tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2638993969706011706.post3979578981482886933..comments2024-03-19T16:24:23.777-07:00Comments on Playing D&D With Porn Stars: The Line Is Not ThinZak Sabbathhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08812410680077034917noreply@blogger.comBlogger22125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2638993969706011706.post-3085845164659060602011-04-03T19:56:50.078-07:002011-04-03T19:56:50.078-07:00@Tabris
When I see a roach I step on it.@Tabris<br /><br />When I see a roach I step on it.Zak Sabbathhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08812410680077034917noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2638993969706011706.post-39254234763989342472011-04-03T19:53:38.712-07:002011-04-03T19:53:38.712-07:00Maybe i would not have the power to put it in the ...Maybe i would not have the power to put it in the same aggressive terms as you. I'm in no way saying you are wrong, actually i think that much of what you say is VERY TRUE. I also find it ironic that a lot of these people will be the first to say they are suffering prejudice for their hobbies or for being a geek. They are not seeing that they are to blame for closing themselves to the outside world with their own prejudice, impoliteness and narrow-mindedness and blame the world for their own vices.<br /><br />But in some ways i sort of accept those haters, not that i accept their arguments, i just acknowledge their existance but ignore them, if you are doing ANYTHING in the internet haters are going to appear, just pretend they don't exist. As the meme says: "Haters gonna hate"Tabrishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14508731076808274481noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2638993969706011706.post-89523648607432270052011-04-03T09:03:17.912-07:002011-04-03T09:03:17.912-07:00Well said, Zak. Here's to keeping the trolls a...Well said, Zak. Here's to keeping the trolls at bay.Simon Forsterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01243845335993440168noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2638993969706011706.post-51978046140299579362011-04-03T04:25:04.660-07:002011-04-03T04:25:04.660-07:00I found that you have written what I had recently ...I found that you have written what I had recently been thinking. Reading your post I find myself thinking back to an old Onion article. I am linking it here but am not sure it will make it through:<br /><br />http://www.onionsportsnetwork.com/articles/walking-sports-database-scorns-walking-scifi-datab,1442/Wymarchttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04210192839647451145noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2638993969706011706.post-69391831132704420842011-04-03T04:23:49.576-07:002011-04-03T04:23:49.576-07:00This comment has been removed by the author.Wymarchttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04210192839647451145noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2638993969706011706.post-52993446585132653152011-04-03T03:57:31.932-07:002011-04-03T03:57:31.932-07:00I'm astonished. Buddy, you TRULY have the powe...I'm astonished. Buddy, you TRULY have the power of rising followers!!<br /><br />BTW, thank you very much ^^Il Male™https://www.blogger.com/profile/02699384706214815033noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2638993969706011706.post-5491494614998719772011-04-03T03:31:09.475-07:002011-04-03T03:31:09.475-07:00Elegantly put, but I think the issue goes even dee...Elegantly put, but I think the issue goes even deeper.<br /><br />Folks who already consider their virtual existence more gratifying and self-defining than their real life and who consequently suffer from delusions of grandeur will automatically consider any topic that they deign to get involved with as being category A stuff. <br /><br />An they multiply at an alarming rate.CoffeeFiendhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16248299251977928160noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2638993969706011706.post-23575059039347826042011-04-03T01:41:44.176-07:002011-04-03T01:41:44.176-07:00Most people that know me will most likely atest to...Most people that know me will most likely atest to the fact that I'm quite a polite guy, maybe a bit of a cheeky sod occasionally, but a fair minded kind of chap who minds his P's and Q's. Unless you're whining constantly on comms or chat in MW2 in which case you will be the target of some imaginative ridicule on my part.<br /><br />The thing is, when it comes to forum and blog posts, the vast majority of people will not know me, nor I them so I don't feel either of us has the right to be nasty to the other. It constantly astounds and depresses me that there are so many idiots out there that feel the anonymity of the internet gives them permission to be unpleasant to other people who have a differing opinion or even just insulting them for no good reason. Disagreeing and discussing issues with each other is fine, healthy even and if that's all they were doing then that'd be ok. But no, not only do they seem to automatically oppose what people say but they then seem to want to verbally attack the other person which is just not on.<br /><br />As we all know, the medium of the internet has a tendency to allow intent to be miss-interpreted which can cause conflict. So with the knowledge that what you read on screen isn't necessarily what was meant and that the person on the other end of the wires doesn't know me, I try particularly hard to conduct myself like a true English gentleman, ask for clarification if I'm dubious and never (well rarely) belittle people on forums. All I ask is that they extend me the same courtesy.<br /><br />Mind you, I also lurk on a number of forums that declare they take a dim view of such things and yet seem to completely ignore it, even when blatant trolling is occuring, it does make it rather hard not to follow suit and flame the trolls because it can be damn good fun. <br /><br />We're all only human, but frankly that's just an excuse. Yes we're only human, but we should be trying to be more than we are, raise the bar and both be and demand better!Feystarhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06373130316108311054noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2638993969706011706.post-1280704761325446782011-04-02T20:57:40.489-07:002011-04-02T20:57:40.489-07:00Fandom is like academic politics: the irrelevance ...Fandom is like academic politics: the irrelevance is what makes them so vicious.Pulp Herbhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02486803457210325703noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2638993969706011706.post-88703296559989982252011-04-02T19:27:56.161-07:002011-04-02T19:27:56.161-07:00Ah, I found it. It was a few posts back. Yeah, t...Ah, I found it. It was a few posts back. Yeah, the internet convinces some people that the ability to offer their opinion means they should.Treyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04647628467658839351noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2638993969706011706.post-70647704781187604322011-04-02T19:22:17.065-07:002011-04-02T19:22:17.065-07:00Well said, though it makes me curious as to what w...Well said, though it makes me curious as to what went down.Treyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04647628467658839351noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2638993969706011706.post-75168812479569499252011-04-02T18:49:21.136-07:002011-04-02T18:49:21.136-07:00Egad, Zak! Glad you're not mad at me. I will r...Egad, Zak! Glad you're not mad at me. I will re-lurk and slink away now....