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The Something Awful Forums > Discussion > Traditional Games > TG July Chat Thread: Practical Transhumanist Roleplaying
 
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MadScientistWorking
Jun 23, 2010

"I was going through a time period where I was looking up weird stories involving necrophilia..."

Evil Mastermind posted:

A combination of:

1) Being a poster here (particularly in grognards.txt, although she stopped when FunHaver started).
2) Drawing the ire of a few Noted Industry Douchebags.
3) Trying to make non-traditional, inclusive gaming products.
Well no it wasn't just a few noted industry douchebags. It was everyone in the industry interjecting themselves into a conversation that they shouldn't have talked about. I want to say that Fred Hicks threw a temper tantrum over this issue too but its been so long I don't remember the specifics.

MadScientistWorking fucked around with this message at 15:37 on Jul 20, 2015

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MadScientistWorking
Jun 23, 2010

"I was going through a time period where I was looking up weird stories involving necrophilia..."

Yawgmoth posted:

You sound like that one guy whose name I forget who put a big dumb screed in his game's core book about how everyone who wants combat rules in their RPG is a monster and a psychopath and how dare you!!! then ends it with "but fine, if you need a murder simulator here you go, but by using these rules you agree that you are a terrible person and everything that is wrong with society."

Yes, "dudes get into a situation and have a plot with something at stake" describes a lot of stories. It describes almost every story, in fact! Because if you don't want conflict, or you don't want events that have something at stake, or you don't want goals that require effort/risk, then what do you want? Slice of Life Anime: the RPG? Because you don't really need a system for that.
Conflict isn't the same thing as stabbing people. Once again conflict isn't the same thing as stabbing people.

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