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https://twitter.com/Ettin64/status/1395367616298946562?s=19
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Ettin should work for The Hard Times. Is this riffing on some project or just being funny?
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May 21, 2021 06:34
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Probably this; https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/rosspayton/ludonarrative-dissidents-a-ttrpg-analysis-podcast-series
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May 21, 2021 07:34
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Mostly recent Twitter discourse + remembering past discourse + I've been reading The Routledge Companion to Cyberpunk Culture for Hard Wired Island reasons 
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May 21, 2021 08:26
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Probably late to the party, but it’s because I’ve been drinking these… 6 parts Edinburgh gin 3 parts Stoli blue 2 parts Lilet blanc 2 dash angostura bitters Shake well with ice, strain into glass, garnish with a piece of lime peel, wonder why everyone thinks you’re a total drunk. I call it a "Scottish vesper", or a "bad day" DigitalRaven fucked around with this message at 12:05 on May 21, 2021 |
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May 21, 2021 11:02
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Oh my goodness thanks for that summary. And by "thanks" I can offer you: French 75 (modified) 1 part gin 1 part lemonade 3 parts Champagne This version eliminates the traditional simple syrup and freshly squeezed lemon juice, replacing both with lemonade. It improves the taste and uses ingredients a reasonable person might have. The best lemonade is the over-sugared stuff made by your local diary. It's sold in gas stations next to the chocolate milk.
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May 21, 2021 11:27
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For current work Zak is still working on his delayed horror game KS, posting to the comments how it will be out soon, be the greatest have ever, humble his enemies, and the other usual stuff.
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May 21, 2021 12:45
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When did Justin Alexander change his name to Theodore Quigley-Smythe?
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May 21, 2021 14:14
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Pithhelmet Muldoon is an A+ name
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May 21, 2021 14:17
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neaden posted:For current work Zak is still working on his delayed horror game KS, posting to the comments how it will be out soon, be the greatest have ever, humble his enemies, and the other usual stuff.
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May 21, 2021 14:24
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Hedningen posted:It would shock me, because there’s no way he’d willingly do anything anonymously unless it involves harassing people. I can see him agreeing to it, because then he could pull a SURPRISE! IT WAS ME ALL ALONG! later. Wasn't he threatening Raggi over non-payment for something a year or so ago? Or Raggi was complaining about how much he owed Zak? I don't remember the specifics but he is clearly getting under-the-table work, probably from people who are certain that this is all an overreaction and it will blow over, and there's no way their friend could possibly do such things. Antivehicular posted:In my experience, this sort of Spreadsheet of Grievances is a pretty common abuser tactic, both in number and in expectation of "you apologize for every itemized slight and tell me how great I am, forever." The idea is that you present it as a solution, and then when your victim declines, you can say they're being so unreasonable, when you offered a solution!! It's also so even if he does force an apology, he can justify "punishing" his target for not addressing sub-paragraph 28 lines iv-xvii clause 10(a).
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May 21, 2021 15:04
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at this point I'd be surprised if he's doing any work at all right now, his strategy seems to be to concentrate on his court cases in order to force all his haters to submit to his rhetorical judo in court and recant their horrible lies, then return vindicated to the community and rake in all the new collaboration requests
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May 21, 2021 15:09
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Splicer posted:*reprints a 5e beta doc but with all the damage types replaced with synonyms for sexual assault* Morningstars deal Grope and Penetration damage. Greatswords deal Slap damage.
