tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2638993969706011706.post7988362643798740605..comments2024-03-19T16:24:23.777-07:00Comments on Playing D&D With Porn Stars: You Are Being Lied To (on Indie Press Revolution, pay rates, transparency, etc)Zak Sabbathhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08812410680077034917noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2638993969706011706.post-19812341323412707322020-11-18T14:02:52.195-08:002020-11-18T14:02:52.195-08:00(Just for the record and because it's oddly on...(Just for the record and because it's oddly on-topic I'll note that not long before the harassment campaign started, Venger Satanis tried to hire me to do an game thing for him but couldn't afford it. So whatever else he claims: he's a fan.)Zak Sabbathhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08812410680077034917noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2638993969706011706.post-20341564808300339872020-11-18T13:58:45.452-08:002020-11-18T13:58:45.452-08:00@Venger
You're banned until you correct your ...@Venger<br /><br />You're banned until you correct your incredibly lonnnnnnng record of misinformation and first-strike personal attacks.<br /><br />If you maintain the attitude you've had in the past, your response to that will be something like "lol fuck you you're not my dad! I don't want to comment on your blog anyway!"<br /><br />In which case: I hope that one day the situation where you value your time so little that you take time to click over to links you don't read and type messages that will never be received improves and you begin to have better things to do and that that gives you the strength to make the apologies necessary to become a responsible adult.Zak Sabbathhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08812410680077034917noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2638993969706011706.post-59071848757397662552020-11-18T07:17:06.849-08:002020-11-18T07:17:06.849-08:00I can always tell the quality in a product like yo...I can always tell the quality in a product like yours. I have published 2 games in 8 years and can't afford to go full time with it. However since it was self published and I was lucky to find some supportive artists I did OK but it was not enough for a salary. I am don't think I have the drive to give up my IT tech job to develop gaming product full time. I do think a good living can be made if you have the talent and focus to make quality product. inreposehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01808052726738684756noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2638993969706011706.post-14240669468242025122020-11-17T15:59:10.270-08:002020-11-17T15:59:10.270-08:00@StratManKudzu
Nah, I added the twitter grabs aft...@StratManKudzu<br /><br />Nah, I added the twitter grabs after, when I saw them.Zak Sabbathhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08812410680077034917noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2638993969706011706.post-75270278757757343032020-11-17T15:54:31.136-08:002020-11-17T15:54:31.136-08:00@StratManKudzu
It's a strange dynamic they ha...@StratManKudzu<br /><br />It's a strange dynamic they have:<br /><br />-First: who cares that much about recruiting people to a hobby? Do they honestly think thousands of people they never met's lives would be improved by doing -their specific hobby-? I like playing RPGs, I don't particularly feel like other people have to. It's certainly not morally necessary.<br /><br />-Second: A lot of them will admit to caring literally because they want to play with people. I ask you: most of the creators have been on the online indie RPG scene since the early 2000s, why the hell don't they have friends to play with them? Many of them will admit to only playing at cons. That points to them having much more serious problems than game design. Like Ron Edwards, who basically birthed the scene was on -my site- trying to find gamers to play with him. Wtf? In 40 years of gaming he hasn't made any friends?<br /><br />-Third: Aside from the whole "moral mission to play games period" they're obsessed with the idea that their games are morally improving, when it's been tested and they're not: http://dndwithpornstars.blogspot.com/2020/07/an-unrepeatable-test-of-theory-about.html<br /><br />-Fourth: for people who've been trying to spread the love for 20 years, they're insanely bad at it. Like I never thought "I like what I make, I am objectively certain it can and should be popular"--that's a crazy level of narcissism. I just was happy (and surprised) when it was popular. But, seriously, if they have a mission to be popular: why do they suck so bad at it? Still?Zak Sabbathhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08812410680077034917noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2638993969706011706.post-3812881355000633262020-11-17T15:53:58.529-08:002020-11-17T15:53:58.529-08:00My initial read was in inoreader so missed the twi...My initial read was in inoreader so missed the twitter grabs (Unless those were added in after.) These people are so close to identifing the real issue, but are still missing it by so much. StratManKudzuhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01852087247274284139noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2638993969706011706.post-54880359737155642652020-11-17T15:42:48.331-08:002020-11-17T15:42:48.331-08:00That's an angle I hadn't considered. Thoug...That's an angle I hadn't considered. Though with that, trying to recruit others to their hobby gig seems like a fool's errand to me.StratManKudzuhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01852087247274284139noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2638993969706011706.post-20506535523930334052020-11-17T15:23:22.409-08:002020-11-17T15:23:22.409-08:00@StratManKudzu
I don't think it's "f...<br />@StratManKudzu<br /><br />I don't think it's "fishy" so much as: they accept their lot in life as distributing books that just don't sell that well and some probably have other jobs.<br /><br />They consider it their mission and their hobby and their idealistic dream to help a bunch of toxic, abusive, harassing indie game developers sell games to each other and to a small group of people who don't know any better.<br /><br />The entire scene they came out of not only includes authors who are 4chan posters and Something Awful goons but -all- of their major authors coalesced around people who read a guy with actual published scientific credentials who claimed Vampire: The Masquerade causes literal brain damage and instead of going "Wow, that's crackpot bullshit" joined his forum and asked him to please tell us more!<br /><br />Like you can't make this stuff up. It's upside-down land.<br /><br />They literally think that you just can't make better things. <br /><br />Like you'll see people with elaborate multi-tweet rants about how these games that nobody plays for very long that only this insular group of people want are objectively better than other similar options.Zak Sabbathhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08812410680077034917noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2638993969706011706.post-40224324017717658902020-11-17T15:09:48.252-08:002020-11-17T15:09:48.252-08:00How does a whole firm making just over minimum wag...How does a whole firm making just over minimum wage, as IPR claims stay in business? Sounds fishy. Are they just distributing physical and digital product or are there other services provided? StratManKudzuhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01852087247274284139noreply@blogger.com