So, first of all, here's a thing about Vornheim being part of a not-pen-and-paper RPG game festival. WeirdNeat.
Second, here's the publisher telling you we're running out of copies. So unless you want to take some chances with The 2nd Edition, maybe get one.
The third is a personal matter.
So, there's a website where people talk about games.
This conversation occurred there where they were complaining about OSR dice notation:
Zak
My blog's not called "Playing D&D With People Who All Graduated High School". I will tell you right now, if I tell Kimberly Kane* she's got a 3d6 weapon or a 4d4 spell she will not know which does more damage.
Gau
Dear God. The misogyny, it burns.
A Hungry Mouth
That's...not misogyny
Gau
"My female sex worker players are literally too stupid to do third-grade multiplication" isn't misogyny? I guess he just could be generally misanthropic.
Zak
Um, this is getting gross and disturbing in the assumptions you're making but I'm KK's math tutor for the GED--I know what math she can and can't do.
PeterWeller
She should probably get a different tutor if you can't teach her how to multiply two numbers.
A Hungry Mouth
At worst it's "Some of my players, specifically Kimberly Kane, have trouble with simple math," which for all I know is true. You guys realize that people who are illiterate/innumerate/have extreme difficulty with reading or mathematics actually exist, right?
e: PeterWeller you're being kind of mean and I have no idea why.
Stupid Bob:
God drat you guys are being a bunch of dicks. Especially you Gau, what does her being a sex worker have to do with anything? Nobody brought that up and it's not relevant to the conversation.
Gau
Yeah. This is hosed, I am out.
Zak S is saying this works for him and his group, and you guys are jumping all over him like a pack of hyenas. It's dumb as poo poo. Stop.
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Now all this happened here and you can read it for yourself--I left out stuff for clarity if you want to check the thread for context.
Now, today, months later, this person Gau, said:
Gau
It has more to do with the fact that Zak was a misogynistic rear end in a top hat who just assumes that his HOT PORN STAR PLAYERS are uneducated and can't determine which is bigger: 1d4 or 1d8.
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This is a lie, obviously but he is telling people this lie about my attitude toward my best friends and this evidence needs to be here so that no-one believes it, because that shit is fucked. Like really fucked far beyond just some dumb monkey shit-fight about games. Ever wonder where the line is? This is where the line is.
Say what you want about what you want about games and game designers but don't do that.
I'd post it there but I am, of course, banned.
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So this worked out, we now have Gau's acknowledgement and defense. I'm putting this here for anyone's future reference:
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I apologize for the interruption of service for "Troll Psychology Theatre", we will resume rebroadcast of awesome game stuff tomorrow or later today or next time I think of something.
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*KK is very open about working on her GED and her lack of math skills, it's not like I was blowing her up here, if you're wondering. She is, however, awesome.
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So this worked out, we now have Gau's acknowledgement and defense. I'm putting this here for anyone's future reference:
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SA changes asshole to Read End in a Top Hat if you don't have an account, dumbass.Delete
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koboldstyle, I think this is a evidence of a greater fundamental truth. As said in one of the greatest cinematic masterpieces, "many of the truths we cling to depend greatly on our own point of view."Delete
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So long as you are able to recognize that you lied--even if it was in the service of some principle that you believe lying serves--we have enough evidence on the table for everyone else to make their own call.Delete
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Any time! Hit me up the next time you need someone to e-stalk and then hate. I'm always good for it.Delete
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I apologize for the interruption of service for "Troll Psychology Theatre", we will resume rebroadcast of awesome game stuff tomorrow or later today or next time I think of something.
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*KK is very open about working on her GED and her lack of math skills, it's not like I was blowing her up here, if you're wondering. She is, however, awesome.
What I said was:
"It has more to do with the fact that Zak was a misogynistic asshole who just assumes that his HOT PORN STAR PLAYERS are uneducated and can't determine which is bigger: 1d4 or 1d8."