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May 21, 2021 15:21
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I cast Bigby's You Fell Down The Stairs
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May 21, 2021 15:26
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Mordenkainen's Sketchy House In The Woods With No Cell Service
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May 21, 2021 15:30
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Froghammer posted:Also, for the record, I'm not sure what Zak thinks harassment is? I dislike when someone just posts a tweet about some conflict or scandal in the business, without any context or commentary. Twenty minutes later, I'm down a rabbit hole of Twitter threads and links to blogs with screenshots of posts...and it's usually about people I didn't know existed twenty minutes ago. For all that he complains about the public screaming matches and labyrinthine squabbles on social media, he lives for that poo poo. Ettin posted:Mostly recent Twitter discourse + remembering past discourse + I've been reading The Routledge Companion to Cyberpunk Culture for Hard Wired Island reasons 
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May 21, 2021 16:22
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90s Cringe Rock posted:I cast Bigby's You Fell Down The Stairs
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May 21, 2021 16:28
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moths posted:French 75 (modified) Named after this artillery piece:  neaden posted:For current work Zak is still working on his delayed horror game KS, posting to the comments how it will be out soon, be the greatest have ever, humble his enemies, and the other usual stuff. Is Far West out yet?
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May 21, 2021 16:30
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Cessna posted:Is Far West out yet? No, but Skarka is certainly trying to be Twitter's main character of late in matters of RPG design and philosophy! It's great.* *It is not great.
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May 21, 2021 16:39
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“(Maga)zines? More like (AntiMaga)zines.” - A modern CyberPunk?!?
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May 21, 2021 16:51
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Loxbourne posted:It's also so even if he does force an apology, he can justify "punishing" his target for not addressing sub-paragraph 28 lines iv-xvii clause 10(a). As a side note, Sean Patrick Fannon did captlitulate and post a public apology to Zak about five years ago and Zak continued to use him as a target whenever it became convenient. Appeasement is not a winning strategy here. (Then SPF turned out to be some sort of sex pest I think and got ejected from the industry.)
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May 21, 2021 16:52
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Dawgstar posted:No, but Skarka is certainly trying to be Twitter's main character of late in matters of RPG design and philosophy! It's great.* Still crazy a guy only famous for never finishing his work is even considered to be someone to talk to/about.
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May 21, 2021 16:53
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Loxbourne posted:I can see him agreeing to it, because then he could pull a SURPRISE! IT WAS ME ALL ALONG! later. Wasn't he threatening Raggi over non-payment for something a year or so ago? Or Raggi was complaining about how much he owed Zak? I don't remember the specifics but he is clearly getting under-the-table work, probably from people who are certain that this is all an overreaction and it will blow over, and there's no way their friend could possibly do such things. Raggi wasn’t talking about new work. He’s one of if not the only RPG publisher who pays royalties, and those were outstanding to Zak.
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May 21, 2021 16:54
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Lord_Hambrose posted:Still crazy a guy only famous for never finishing his work is even considered to be someone to talk to/about.
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May 21, 2021 17:08
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Lord_Hambrose posted:Still crazy a guy only famous for never finishing his work is even considered to be someone to talk to/about. It does beg the question what wisdom, precisely, does he have to hand down? Regale me, GM, on how to not put a game out with a hook that was kind of dated when you started it.
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May 21, 2021 19:44
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potatocubed posted:As a side note, Sean Patrick Fannon did captlitulate and post a public apology to Zak about five years ago and Zak continued to use him as a target whenever it became convenient. Appeasement is not a winning strategy here. More or less. (The ejection, not the alleged sexpestery.) Sean Patrick Fannon posted:
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May 21, 2021 19:51
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I like a little gin in my vermouth and olive juice
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May 21, 2021 22:18
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Halloween Jack posted:
Halloween Jack posted:The series ends with a list of malefactors who never suffered any negative consequences for being mean to Zak. This includes Robin Laws, for some reason. As far as I can tell, Laws is guilty of not using his industry pull to defend Zak, even though Zak knows his friend Ken! A little late on this, but can I just say how beautifully these work as bookends that illustrate just how out of touch with reality Zak's attempts to cover up his history of abuse are? "So Robin Laws can vouch for your stupid nonsense claims about Olivia Hill?" "Oh yes...But anything else he says is a filthy lie."
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May 22, 2021 00:47
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Halloween Jack posted:This includes Robin Laws, for some reason. As far as I can tell, Laws is guilty of not using his industry pull to defend Zak, even though Zak knows his friend Ken! This is actually another fun Zak hobby as well, where failure to defend him with enough enthusiasm puts you into the enemies column. Telling him "I think all the people you hate suck poo poo too, but maybe we should take a step back here" will cop you a blog post specifically calling you the world's greatest imbecile.
