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20 | 6.45% |
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20 | 6.45% |
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99 | 31.94% |
| El Kabong |
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153 | 49.35% |
| Elves |
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5 | 1.61% |
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neongrey posted:I'm doing it because it seemed like a nice thing to do for a cause that can deffo use it. you misunderstand me. i'm talking about the people answering zak's questions
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Aug 11, 2014 04:20
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Raenir K. Artemi posted:Also straight up he's gonna say that the fact that none of his naysayers took him up on his offer is proof that they don't care as much about charity as they say, and therefore he's right because ??? Nah, he's gonna say quote:If you would rather just call me names, donate money yourself and then go about your business, that's fine, too--someone has been helped by this gesture and that's what's important. Because he did say that, but so what? Money is going to a good place, nobody has to engage with anyone they don't want to engage with, and I call that a win.
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Aug 11, 2014 04:21
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Tollymain posted:you misunderstand me. i'm talking about the people answering zak's questions Oh, yeah, I think they're mostly doing it to see if he'll do it at all. Not bloody likely though.
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Aug 11, 2014 04:22
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Of course he takes ownership of other people's charity and claims credit for it. In which case, let's be perfectly clear Zak, because we know you'll read this: gently caress you and your poo poo. You own nothing.
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Aug 11, 2014 04:22
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Some day he'll learn that there's a difference between 'because of' and 'in spite of'. Maybe.
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Aug 11, 2014 04:24
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Yay, Second Skins! Also, Space Wurm vs the Moonicorn looks rad a hell.
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Aug 11, 2014 04:28
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Rulebook Heavily posted:G+ indeed.  
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Aug 11, 2014 04:28
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The count stands at $501.80Swagger Dagger posted:No idea, sorry. Ah, alright. Thanks! Tulul fucked around with this message at 04:40 on Aug 11, 2014 |
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Aug 11, 2014 04:32
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i really do wish i could take part in this 
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Aug 11, 2014 04:34
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Tulul posted:The count stands at $501.80+whatever Saguaro gave, if anyone's curious. Saguaro gave a screenshot of the email receipt: $10.25. However, even with that my count is $476.90. I guess I probably missed one.
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Aug 11, 2014 04:38
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I'm relieved that RPG fans will donate independent of what garbage nonsense other RPG fans will spread around. We always chip in on bundles of holding and drivethru charity drives, now a "save face from people acting exactly like Donald Trump" charity drive? I'm so in. I normally give locally but will switch over briefly for this effort.
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Aug 11, 2014 04:52
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Traditional Games > The August Personage of Elminster Chat: Goons Are Generous, News At 11
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Aug 11, 2014 04:54
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If this is a bandwagon, I'm on it.
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Aug 11, 2014 04:54
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inklesspen posted:Saguaro gave a screenshot of the email receipt: $10.25. However, even with that my count is $476.90. I guess I probably missed one. 51.25+10.25+51.25+102.50+11+50+15.37+51.25+10.25+10.25+10.25+30+52.53+25+10.25+10.50+41+10.25+10.25+77+20.50+51.25+50+50+100+51.25+20.50+50+50=  $1083.90. Dunno!e: Might as well keep this updated. Tulul fucked around with this message at 12:56 on Aug 11, 2014 |
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Aug 11, 2014 04:57
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So I wasn't around when the thread started. I, like the other Elminster av guy, like the Forgotten Realms quite a bit. I haven't actually run into The Realms Fan (tm) as a problem when I run my games, nor do I really read the novels (fantasy novels are boring, read good novels instead okay?) I think the thing I like most about FR (and Greyhawk actually) is they really tie in closely to "the D&D experience" - journeys to weird places, tons of dungeons, and so on, and it adds in something few other settings do: a core reason to be an adventurer. In Greyhawk maybe you become an adventurer because you were a soldier and now you want to seek your fortune, or you're a wizard and you want to find a magic scroll of whatever. Or maybe not, there's no real adventuring motivation built into Greyhawk. But in the Forgotten Realms, you become an adventurer in hopes of becoming rich and famous and getting to bang divine beings and become literally the most important person in the world. Once you look at FR adventuring as being the faux-medieval version of reality TV, Elminster, the other high level NPCs, and the way the world is constructed makes perfect sense. Of course the world is insanely huge, that's because you need to go far away enough from home that you can exaggerate your exploits when you return and not be easily disproved, and also because once you become famous in one area, but blow through all your money buying drugs and having parties, you need to go to some other distant area and become famous there too. Not only should DMs permit "special snowflake" characters like Drizzt at the table, they should send you back to the drawing board until you come up with one. Like reality TV, it can be played straight or for laughs - most of the time the modules play it straight, but there are times when it's definitely for laughs. Anyway, FR is good, play more D&D in the Forgotten Realms. What's Planescape for anyway?
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Aug 11, 2014 05:10
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 Am sure I met Zak S's ridiculous "conditions," so figured I'd just save us both some headache and take care of the donation myself.
