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SJG (GURPS) new Managing Editor

Started by GeekyBugle, August 14, 2023, 05:14:17 PM

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Rob Necronomicon

#30
August 16, 2023, 06:52:26 AM
Watched the vid a few days ago.

Why would you hire someone who is so obnoxious on twitter?? How does that do anything for your company?

Mind you, on the plus side, SJG is pretty much dead and has been riding off their back catalog of material for years. So it's no big loss.

Exploderwizard

#31
August 16, 2023, 07:51:51 AM
I stopped caring about GURPS a long time ago. I like the system well enough but without good adventure support it is too much of a hassle to prep games. Many of the historical books are top notch and have useful things for other games but the system....too heavy for quick game prep.
Quote from: JonWakeGamers, as a whole, are much like primitive cavemen when confronted with a new game. Rather than \'oh, neat, what\'s this do?\', the reaction is to decide if it\'s a sex hole, then hit it with a rock.

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Quote from: Kyle Aaron;766997In the randomness of the dice lies the seed for the great oak of creativity and fun. The great virtue of the dice is that they come without boxed text.

blackstone

#32
August 16, 2023, 10:17:44 AM
Never played GURPS, but I do have some of the books because they're good background material (especially GURPS Conan)
I was more of a Car Wars fan back in the day.
Oh well...Go woke, go broke.
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Omega

#33
August 16, 2023, 07:29:27 PM
Quote from: Rob Necronomicon on August 16, 2023, 06:52:26 AM
Watched the vid a few days ago.

Why would you hire someone who is so obnoxious on twitter?? How does that do anything for your company?

Mind you, on the plus side, SJG is pretty much dead and has been riding off their back catalog of material for years. So it's no big loss.

Just occurred to me that it could be an outrage marketing ploy.

A publicity gag to draw attention to the company. And you can bet that all the uproar is getting eyes and probably $$$ on sjg product.

THE_Leopold

#34
August 16, 2023, 08:00:45 PM
Quote from: Omega on August 16, 2023, 07:29:27 PM
Quote from: Rob Necronomicon on August 16, 2023, 06:52:26 AM
Watched the vid a few days ago.

Why would you hire someone who is so obnoxious on twitter?? How does that do anything for your company?

Mind you, on the plus side, SJG is pretty much dead and has been riding off their back catalog of material for years. So it's no big loss.

Just occurred to me that it could be an outrage marketing ploy.

A publicity gag to draw attention to the company. And you can bet that all the uproar is getting eyes and probably $$$ on sjg product.

Hate clicks only give you short term engagements  but your reputation suffers in the long run (see disney, marvel, kotaku,etc).  Its a shit move and only idiots play that game
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Rob Necronomicon

#35
August 16, 2023, 08:02:13 PM
Quote from: Omega on August 16, 2023, 07:29:27 PM
Quote from: Rob Necronomicon on August 16, 2023, 06:52:26 AM
Watched the vid a few days ago.

Why would you hire someone who is so obnoxious on twitter?? How does that do anything for your company?

Mind you, on the plus side, SJG is pretty much dead and has been riding off their back catalog of material for years. So it's no big loss.

Just occurred to me that it could be an outrage marketing ploy.

A publicity gag to draw attention to the company. And you can bet that all the uproar is getting eyes and probably $$$ on sjg product.

If only it was! I'd respect them for that type of grift.  ;D

TheShadow

#36
August 16, 2023, 08:10:54 PM
Sadly, rather than engaging in shock marketing strategies, Steve Jackson is just an exhausted elderly man whose attempts at being current are stuck 5-10 years in the past, at best. 
You can shake your fists at the sky. You can do a rain dance. You can ignore the clouds completely. But none of them move the clouds.

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Zelen

#37
August 16, 2023, 08:51:50 PM
I just assume by default that employees of these corporations are all anti-White, anti-Male, anti-God freaks.

