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Why Character Generation is not an optional add-on for a RPG Starter Set

Started by Windjammer, May 26, 2014, 10:37:21 AM

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LibraryLass

#540
June 03, 2014, 04:59:56 PM
Quote from: dragoner;755120So kids cartoons are getting violent again? Huh, because I noticed in the 90's a definite trend away from violence.

To illustrate how long ago the 90s were, the freshmen who just became sophomores in high school this week? Were the last crop of freshmen that will ever have been born in the 1990s.

Quote from: mcbobbo;755124...and my prior example of the Sam and Cat star demonstrates modern moral panic.  Or at least anticipation of it.

Moral panics about sex and nudity, on the other hand, have been the great American pastime longer than any of the members of this board have been alive.
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Quote from: noismsI get depressed, suicidal and aggressive when nerds start comparing penis sizes via the medium of how much they know about swords.

Quote from: Larsdangly;786974An encounter with a weird and potentially life threatening monster is not game wrecking. It is the game.

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Marleycat

#541
June 03, 2014, 05:02:08 PM
QuoteMoral panics about sex and nudity, on the other hand, have been the great American pastime longer than any of the members of this board have been alive.
Except Old Geezer...maybe.:D
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dragoner

#542
June 03, 2014, 05:22:05 PM
Quote from: Simlasa;755163I'm curious how the recent news about girls trying to sacrifice their friend to Slender Man is going to go down...

Wait, what?
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Simlasa

#543
June 03, 2014, 05:25:42 PM
Quote from: dragoner;755173Wait, what?
Here's a link to the story on ABCNews: http://abcnews.go.com/US/wireStory/12-year-wisconsin-girls-stab-friend-19-times-23959855

It's just the sort of thing to start some hysterics about 'The Internet', Creepypasta and maybe even Minecraft.

Sacrosanct

#544
June 03, 2014, 05:29:57 PM
And that's why there are warnings on urinal cakes to not eat them.
D&D is not an "everyone gets a ribbon" game.  If you\'re stupid, your PC will die.  If you\'re an asshole, your PC will die (probably from the other PCs).  If you\'re unlucky, your PC may die.  Point?  PC\'s die.  Get over it and roll up a new one.

Simlasa

#545
June 03, 2014, 05:31:05 PM Last Edit: June 03, 2014, 05:56:41 PM by Simlasa
Quote from: Sacrosanct;755179And that's why there are warnings on urinal cakes to not eat them.
Yup.
Of course, this sort of thing NEVER happened before 'The Internet'...

dragoner

#546
June 03, 2014, 05:32:16 PM
Quote from: Simlasa;755176Here's a link to the story on ABCNews: http://abcnews.go.com/US/wireStory/12-year-wisconsin-girls-stab-friend-19-times-23959855

It's just the sort of thing to start some hysterics about 'The Internet', Creepypasta and maybe even Minecraft.

Yeah, looks like the police are blaming the internet. Bleh
The most beautiful peonies I ever saw ... were grown in almost pure cat excrement.
-Vonnegut

Warthur

#547
June 04, 2014, 10:23:02 AM
Quote from: dragoner;755125Bing? http://www.bing.com/search?q=no+war+toys+for+children&qs=AS&sk=AS1&pq=no+war+toys&sc=2-11&sp=2&FORM=QBRE&cvid=5a74c154997640b7a1a28760ff384048 it is a fairly common thing now when you do charity drives, that they ask for no war toys.
Reasonably sure part of that is the uncomfortable parallels with current events, and I can imagine both hawks and doves sympathising with the idea that present-day warfare is a serious thing which should be dealt with soberly rather than being trivialised by turning it into a garish source of kids' toys.

I don't see that D&D would be seen as a war toy though.
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dragoner

#548
June 04, 2014, 11:15:32 AM
Quote from: Warthur;755280Reasonably sure part of that is the uncomfortable parallels with current events, and I can imagine both hawks and doves sympathising with the idea that present-day warfare is a serious thing which should be dealt with soberly rather than being trivialised by turning it into a garish source of kids' toys.

I don't see that D&D would be seen as a war toy though.

It is about violence, iirc, it is hippy-dippy stuff from the 60-70's, where it started, and as such, more prevalent in California; though I'm sure the war has given it impetus. Given the current popularity of the Hobbit, I wonder why there isn't a Hobbit cartoon either?
The most beautiful peonies I ever saw ... were grown in almost pure cat excrement.
-Vonnegut

LibraryLass

#549
June 04, 2014, 12:06:12 PM
Quote from: dragoner;755285It is about violence, iirc, it is hippy-dippy stuff from the 60-70's, where it started, and as such, more prevalent in California; though I'm sure the war has given it impetus. Given the current popularity of the Hobbit, I wonder why there isn't a Hobbit cartoon either?

Because 1) what the fuck would it even be about, 2) there may very well be rights issues, 3) it's not the 80s where every popular movie needs a cartoon spinoff.

And Warthur's right, it is about modern warfare being a serious thing they don't wish to trivialize. My family's donated foam swords and the like by the armful to those drives and they totally accept them. Even the occasional bucket of green army men.
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Quote from: noismsI get depressed, suicidal and aggressive when nerds start comparing penis sizes via the medium of how much they know about swords.

Quote from: Larsdangly;786974An encounter with a weird and potentially life threatening monster is not game wrecking. It is the game.

Currently panhandling for my transition/medical bills.

One Horse Town

#550
June 04, 2014, 01:03:23 PM
Back aboard the on-topic express.

Sacrosanct

#551
June 04, 2014, 01:10:02 PM
Quote from: One Horse Town;755296Back aboard the on-topic express.

What's left to discuss on this topic?  Some people feel like it's a cardinal sin to not have chargen rules in the starter set, some think it's no big deal it isn't there, pretty much everyone hopes there would be.

That's pretty much it.  Might as well close the thread since I think the horse has been beaten most completely.
D&D is not an "everyone gets a ribbon" game.  If you\'re stupid, your PC will die.  If you\'re an asshole, your PC will die (probably from the other PCs).  If you\'re unlucky, your PC may die.  Point?  PC\'s die.  Get over it and roll up a new one.

dragoner

#552
June 04, 2014, 01:49:18 PM
"Who's thread?"
"Thread's dead."
The most beautiful peonies I ever saw ... were grown in almost pure cat excrement.
-Vonnegut

jeff37923

#553
June 04, 2014, 02:04:35 PM
Quote from: Sacrosanct;755297What's left to discuss on this topic?  Some people feel like you are a filthy dirty denner to have chargen rules in the starter set, some think it's no big deal if it is there, pretty much everyone hopes there would be and I, 5acrosanct, went full retard about it.

That's pretty much it.  Might as well close the thread since I think the horse has been beaten most completely.

Fixed your typo.
"Meh."

Marleycat

#554
June 04, 2014, 03:18:27 PM
RPGSite the gift that keeps on giving. :rolleyes:
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