Lumbermouth posted:

The greatest saga in RPGNet history is the story of Darrick Dishaw and Empire of Satanis.

Darrick, aka Venger Satanis, is an Anton LaVey wannabe and amateur game designer. In 2005 he publishes Empire of Satanis, a purple prose laden game of demons and demonfucking laid out in a Word document, then begins shopping it around to reviewers. RPGNet's Jaime Herbert publishes a review in October of that year:

Where things really get going is the comments section of the above review. After a few posts, Darrick shows up to defend his honor:



He then accuses the reviewer of attempting to infect his computer with viruses



Finally, after the commenters question the originality of his game's "Scene Alteration points" (Hero Points) and "voidsabers" (guess), Darrick snaps and CURSES THE FORUM.



The reaction to this is a bemused "what the gently caress?" from the comments. Darrick goes on to claim that he was kicked out of the Church of Satan for being too satanic before getting banned from RPGNet for good. He has subsequently reinvented himself as an alt-right OSR culture warrior, but I still can't imagine anyone taking him seriously after this.