The "I Didn't Comment in Another Thread" Thread

[payn]

I was worried that I was perhaps too hasty in blockage. Seems my instincts have become keen.

 

[Gradine]

I bit late on this one, but I'd like to think that if your company publishes RPG material based on non-white mythologies written by The RPG Pundit then maybe you don't get to have your definition of what is or isn't racist taken seriously.

 

[overgeeked]

I bit late on this one, but I'd like to think that if your company publishes RPG material based on non-white mythologies written by The RPG Pundit then maybe you don't get to have your definition of what is or isn't racist taken seriously.

The fact that the poster in question hasn’t been booted off the site is a constant source of amazement.

 

[overgeeked]

And we’re back to the perennial favorite appeal to popularity. “It’s popular therefore it must be good.” No. That’s not how any of this works.

 

[trappedslider]

And we’re back to the perennial favorite appeal to popularity. “It’s popular therefore it must be good.” No. That’s not how any of this works.

It's popular so it sucks?

 

[overgeeked]

It's popular so it sucks?

No, that would be another fallacy.

Popularity or lack thereof has zero bearing on something’s quality or lack thereof.

 

[Thomas Shey]

No, that would be another fallacy.

Popularity or lack thereof has zero bearing on something’s quality or lack thereof.

I don't think I'd go that far; quality can certainly be a factor in popularity, and in a broad sense, probably sets a floor on quality (i.e. there's only so bad a really popular thing can be from the perspective of the general market unless the market is completely closed).

What it doesn't do is give you a strong indicator in either direction; there are too many other factors in play.

 

[overgeeked]

I don't think I'd go that far; quality can certainly be a factor in popularity, and in a broad sense,

Sure. Maybe a factor among many.

probably sets a floor on quality (i.e. there's only so bad a really popular thing can be from the perspective of the general market unless the market is completely closed).

I wouldn't go that far.

What it doesn't do is give you a strong indicator in either direction; there are too many other factors in play.

I'd revise that to "any indicator" but broadly, yes...there are many other factors in play.

 

[Thomas Shey]

Sure. Maybe a factor among many.

I wouldn't go that far.

Note I said "from the perspective of the general market" and "unless the market is completely closed". If the general marketplace hates it and there's anything else, they'll go to something else no matter what other virtues it has. So there's a practical floor (which can include a lot of people actively disliking it).

I'd revise that to "any indicator" but broadly, yes...there are many other factors in play.

Yeah.

 

[CleverNickName]

I'd like to think that if your company publishes RPG material based on non-white mythologies written by The RPG Pundit then maybe you don't get to have your definition of what is or isn't racist taken seriously.

I know right? And they're among the first to cry foul when they get called out for it.