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Aug 11, 2014 05:11
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 So this means I can call Zak names right? I believe I will star with "douche-nozzle". So I'm sure he'll try to twist this into him being the hero who is responsible for our donations but whatever.
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Aug 11, 2014 05:17
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Well, this is gonna be a thing on the 17th or so when I get paid, right ?
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Aug 11, 2014 05:19
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mllaneza posted:Well, this is gonna be a thing on the 17th or so when I get paid, right ? It's always a good time to donate.
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Aug 11, 2014 05:21
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I'm in for $20 but I'm phone-posting. I'll try to remember to post a screenshot later.
That Old Tree fucked around with this message at 05:31 on Aug 11, 2014 |
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Aug 11, 2014 05:27
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mllaneza posted:Well, this is gonna be a thing on the 17th or so when I get paid, right ? Always be donating. Hell, donate to people who aren't the Trevor Project! Amnesty International Doctors Without Borders! The Red Crescent! Other cool orgs!
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Aug 11, 2014 05:28
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"LGBT" groups that actually have trans people on their boards!
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Aug 11, 2014 05:28
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Bucnasti posted:
I think you get seven names for that.
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Aug 11, 2014 05:30
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I guess if people are keeping a tally I may as well post this
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Aug 11, 2014 05:40
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Arivia posted:"LGBT" groups that actually have trans people on their boards! Have any names handy? Always nice to have more people to donate to.
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Aug 11, 2014 05:42
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 Hey Zak, my biggest regret during the time I spent moderating RPGnet is that Ettin is the one who got to permaban you instead of me so I feel your Ettin-related pain brother. You're still a complete rear end in a top hat though.
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Aug 11, 2014 05:49
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Chaotic Neutral posted:Some day he'll learn that there's a difference between 'because of' and 'in spite of'. Just sayin'.
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Aug 11, 2014 06:15
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Froghammer posted:Ettin unbanned him (apparently) and I don't see him posting any proof that he donated anything to anyone. Is there a particular reason to think Ettin was doing anything other than joking? 
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Aug 11, 2014 06:18
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neongrey posted:Is there a particular reason to think Ettin was doing anything other than joking?
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Aug 11, 2014 06:19
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Tollymain posted:Goons Are Generous, News At 11 Zakmouth, eat the eggs.
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Aug 11, 2014 06:25
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Froghammer posted:A man can dream, okay I dream about winning the lottery sometimes. You should have good dreams instead.
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Aug 11, 2014 06:30
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DalaranJ posted:Zakmouth, eat the eggs.
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Aug 11, 2014 06:36
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seebs posted:The primary audience for the apology is the person it's an apology to, and thanks to the magic of mutual friends, that's already taken care of. I am way late here, but I have actually not yet sent the person in question your apology; I was not able to send it earlier due to being busy, and after finishing what I was busy with I've come back to find some interesting things. Now I think the only reason I'd send it to her now is so that she could laugh at it. You sent that apology around the same time as you made another huge post, yet again defending Zak, which is now being used by Zak himself to justify his harassment and general shittiness, and is being used as the header to his ridiculous charity stunt. Clearly, you do not mean the apology; if you did, you would perhaps stop doing the things that necessitate it in a first place or created the situation that you are allegedly so worried about in your apology, or at least have taken down the post in question so that you weren't directly helping Zak after all the things he's done to the person you're apologizing to, but you aren't and have not, so it is nothing but words. Your behavior in this topic is only more proof that your apology was, at best, an attempt to assuage some guilt on your part and not a thing that was genuine. Sending this apology to the person it was intended for would be doing you a favor. After seeing what you've done in the meantime, I am not doing poo poo for you.
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Aug 11, 2014 07:09
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Nonpologies are one of the most obnoxious modern trends. Actually a non-pology would make a great charm power in an RPG. When cast, the PC can avoid the consequences of one act, as long as they quasi-apologize for it in suitably entertaining fashion.
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Aug 11, 2014 07:16
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"Look, I'm sorry you're feeling impaled by my sword right now, but I was just waving it in front of me. If someone got hurt they should have been watching where they were going."
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Aug 11, 2014 07:33
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I guess now, in this time of Ettinmod, thread titles are as clay. Anyway: 
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Aug 11, 2014 07:38
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What's with the flurry of donations?
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Aug 11, 2014 07:39
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Forums Terrorist posted:What's with the flurry of donations? Zak Smith offered to give  to charity for every person that tells him that he actually did nothing wrong and that they are dumb, so instead people are giving money to a charity to spite him.
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Aug 11, 2014 07:43
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basically zak s is a loving idiot and also a donald trump
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Aug 11, 2014 07:44
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Forums Terrorist posted:What's with the flurry of donations? Raenir K. Artemi posted:Zak Smith offered to give No no don't to be so unfair. He just wants to reach out, to understand: quote:"Here's the game--I ask you a question about things you did or said to create this controversy. You answer the question clearly. Each straight answer you give I donate 10 US dollars to the charity of your choice." See? He just wants to ask when you stopped beating your wife! So that we can clear up this whole misunderstanding. About your wife-beating.
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