<br /><br />DaveLDaveLhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01837748113498012191noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2638993969706011706.post-32545564322332943892011-04-02T18:28:57.428-07:002011-04-02T18:28:57.428-07:00@james mal
I've always found your blog to be ...@james mal<br /><br />I've always found your blog to be perfect trollbait. You show up and are nothing if not humble, wary of controversy, conscientious and polite and you attract nerdrage as if you personally added the voiceovers to Blade Runner, crippled Stephen Hawking and wrote Tom Bombadil out of LOTR.<br /><br />Fucking with Grognardia is like signing a legal writ officially certifying yourself as a premortem brain donor.Zak Sabbathhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08812410680077034917noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2638993969706011706.post-27584862348512872462011-04-02T18:07:07.026-07:002011-04-02T18:07:07.026-07:00I just can't fathom folks who not only have th...<i>I just can't fathom folks who not only have the mental mindset to endlessly read things they don't like and then complain about them, but the time to do it.</i><br /><br>Yeah, that boggles me as well but then many things about the behavior of Internet trolls does.James Maliszewskihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00341941102398271464noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2638993969706011706.post-37667296150673535322011-04-02T17:43:54.208-07:002011-04-02T17:43:54.208-07:00An admirable post. Good job, sirAn admirable post. Good job, sirAoshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00145284080419502886noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2638993969706011706.post-60255903579888307932011-04-02T16:49:07.008-07:002011-04-02T16:49:07.008-07:00Well fucking said. I just can't fathom folks ...Well fucking said. I just can't fathom folks who not only have the mental mindset to endlessly read things they don't like and then complain about them, but the time to do it. I barely have enough spare time to update my blog and comment on cool stuff.Jamiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12348128429151023348noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2638993969706011706.post-70290213608750005152011-04-02T16:43:52.407-07:002011-04-02T16:43:52.407-07:00If anger is a drug, then nerdrage is something lik...If anger is a drug, then nerdrage is something like huffing Carbona. An instant high that is unlikely to get you in serious trouble, but over time deteriorates the brain and makes sure your social network stays pea-sized.Roger G-Shttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08594440701279968693noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2638993969706011706.post-1503184010399059862011-04-02T16:42:40.436-07:002011-04-02T16:42:40.436-07:00Well put.
Nothing substantiative to add, so I sha...Well put.<br /><br />Nothing substantiative to add, so I shall merely link to the immortal words of St Bill: <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iMUiwTubYu0" rel="nofollow">it's just a ride</a>.Chrishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04072272223837426211noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2638993969706011706.post-51753058303633332912011-04-02T16:23:56.207-07:002011-04-02T16:23:56.207-07:00Dammit Zak. You're once again using up all of ...Dammit Zak. You're once again using up all of the awesomeness. Save some for the rest of us.<br /><br />/gettin' stigmata from the massive amounts of golf clappin'Tim Sniderhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17390608104314125626noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2638993969706011706.post-46265742238038515092011-04-02T16:22:15.677-07:002011-04-02T16:22:15.677-07:00A-fucking-men, indeed. I really wish this post cou...A-fucking-men, indeed. I really wish this post could be the final word on comment trolls. ::sigh::<br /><br />Because I post about Pendragon so much, I occasionally get a medieval history troll who's run across my blog via a Google search, in addition to RPG trolls. Two for the price of one!<br /><br />Thanks for the link to Yaggothl. Anyone who puts Kyuss up as background music to a post is alright in my book.David Larkinshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04133630988557116729noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2638993969706011706.post-14012334660120984062011-04-02T16:17:09.099-07:002011-04-02T16:17:09.099-07:00Well said, man. I have spent a lot of time away fr...Well said, man. I have spent a lot of time away from game blogs recently. The absence has really put things in perspective for me. I've realized that it's all good. Any gaming is good gaming, so I'm not going to get my panties in a bunch about "Why aren't people exploring more complex social themes in their games? WHY!!!! WAAAAAH!!!"<br /><br />Keep on keepin' on.christianhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09650456794111980661noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2638993969706011706.post-36920016613121633792011-04-02T15:03:18.719-07:002011-04-02T15:03:18.719-07:00As someone who spent a decade and a half in journa...As someone who spent a decade and a half in journalism (and union organizing) working on at least one line item in Category A, I just have to say a-fucking-men. <br /><br />What's strange, sad, and paradoxical about the Category B compulsion is that it's about a GAME--and an escapist one at that. That's the point.That's why I play--and blog about said playing--to escape for a blessed few hours at a time from a heartbreak of a world.<br /><br />Glad to see Il Male get some ups--leaving aside his documented love for pink-coated donuts--he runs a great blog.Chris Kutalikhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01414743509426875792noreply@blogger.com