tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2513019539869706574.post6874745152767309627..comments2024-03-29T06:16:21.012+08:00Comments on Monsters and Manuals: The Best of 2020Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger23125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2513019539869706574.post-73825429122331467652021-01-02T08:13:06.695+08:002021-01-02T08:13:06.695+08:00I agree. Though it’s when you get into the edge ca...I agree. Though it’s when you get into the edge cases of love & consent (the once ever so common bridenapping plots? Love potions? Unhappy arranged marriages?) that it becomes a big messy debate IMHO.Jason & Jayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08382538007150266805noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2513019539869706574.post-14553871784722414222021-01-02T01:58:25.594+08:002021-01-02T01:58:25.594+08:00Blue Rose, perhaps?
I've got no problem with ...Blue Rose, perhaps?<br /><br />I've got no problem with sex happening in an off-screen way but nobody has any business putting sexual assault or rape on or off screen in my view. It is never necessary. noismshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09933436762608669966noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2513019539869706574.post-13001316122487382382021-01-01T15:09:36.189+08:002021-01-01T15:09:36.189+08:00I agree sex in RPGs is madness, but I think love s...I agree sex in RPGs is madness, but I think love stories are SO full of drama/fun potential and SO common in myths/legends/fairytales that I’m surprised there isn’t a fantasy RPG that makes more use of them. (There’s probably some I haven’t played.) Though I don’t think I felt interested in RPing the topic, or remotely competent to DM/play it, till sometime in my 30s... 😂Jason & Jayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08382538007150266805noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2513019539869706574.post-54572948146157319632021-01-01T04:40:10.602+08:002021-01-01T04:40:10.602+08:00I think in general DnD at least never needs sex or...I think in general DnD at least never needs sex or even explicit seduction "on screen", though of course there may be some game relevance to the latter. In some RPGs (thus Far Verona, the Koebel game), I guess you might want edgy content, but it seems like an inherently unstable social dynamic. "Let's get a group of emotionally sensitive arty types together to play a game where intense emotion and complex events are a big element" sounds dumb.Owen Edwardshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02033345001593862263noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2513019539869706574.post-13708557568777644472020-12-31T22:16:01.925+08:002020-12-31T22:16:01.925+08:00Splendid. I will to call upon you if my blog ever ...Splendid. I will to call upon you if my blog ever suffers from a dearth of rat-faced, squeemish, self-appointed moral busibodies. PrinceofNothinghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11733680486570025367noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2513019539869706574.post-87286762382707469472020-12-31T18:01:37.285+08:002020-12-31T18:01:37.285+08:00The problem with your blog is the light gray text ...The problem with your blog is the light gray text on a slightly darker gray background. Up the contrast, you silly Nederlander, so those of us with old man eyes can read it.Franky Pankynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2513019539869706574.post-37097313339295577842020-12-31T16:01:02.722+08:002020-12-31T16:01:02.722+08:00You're welcome!You're welcome!noismshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09933436762608669966noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2513019539869706574.post-17404750029734158032020-12-31T08:02:58.609+08:002020-12-31T08:02:58.609+08:00Zak's argument style is designed to make you f...Zak's argument style is designed to make you feel that way. He's also an abuser and sex offender! What a neat topic he's chosen to comment on.Solid Filamenthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18180429668034788432noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2513019539869706574.post-40780759188855487142020-12-30T23:32:37.274+08:002020-12-30T23:32:37.274+08:00I’m probably not smart enough to have this convers...I’m probably not smart enough to have this conversation. It no longer feels productive.mjuliushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09710248588764690217noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2513019539869706574.post-73965785029318863272020-12-30T20:47:19.432+08:002020-12-30T20:47:19.432+08:00This is certainly one I did not see coming. Thank ...This is certainly one I did not see coming. Thank you for your praise sir (and other sirs), and a merry Christmas to you and yours. <br /><br />I am torn on Veins. The bestiary is undoubtedly brilliant but the cave generation and the systems that support its implementation seem akward to me. <br /><br />PrinceofNothinghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11733680486570025367noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2513019539869706574.post-70801907324802932312020-12-30T20:28:02.969+08:002020-12-30T20:28:02.969+08:00That's a weird confusion:
Decency -isn't ...That's a weird confusion:<br /><br />Decency -isn't about- ambition or trying to "do well" it's about trying to the right thing. Unrelated things.<br /><br />-Performative morality- like Sage LaTorra and his business partner Adam Koebel practiced are about trying to "do well" with certain people. But they'd never admit that.Zak Sabbathhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08812410680077034917noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2513019539869706574.post-51323352613604869772020-12-30T16:27:15.138+08:002020-12-30T16:27:15.138+08:00I think I may have said this before but one of the...I think I may have said this before but one of the (fair few) things that traditional conservatives and woke types can surely agree on is: just don't have sexual assault or rape appearing in games. It's not complicated.noismshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09933436762608669966noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2513019539869706574.post-16039926962604123542020-12-30T16:25:01.096+08:002020-12-30T16:25:01.096+08:00Yes, I basically agree, but there is poetic justic...Yes, I basically agree, but there is poetic justice when the person being cancelled has made a point of being so self-righteous and so much a cheerleader for 'cancel culture' in the past. noismshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09933436762608669966noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2513019539869706574.post-72008837723005453352020-12-30T16:21:33.710+08:002020-12-30T16:21:33.710+08:00Just by not being on twitter you can avoid 99% of ...Just by not being on twitter you can avoid 99% of the bullshit I think.noismshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09933436762608669966noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2513019539869706574.post-27121818795722365092020-12-30T16:19:50.939+08:002020-12-30T16:19:50.939+08:00Yeah, I think if there is a defining characteristi...Yeah, I think if there is a defining characteristic of online RPG nerds it's that one should not use them as models for how to do well in the world.noismshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09933436762608669966noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2513019539869706574.post-90902743678633501542020-12-30T09:44:49.770+08:002020-12-30T09:44:49.770+08:00Age of Dusks reviews always make me laugh, been a ...Age of Dusks reviews always make me laugh, been a reader for years. The Kobel cancel was also a perfect example of the scene eating their own. KingBrackishhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08752261395902857107noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2513019539869706574.post-25448851784320767592020-12-30T06:23:31.679+08:002020-12-30T06:23:31.679+08:00It’s worth mentioning that neither I (nor the word...It’s worth mentioning that neither I (nor the words I’m putting in my spouse’s mouth, especially) make any claims of who is or isn’t “decent”.<br />For all the good that this community has done for me creatively over the years, I don’t look to it for life advice.mjuliushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09710248588764690217noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2513019539869706574.post-12326911687160938572020-12-30T05:36:30.212+08:002020-12-30T05:36:30.212+08:00I do not like the concept of cancellation either, ...I do not like the concept of cancellation either, and though I only have a superficial observation of this occurrence, the situation of Koebal appears to me a good example of why I think cancellation is bad. It appears that his career has suffered a hit from this and I don't exactly think that a bad slip up should ruin anyone's career. (This doesn't mean that what he did wasn't inappropriate,especially in a live-stream or that I have <br />any sympathy with the guy, until now I haven't known about the guy so he could be a good person or totally full of hubris.) <br />Yet we've all had times where we have been unintentionally inappropriate, screw up, or unpleasant, but those shouldn't define our lives or our relationships. (Again, it all depends on what the person has done.)<br />Personally I find the entire concept of safety tools to be stupid, granted I haven't used them and I play with adults who are okay with mature subject matter so I might be speaking beyond my reach, but I feel instead of fiddling around with complex confusing social snafus that the referee needs to state what are the themes of the game and how intense it is going to be out front, like the rating system in movies. If you walk into a X-rated horror film,then you have a understanding that the movie could have things that could shock you.No one in perticularhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16634490277176092191noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2513019539869706574.post-64078730126717964442020-12-30T05:15:30.002+08:002020-12-30T05:15:30.002+08:00I had to stop reading the Veins of the Earth revie...I had to stop reading the Veins of the Earth review in the 2nd part when the reviewer decided that to best get their point across, they'd call Patrick "Fagrick" in all caps. Also went ahead and made sure their blog was no longer in my RSS feed. msilverhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15308295974224077150noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2513019539869706574.post-88728992253131505922020-12-30T05:14:28.823+08:002020-12-30T05:14:28.823+08:00Adam was never decent though.
His first response ...Adam was never decent though.<br /><br />His first response to a bad review of Dungeon World was namecalling, he trashed (Mike Pondsmith's) Cyberpunk 2020 for having (gasp) sex in it, he repeatedly backed up every alarmist hate-take against any random designer you care to name, he financially supported harassers for years.<br /><br />Adam wasn't "decent" he was just the popularly acceptable kind of terrible.<br /><br />Zak Sabbathhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08812410680077034917noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2513019539869706574.post-75441912851277831312020-12-30T05:01:11.316+08:002020-12-30T05:01:11.316+08:00First I've heard for the Adam Koebel thing; wh...First I've heard for the Adam Koebel thing; which means my 'completely avoid internet RPG bullshit' strategy for 2020 was a success. I'm going to get a drink to celebrate. <br /><br />Two thumbs up for your Age of Dusk awards. The blog is a fairly recent find for me and it's definitely one of the better ones out there in our little neck of the RPG inter-woods.<br /><br />And don't beat yourself up for any perceived lack of substantial posting on your own part. Even at the most vapid, your posts stand above the average. And you introduced me to Bret Devereaux's blog; that makes up for any other slacktitude. ChrisShttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07100160438119455222noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2513019539869706574.post-66615825169773395212020-12-30T03:49:48.572+08:002020-12-30T03:49:48.572+08:00The more somebody bellows about being virtuous the...The more somebody bellows about being virtuous the more suspicious of them you have to be. An awful lot of the Gospels is Jesus trying to emphasise that point.noismshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09933436762608669966noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2513019539869706574.post-32576166930413788442020-12-30T03:20:56.234+08:002020-12-30T03:20:56.234+08:00I guess I’ve been meandoin the shallows, I hadn’t ...I guess I’ve been meandoin the shallows, I hadn’t heard of “Age of Dust”. The writing is stunning, I look forward to digging in.<br /><br />Re: Koebal, my wife would say he “put it into his vortex” with his sanctimony. Being decent shouldn’t mean you have to bellow on about it all the time.mjuliushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09710248588764690217noreply@blogger.com