Posts made by reimesu

@hobos @Hella
I see what you guys are saying. However, my take on it is this: @Derp was directly addressing Cobalt when he said what he said. It was a reminder.

I'm not asking what happened, because for me, what's telling is this: Cobalt came on, saw people were asking questions that dared to question her integrity, flailed around, yelled "how dare you!" and pre-banned four of us from any future games. And missed the point that she pulled something that entirely lacked integrity and didn't apologize for it.

Whatever happened in the past? Don't know, don't care. What's going on NOW is that Macha got raked over the coals based on HER past reputation from a bunch of people who don't like her and reportedly, is continuing to be targeted by said people, in spite of the fact that the person she was RPing with is a known bad actor and was pulling some shady shit. And somehow, she's still the bad guy?

And you guys are worried about Cobalt? Y'all don't need to worry about her, clearly she's got a teflon reputation at this point because no one is pointing out that the banning someone over a consensual scene and then closing of that game is pretty PHB territory. This isn't even me pointing out past misjudgements on her part, I can't be arsed to remember them. This is me looking at what's going on NOW and thinking it's pretty shitty.

@hobos
Just as a note:
conjecture: an opinion or conclusion formed on the basis of incomplete information.
accusation: a charge or claim that someone has done something illegal or wrong.

The last game of Cobalt's that I know I played on for certain was Darkwater and so long ago that it was several computers ago, I have no receipts. Any opinion I advance about Cobalt would have no evidence, just personal anecdotes. Anything I said would have to be conjecture, I have no logs. So I've kept my mouth shut because no logs = no proof.

But let's be fair, just that pre-banning of @Ganymede for...what? is enough to make me wonder what other bad decisions are being made. And Macha's logs showed that a) she was being slut-shamed and b) it was a consensual log that she was being shamed for and is still being shamed for.

Pretty sure that the bad decisions aren't the ones being made here.

@Cobalt I haven't played on any of your games in years. Not worth my time to get attached to a character when you're going to close it in three months anyway.

@Cobalt Thanks for your opinion, I'll continue to go by my own. I have not weighed in on my opinion about your actions, or indeed, anyone's. I'm fairly sure you wouldn't want my unvarnished opinion of any of this.

That said, I do think you need to learn the difference between calling out an action and calling someone a name. There is, in fact, a difference.

Have a good night!

@Cobalt

It's calling out an action, not a personal attack. Do you really not see the difference?

@Bessarion said in Ruiz:

And I'm done giving your dysfunctional ass attention. Just stop.

(Bold is mine) That's a personal attack. Please stop.

@Tez said in The Pack Discussion:

Questionable actions can be called out.

You answered your own question.

Thread resurrection!

Today is gamebook day! I was sent a copy of Werewolf: The Forsaken by a close friend who's divesting himself of his hardcopy.

For further squee, my Avatar Legends Kickstarter stuff arrived today. (This is Last Airbender, not Blue People.) And it's the main book, the adventure guide, the cloth map, the Combat Action deck, the dice and the dice bag! (Ok, at this point, I'm boasting.)

But it's nice to be having a Good Day. (And in March, gods willin' and the crick don't rise, the Old Gods of Appalachia stuff will ship.)

tWitch, at 40. This is kind of wrecking.

@Macha That one kind of gutted me.

Irene Cara, at 63. Singer and actress, most famous for the movie Fame and the song Flashdance.

@hedgehog I'm sorry, hedgehog. May his memory be a blessing.

@ZombieGenesis Oh, fuck. Best Batman ever.

@chibichibi Pretty sure City of Shadows is open. It's WoD. Well, CoD.

Julie Powell, of "Julie & Julia" fame. She was only 49!

@Runescryer Shit.

Just so y'all know, I'm not around right now. I was gifted with a case of COVID and I am exhausted.

I'm just going to come out and say it: @Nymeria. You are indeed racist and it shows. You're proving it by word and deed.

To quote Maya Angelou, "When someone shows you who they are, believe them the first time."

You've been showing us for years.

SHIT.

Look. I loved that stupid supplement, back in the days before I realized how very racist it was. And even if "everyone's a little bit racist", that's no excuse for people not to work on it.

GRRM got his start in fantasy during a time period where people weren't taught how many ethnicities were roaming around Europe. The place was never as white as people were taught it was. Thus, the sheer whiteness of fantasy. Do I think he's racist? No, I think he never thought about it.

However, that doesn't apply on a current day game. Claiming one is staying true to "the source material" when the author has said "Hey, that's actually a good idea" is still something to be called out. Out and out saying that people of color will not be included because the game runner doesn't want to is fucking racist. It's 2022 and there's no goddamned excuse for it.