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May 22, 2021 01:24
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Ettin posted:Mostly recent Twitter discourse + remembering past discourse + I've been reading The Routledge Companion to Cyberpunk Culture for Hard Wired Island reasons Where did you get it? I've only ever seen it in hardback textbook, and they want $250 for it. 
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May 22, 2021 02:07
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Liquid Communism posted:Where did you get it? I've only ever seen it in hardback textbook, and they want $250 for it. The kindle version is $40
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May 22, 2021 02:27
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https://twitter.com/JohnNephew/status/1395702521130373122 I figured that the shipping crunch was having an impact on the industry, but it's interesting to see a professional's perspective on it.
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May 22, 2021 03:24
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Well, the failure to properly value the environmental impact of intercontinental shipping was a world historical fuckup, after all.
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May 22, 2021 03:31
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Took a brief look at Zak's latest nonsense and have little to add beyond a) apparently Troika/its fans are on his enemies list (I expect because Melsonian Arts Council stuff do his sort of aesthetic better than he did and without his baggage) and b) the comments on recent posts include the joy of him deleting Jim Desborough's comments due to Desborough being a gamergater, and wow I love it when lovely people focus their shittiness at each other instead of the wider public.
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May 23, 2021 01:03
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Warthur posted:apparently Troika/its fans are on his enemies list (I expect because Melsonian Arts Council stuff do his sort of aesthetic better than he did and without his baggage) What does Troika have to do with this company? Or is this a different Troika than the one who developed Arcanum/VtM: Bloodlines?
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May 23, 2021 01:20
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Troika is a weird OSR game using the rules from the Advanced Fighting Fantasy line of CYOA books.
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May 23, 2021 01:29
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Warthur posted:Took a brief look at Zak's latest nonsense and have little to add beyond a) apparently Troika/its fans are on his enemies list (I expect because Melsonian Arts Council stuff do his sort of aesthetic better than he did and without his baggage) and b) the comments on recent posts include the joy of him deleting Jim Desborough's comments due to Desborough being a gamergater, and wow I love it when lovely people focus their shittiness at each other instead of the wider public. The Troika crew that he refers to as being trolls are very much being a harasser crew on Twitter. It's Zak being the broken clock that's right twice a day, his guesses about what the gently caress is up with them are all wrong, but he's right to call them out because they've very much been trying to establish themselves as the in-crew for the OSR and related circles and shutting down anything and anyone they don't like.
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May 23, 2021 02:02
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Arivia posted:The Troika crew that he refers to as being trolls are very much being a harasser crew on Twitter. It's Zak being the broken clock that's right twice a day, his guesses about what the gently caress is up with them are all wrong, but he's right to call them out because they've very much been trying to establish themselves as the in-crew for the OSR and related circles and shutting down anything and anyone they don't like. Yeah they do pile-ons. Some of them are ridiculously angry people. I followed Axes and Orcs but after a month of him having some kind of rage meltdown every single god drat day over stupid and trivial poo poo I gave up. They've all poo poo on Zak(naturally). Warthur posted:Took a brief look at Zak's latest nonsense and have little to add beyond a) apparently Troika/its fans are on his enemies list (I expect because Melsonian Arts Council stuff do his sort of aesthetic better than he did and without his baggage) and b) the comments on recent posts include the joy of him deleting Jim Desborough's comments due to Desborough being a gamergater, and wow I love it when lovely people focus their shittiness at each other instead of the wider public. This comment from one of his bootlickers is very telling.  I'm sure the site he was banned from was some pro-police, anti BLM website, obviously. 
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May 23, 2021 02:20
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Honestly, the fact that Zak S only communicates in online spaces where he, personally, has the ability to delete posts and comments he doesn't like tells you everything you need to know about him
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May 23, 2021 02:48
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