Is this gaming product too offensive or merely funny?
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Afrodyte
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I remember reading the Slayers' Guide to Female Gamers in the FLGS, and while it was not side-splittingly funny, I got a few good chuckles out of it. The amusing part was not the stereotypes, but the attitudes which create, promote, and perpetuate such stereotypes. I saw it as a dig at the beliefs and attitudes that socially maladjusted male gamers tend to have toward women (and female gamers in particular). I thought it was pretty sharp in that regard.
Emiricol
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It's meant to be funny. My feeling is that you are taking it too seriously when you say you are not buying stuff from the company anymore. The product, which my wife bought me as a gag gift (I hope!!!) seems to be almost more a satire of male gamers and their views of female gamers than it does of female gamers themselves. I may be reading too much into it, but either way I think your reaction is a bit strong for the crime.
Honestly, it doesn't seem to me that the goal was to lose customers and upset people. It's not super funny, but it's meant to be amusing I am sure. Still, if it is really something that bothers you that much, by all means vote with your pocketbook.
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Honestly, it doesn't seem to me that the goal was to lose customers and upset people. It's not super funny, but it's meant to be amusing I am sure. Still, if it is really something that bothers you that much, by all means vote with your pocketbook.
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John Q. Mayhem
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I think it's lame, but not hugely offensive. Kinda bad PR move, though, it looks like.
EDIT: Here, when I say lame, I am referring only to the 3 PrCs in the web enhancement.
EDIT: Here, when I say lame, I am referring only to the 3 PrCs in the web enhancement.
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The_Universe
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Oh no - don't get me wrong, Jim. I didn't think it was a bad product in anyway. Just liek I wouldn't buy Munchkin D20 for its use in my normal game, so too did I not pick up your product, assuming that I was going introduce the "female gamer" as a recurring campaign villain. It fulfilled your apparent purchase well, and I certainly think that in the tiny niche of D&D related humor products, yours is among the best. But let's face it - it's a TINY niche.
Darth K'Trava
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I guess I was wrong about Wizo Sith closing that thread. Another moderator beat him to it...
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GRIMJIM said:
Yes.
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