TheShadow

#38
August 16, 2023, 09:04:37 PM
Quote from: Zelen on August 16, 2023, 08:51:50 PM
I just assume by default that employees of these corporations are all anti-White, anti-Male, anti-God freaks.

SJG is a small business, not a corporation.
It's Steve Jackson's baby which he's run for 40 years.
It used to be staffed by old-school geeks that you would expect to be putting out such stuff, basically stuck in the 1980s (not that that is a bad thing).
Steve himself has gone woke, basically broken by the pandemic, Trump derangement syndrome, and being old. So his recent hires are all liberal women who are not and have never been gamers.
You can shake your fists at the sky. You can do a rain dance. You can ignore the clouds completely. But none of them move the clouds.

- Dave "The Inexorable" Noonan solicits community feedback before 4e\'s release

Thornhammer

#39
August 16, 2023, 10:00:03 PM
Quote from: Dracones on August 15, 2023, 11:46:06 AM
It's bizarre to me that a company owner would hire someone that actively hates 99% of their customer base.

"A drowning man will clutch at a straw."

FelixGamingX1

#40
August 18, 2023, 06:52:42 AM
Quote from: TheShadow on August 16, 2023, 09:04:37 PM
Quote from: Zelen on August 16, 2023, 08:51:50 PM
I just assume by default that employees of these corporations are all anti-White, anti-Male, anti-God freaks.

SJG is a small business, not a corporation.
It's Steve Jackson's baby which he's run for 40 years.
It used to be staffed by old-school geeks that you would expect to be putting out such stuff, basically stuck in the 1980s (not that that is a bad thing).
Steve himself has gone woke, basically broken by the pandemic, Trump derangement syndrome, and being old. So his recent hires are all liberal women who are not and have never been gamers.

Hiring unqualified people for a job will always produce poor results. I'm not understanding the logic behind it till this day, and why are so many mainstream companies torturing years old customers. My understanding is that you show a customer how much you appreciate them, not depreciated and deliberately bully them. Another question is why aren't these companies gone bankrupt already? It's been years!
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Rob Necronomicon

#41
August 18, 2023, 06:58:04 AM
Quote from: FelixGamingX1 on August 18, 2023, 06:52:42 AM
Quote from: TheShadow on August 16, 2023, 09:04:37 PM
Quote from: Zelen on August 16, 2023, 08:51:50 PM
I just assume by default that employees of these corporations are all anti-White, anti-Male, anti-God freaks.

SJG is a small business, not a corporation.
It's Steve Jackson's baby which he's run for 40 years.
It used to be staffed by old-school geeks that you would expect to be putting out such stuff, basically stuck in the 1980s (not that that is a bad thing).
Steve himself has gone woke, basically broken by the pandemic, Trump derangement syndrome, and being old. So his recent hires are all liberal women who are not and have never been gamers.

Hiring unqualified people for a job will always produce poor results. I'm not understanding the logic behind it till this day, and why are so many mainstream companies torturing years old customers. My understanding is that you show a customer how much you appreciate them, not depreciated and deliberately bully them. Another question is why aren't these companies gone bankrupt already? It's been years!

Thing is, even if she's good at her job, why the fuck would you hire someone who's just so noxious towards people? Imagine having that in the office...
"I hate white men"
"I hate white men"
"I hate white men"
"I hate white men"
"I hate white men"
"I hate white men"




Danger

#42
August 19, 2023, 12:28:45 PM
"So...what do you know about being a line editor for TTRPGs and the like?"
"You have a penis!  Fuck you!"
"Welp, (checks boxes on form) looks like you're perfect for the position; welcome aboard!"
"Burn in hell, breeder!  And thank you!"  - goes to take a shit in the corner before leaving


Adieu, SJG.  Adieu.   :'(

I start from his boots and work my way up. It takes a good half a roll to encompass his jolly round belly alone. Soon, Father Christmas is completely wrapped in clingfilm. It is not quite so good as wrapping Roy but it is enjoyable nonetheless and is certainly a feather in my cap.
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