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Kalman posted:Yes, but you still need to have actually invented something new - it’s really “first inventor to file.” It is also generally not possible to patent game mechanics. Some patents to such have slipped through but in the wake of the Supreme Court decision on Alice things seem to have tightened up at the USPTO.
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Warthur posted:It is also generally not possible to patent game mechanics. Some patents to such have slipped through but in the wake of the Supreme Court decision on Alice things seem to have tightened up at the USPTO. I'm pretty sure Warner Bros is in the process of patenting "enemies that dont die will remember you and react accordingly" though, which has always seemed kind of insane to me
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TheDiceMustRoll posted:I'm pretty sure Warner Bros is in the process of patenting "enemies that dont die will remember you and react accordingly" though, which has always seemed kind of insane to me
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Splicer posted:Patented, unfortunately. It was approved. To be fair if you read the patent it's a very specific implementation of it that requires a poo poo ton of resources to actually do. But it's sadly is still going to scare people away from doing anything similar for fear of being sued.
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Pvt. Public posted:Just wanted to pop in to say, I played one of the prototype copies of this game (under the old name), and I love it. I'm super excited to get a fully printed copy, because the art looks great! Congrats on first day funding! Thank you  I look back at the last 4 years, and feel like I made so many missteps and had so many false starts. Comments like this, though, make my day. The earlier game was good. Not great, but good. I need to be proud of it, rather than slightly embarrassed. It's definitely something I'm working on.
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Hel posted:To be fair if you read the patent it's a very specific implementation of it that requires a poo poo ton of resources to actually do.
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https://twitter.com/BasiliskOnline/status/1407898442311954432
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Jun 24, 2021 13:27
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It's not like he isn't betting a sure thing here.
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this read to me like "we have TSR at home! TSR at home:"
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That's from a transcription EN World did of a video interview with Ernie Gygax btw. Here's the full thing: https://www.enworld.org/threads/ernie-gygax-on-new-tsr-wotc-beefs-trademarks-licensees-5e-more.680877/?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=twitter Some choice bits: quote:Why A New TSR? quote:How Involved Are You? quote:On Cooperating with WotC quote:On D&D 5th Edition
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Jun 24, 2021 13:52
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Yeesh. Gotta love the gentlemen's club imagery there.
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Jun 24, 2021 14:22
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Gotta imagine this is where Frank Mentzer ends up.
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Ah yes, how dare D&D join the pack of lemmings and move away from (checks notes) gender and racial essentialism.
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My prediction is that, because the OSR has already created alternative structures for sharing ideas and publishing, the new TSR won't amount to much.
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drat those sjws enforcing concepts of gender identity?? or even having a gender???
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Jun 24, 2021 15:19
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Excuse me, but I prefer all of my spellcasting and dragon-slaying done realistically, which means there's no gay people acting gayly.
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Jun 24, 2021 15:24
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dwarf74 posted:Excuse me, but I prefer all of my spellcasting and dragon-slaying done realistically, which means there's no gay people acting gayly. Or gaily for that matter - if they enjoy themselves, they get put to the sword.
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Halloween Jack posted:My prediction is that, because the OSR has already created alternative structures for sharing ideas and publishing, the new TSR won't amount to much. Yeah, i'm not sure takes on D&D are anything but an incredibly saturated field, but maybe i guess the TSR name will hit the nostalgia a bit better than OSRIC or whatever.
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Hopefully it will attract all and only the shittier reps of the OSR, acting as a good filter.
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Yeah it's a grognard honey pot
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Absurd Alhazred posted:Hopefully it will attract all and only the shittier reps of the OSR, acting as a good filter. It will, but this won't clean the pool; It just adds a dedicated pissing section.
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Halloween Jack posted:My prediction is that, because the OSR has already created alternative structures for sharing ideas and publishing, the new TSR won't amount to much. nuTSR might have been able to dig out an OSR niche 5-10 years ago, but at this point I think all you'll draw is the dross who aren't welcome in the already established nooks as the OSR groups have drifted apart.
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I grew up in SE Wisconsin and have fond memories of going to The Dungeon, and since I was planning a trip back there for later this summer, I was considering adding Lake Geneva to the trip. I am no longer considering it. People ruin everything.
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Nuns with Guns posted:nuTSR might have been able to dig out an OSR niche 5-10 years ago, but at this point I think all you'll draw is the dross who aren't welcome in the already established nooks as the OSR groups have drifted apart. I suppose it might appeal to the OG crowd at Dragonsfoot and the like, but I think those guys all believe they ARE Gary and don't want to be told what to do.
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Jun 24, 2021 16:32
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Apples, trees...
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dwarf74 posted:Apples, trees... 
