07-23-2017, 03:41 PM
Rafael Wrote:I am late to the party, and I am glad that Fin has spoken out on this already. Now, since I am the same Rafael as on OD&D'74, as you all know, I would like to say - nothing that has not been said yet. I endorse how this was handled.
The oldschool movement has gained in significance in recent years, and the segment of the market that depends on it has grown; that changes how people interact. I dislike that change, and I am changing my own attitude to any involvement to the hobby accordingly.
It's a crying shame that on the grounds that we've spent decades building here, a culture of intolerance and bullying is nurturing itself. All of us are aware of it, and it's high time something is done about it. - Now, I have no skin in this game, and my contribution to fandom has long concluded. So, I won't do it. But sooner or later, someone else will have to.
Take care, brothers. :wink:
Agreed! I think Fin did the best he could - I'm simply startled that he had to do it in the first place. I don't mind lively discussions - I find them fun and informative - but I do mind rude and arrogant.
Agree with your other points, too. When I first started looking at gaming as seen on the Internet, I had some very bad interactions with self-described 'pillars of the OSR', who kept telling me that my gaming experiences with Dave, Phil, and Gary were all wrong, and that the gaming we did back in the day could not have happened that way as what I was describing was not in accordance with The Sacred Texts - 'badwrongfun', as the phrase goes. Some of these 'gatekeepers of the hobby' were pretty rude and strident about it, and about all they did was cause me to reconsider my participation in the hobby - which is why I've closed down all but this and the RPGsite account. No sense putting time and resources into something I don't like, if I may make that observation.
So it goes; time and tastes change, and I haven't seemed to change to suit either.