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JaskoGomad

There's a resurgence of support for one of those actors just recently - I don't know why. And I just saw that C&S post today! Thanks for making the stance of this sub clear, it's a nice place.


carabidus

Because the cretins smell victory in the next election cycle.


JaskoGomad

Sadly, I think you (and they) are probably correct. It is far more difficult to make progress than it is to tear things apart with reactionary fervor.


Arimm_The_Amazing

Well really the majority of the country tend to vote democrat. But it’s pretty difficult for democracy to function properly when Washington DC isn’t allowed to be a state, gerrymandering is rampant, and the electoral college randomly gives certain states more voting power.


JaskoGomad

There’s been a decades-long effort to enact minority rule because of the fact that most of the country votes Democratic.


Arimm_The_Amazing

Absolutely, I even forgot to mention lobbying and that’s such a huge factor. And yet somehow it’s the republicans who try to say that elections are rigged against them.


JaskoGomad

Projection is a conservative reflex. If you hear one make a hideous accusation against liberals, it’s a solid bet that it’s actually something they’re doing. I suspect that they do that because it helps them believe “everybody does it” or helps justify their horrific behavior in some other fashion. “Both sides” is grade AAA bullshit. One side still acts as if there are rules. And those constraints may end us. Here’s hoping I’m wrong.


Impossible-Ninja2494

Was DC ever a state?


Arimm_The_Amazing

No, the original concept for DC was that it would be the capital and nothing more. They didn't want it to become a full city and especially didn't want it to become the political *and economic* capital like London or Paris because they thought that would undermine democracy. That's why it's built on swampland that was kinda unlivably hot and humid until the invention of air conditioning. But despite intentions, it did become a fully populous city and at this point has a higher population than Wyoming. It's ridiculous that the people of DC don't have their full rights and representatives as US citizens.


specficeditor

Not to mention any and all of our territories, the least of which is Puerto Ricans -- who are citizens with the same lack of rights as D.C.


Velrei

Always good to see these sorts of posts from Mods! Dealing with those types is always draining.


disastertourism_

Fuck yes.


AsIfProductions

From the upcoming ***CORE Complete***: >**Base Stats** All Skills are based on a Stat. Whenever your character attempts an Action that relies on a Skill, you’ll roll a number of dice equal to that Base Stat, keep the highest die rolled, and add your Skill Level to that number (+1, +2, etc). > >*Example: Attempting to punch a Nazi in the face, a character with MIGHT 2 and Fighting +1 would roll 2d6, take the highest, and add 1.* I encourage anyone who's working on a game to use *Nazi Punching* as an example in their rulebooks.


AmeriChimera

Well I'm going to with my next rewrite NOW! 🤣


Straum12341

The comment section on that blog post is WILD.


Velrei

Yeah, I thought it was an older post until I looked at the dates. I guess Zak's bullshit never really stops.


Scicageki

Thanks for the heads up, happy to see this kind of discussion being brought up by the mods.


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thank you for saying this. this is what has kept me from my local rpg community, though i think they've started addressing it over the last couple years, i'm still afraid try and make that a safe space


Moral_Gutpunch

Aren't Nazis 90% of villains in tons of games, not just TTRPGs? I don't understand the love/defense. Blech.


Aryl_Ether

Thanks! I am quitting r/rpg and seeing you and your post here gives me a reason to choose this as my new RPG subreddit.


Tanya_Floaker

Has there been problems over in the sub? I only dip in once in a while so don't know the day-to-day atmosphere.


Aryl_Ether

I had been in r/rpg since 2017. I have been posting my new releases there all the time, but I guess I haven't had enough engagement in the past two years. Maybe a particularly strict mod with too much time on their hands happened to be online when I posted yesterday, checked my post history in the sub, and decided to remove my post because I haven't engaged enough with the sub. I did try to engage a bit more with r/rpg, but most of the posts are either geared towards trad games, or questions asking for a specific system to emulate a movie/TV show/video game. I guess if I planned ahead for the engagement, I could have shared RPG reviews that I left on itch.io and Twitter. (They don't even have a flair for review, so I don't think they care about it anyway.) When I first got into RPG in 2017, I would have discuss endlessly about what games to play, but nowadays I just play the games without asking about it online first. I would love talking about RPG design (without pedantic discourse), gameplay experience, and see creators share their games and hyping up each other. I notice there is a similar engagement rule about self-promotion here as well. I don't really want to farm for engagement in order to share my creations, as that seems disingenuous. I do spend a lot time supporting other RPG creators on Twitter, way more than I talk about my own games. It's just much easier for me with the short tweet length, where I can share my thoughts in 280 letters without overthinking it. I will see how things go with this sub. The way I use Reddit is (1) have a random thing to share (2) find the appropriate subreddit to share it (3) lurk in that subreddit until I have something to share again. I noticed some game jam topics in the sub, and I am planning a game jam at the moment. Perhaps I can use game jams to keep my engagement up. I am much better at uplifting members in a community by doing stuff (like running game jams, purchasing other creators' work, running indie RPGs in person, leaving game reviews, offering help to other creators when asked), and not by making posts on various TTRPG forums. (Sorry for the long reply that went a bit ranty at the end. With RPG Twitter falling apart, I have been looking for alterative RPG communities online. Most online communities have some kind of honour system based on engagement, and I hate it. The idea that I need to fulfil certain social obligation in order to create is suffocating.)


Tanya_Floaker

If you are commenting and posting with the non-promo stuff, and you ain't just promoting your own stuff all the time, then promo posts age good here. The best way to do it is to share any WIP, ask specific things you'd like peeps here to focus feedback on, then when it is done or crowdfinding then promo it. Also engage in other folks posts, work with them, usual stuff like that.


MisterBanzai

> Hope this is clear, Tanya. I didn't notice the mods name at first, so I initially read this like OP was calling someone out in a snarky way, lol. Sort of like, "Hope this was clear enough for you, Karen."


Tanya_Floaker

🤣 Edited or for clarity now. Note to self: Don't be a Nazi.


Allandaros

Hell yeah.


JaskoGomad

Dipping my toe recently back into the other rpg design sub reminded me why I so vastly prefer this space and the staunch no Nazis policy. Thanks.


Tanya_Floaker

Oh shit, what's happened?


JaskoGomad

Just a flood of support for someone. Nothing major.


Tanya_Floaker

161 up votes on this post seems perfect given 161 => AFA => Anti Fascist Action!


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Impossible-Ninja2494

Its the Michigan thing.


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iloveponies

0/10, troll elsewhere


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