government has even adopted much of this ideology, especially education and various agencies and bureaucracies. So it's really not very amusing when you could lose your job or be expelled from college for making a heretical comment.

The culture war matters, because it's gone so far beyond merely tolerating people with differences.

crkrueger

#40
October 15, 2020, 03:31:39 PM Last Edit: October 15, 2020, 03:35:47 PM by CRKrueger
Jesus Wept guys, congrats for falling into the trap.

The whole point of this exercise by Evil Hat is to Virtue Signal by getting pushback and criticism that allows them to gather Alphabet Cred.
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Melan

#41
October 15, 2020, 04:44:46 PM
This looks like a 4chan psyop, except it has already picked up a bunch of money.

How long before some/all of the authors get outed as sex pests?  ;)
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Darrin Kelley

#42
October 15, 2020, 05:48:46 PM
The depths some people will go to get a product with no real substance noticed just blows my mind. This is just a complete WTF moment for me in publishing. That people would actually pay money for something so obviously banal and forgettable.

I don't see what this product actually brings to the RPG hobby. What possibly can be said on the topic at this point that Macho Women With Guns hasn't already in a much more eloquent manner.

This book is a whole lot of nothing. A nothingburger. So tell me. Why should I care about it?
 

Shasarak

#43
October 15, 2020, 10:22:24 PM
Quote from: hedgehobbit on October 15, 2020, 08:08:15 AM
Quote from: fixable on October 15, 2020, 03:02:54 AMWhy in the wildest f*ck would you care if you were not committed to that?
Because it exposes the ludicrous double standard not only the RPG industry but also in Kickstarter. That certain privileged identities can produce game which specifically exclude other people whereas other groups of people cannot.

I like how old school ADnD excludes stupid people.
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consolcwby

#44
October 16, 2020, 02:29:03 AM
I love the title, even though it sounds like Lesbians Thirsty for Swords. Make of that what you wish.  ;D
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