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Was that the same thread where he talked about how killing surrendering enemies was objectively a Lawful Good act, if they were of different race? And how slaughtering non-combatants was also A-OK?
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Warden posted:Was that the same thread where he talked about how killing surrendering enemies was objectively a Lawful Good act, if they were of different race? And how slaughtering non-combatants was also A-OK? He did a lot of Q&A on ENWorld - a lot of it was really insightful, and then he'd just show his whole rear end in other posts.
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The myth of the female OSRism.
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BinaryDoubts posted:I actually know her and can confirm she's a woman. Ettin lost his libel case because he was under Australian law, right? Commonwealth inferior, USA superior  
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Nissin Cup Nudist posted:Ettin lost his libel case because he was under Australian law, right? I'm pretty sure Ettin settled, but you're right that Australian law wasn't in his favor.
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Ego Trip posted:How about we divorce survival and artistic expression? Then people could make art, even if no one else thought it was good, and still not die homeless and in debt. We should do this, yes, but that's not enough, unless you imagine ars gratia artis is all a creator should aspire to. I am all for single payer healthcare and a universal basic income, but without any copyright, anyone with a couple orders of magnitude more capital than you can still take your exact product and make more money, or even all possible money, off of it. I think you should have a timed exclusive shot at doing something with it, especially now that self-publication is easier than it's ever been.
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Didn't Ernie post a massive Fscebook rant(shared in this thread) detailing a lifetime of wild alcohol and drug benders?
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I don’t feel like there’s any need to judge him for substance abuse when we can judge him for being a chud.
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Halloween Jack posted:Didn't he put out an official TSR magazine a while back? And it was just alright? I think so, and yeah a bit problem is that the OSR-type game devs have all moved past straight reprinting the old D&D editions. The only people who would want something like this would be a really small group who aren't satisfied with anything less than the OG stuff, and can justify this as the closest equivalent. dwarf74 posted:mmmmmaybe? The screenshot looks like it comes from the Dragonsfoot forum. Q&A Part 2 from there is where he made the other wide-circulated "nits makes lice" post: https://www.dragonsfoot.org/forums/viewtopic.php?f=50&t=11762 (on page 3.) I'm not seeing anything in matching the  post that one, but it looks like there were at least 11 Q&A threads, based on the google results. Most of the ones I clicked on have at least 30 pages, and it doesn't look like there's a way to narrow down and search by poster in them if you're not logged in, so I don't have time to look through each one for a source of the image right now.
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Nuns with Guns posted:The screenshot looks like it comes from the Dragonsfoot forum. Q&A Part 2 from there is where he made the other wide-circulated "nits makes lice" post: https://www.dragonsfoot.org/forums/viewtopic.php?f=50&t=11762 (on page 3.) I'm not seeing anything in matching the I think that's one of the vBulletin skins ENWorld used a decade ago.
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dwarf74 posted:Apples, trees... The thing is a lot of people genuinely live by this kinda thing. Cuz people are followers and its the nails sticking out that get hammered down so stfu and be "normal". I had a friend whose wife outright said she would rather him go to strip joints than be home playing DnD and other Nerd Games. She also said straight out none of their daughters were ever gonna be playing any of these games period. (Boys grudgingly allowed if they want but HELL NO the girls.) You can't entirely blame Gary's dead rear end for it. Its a society thing in general. It sucks but people suck. Thankfully the Internet has lead to more folks being at least a little more open to new stuff or not behaving exactly like whatever group they are born into/want to be in acts but its still just how people are more or less. Hell, just look at Goons about almost anything ever since the foundation of the place. Or Rpgnets sometimes absolutely insane rules that are like a nightmare Right Wing "Safe Space" talking point made real. Conformity is a sucky thing that way too many people follow consciously or unconsciously. Long as a thing is not causing actual genuine harm (and no EWW ICKY, MY SKYBOSS SAYS BAD, and THIS MILDLY ANNOYS ME are not genuine harm) nobody should care. But as SA whenever any discussion of food comes up shows its uh.. a thing that does. 
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Captain Rufus posted:I had a friend whose wife outright said she would rather him go to strip joints than be home playing DnD and other Nerd Games. She also said straight out none of their daughters were ever gonna be playing any of these games period. (Boys grudgingly allowed if they want but HELL NO the girls.) Hopefully those girls can find some secret D&D games or some poo poo because they're gonna need some kind of outlet to minimize the trauma of growing up with whatever generates that attitude.
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He's also old as hell. This isn't an out of touch aristocrat whose father purchased him a comission, he's a very early generation X guy, the oldest of whome are 55+
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dwarf74 posted:I thought his col_pladoh alias was an ENWorld-only thing? I could definitely be wrong though! https://www.enworld.org/threads/q-a-with-gary-gygax.22566/page-91#post-1333187 And this quote:Howdy Barak!
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