BrOSR

[Gannaeg]

@Stephan
I like very much your reaction
where did you take the comic strip from ?

 

[Staffan]

@Stephan
I like very much your reaction
where did you take the comic strip from ?

You mean me? It's from the 2012 to 2015 Hawkeye run, written by Matt Fraction and penciled by David Aja. It was the main inspiration for the Hawkeye TV series a few years ago.

 

[Sacrosanct]

The problem is this isn't just the usual generic jerkiness; its a particular set of really unpleasant views attached to some Old School gaming preferences that tend to occur in clusters, i.e. you'll find the same set of views as basically a gaming subculture (and I can't imagine it isn't annoying as can be to a lot of OSR proponents who are not in that particular group, because it becomes too easy to associate them together).

Tell me about it...

 

[Thomas Shey]

Tell me about it...

You were, in fact, one of the people I was thinking of with that latter clause.

 

[Jack Daniel]

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[GothmogIV]

If you watch Kelsey Dionne's West Marches video on the Youtube, she gives a shout out to the BROSR faction, as well as their leader, Jeffro Johnson. Around 40 minutes in.

 

[nyvinter]

Jeffro Johnson who handled the blog duties on Vox Day's publishing house? That's a bit concerning.

(I'm not sure I can say anything about Vox Day that don't break the no politics rule except that he's a really really terrible human being.)

 

[S'mon]

If you watch Kelsey Dionne's West Marches video on the Youtube, she gives a shout out to the BROSR faction, as well as their leader, Jeffro Johnson. Around 40 minutes in.

RPGPundit then lambasts her for praising an anti-Semite (he's made various snide comments).
Kelsey has a very hardcore no politics rule and won't engage with discussion about political stuff either way. She gets on well with Harmony Ginger who gets on well with Jeffro, despite Jeffro often being an a-hole. Personally I like Harmony and Kelsey, I think Jeffro can definitely be an a-hole in various ways. Some BrOSR insights I find useful (eg 1-1time, in moderation) others not so much. Partly I just have a lot more GMing experience than Jeffro and co seem to.

 

[GothmogIV]

I don't blame her. I try to keep people's politics separate from their game stuff, when/if it comes up. Not always easy.

 

[Alzrius]

RPGPundit then lambasts her for praising an anti-Semite (he's made various snide comments).
Kelsey has a very hardcore no politics rule and won't engage with discussion about political stuff either way. She gets on well with Harmony Ginger who gets on well with Jeffro, despite Jeffro often being an a-hole. Personally I like Harmony and Kelsey, I think Jeffro can definitely be an a-hole in various ways. Some BrOSR insights I find useful (eg 1-1time, in moderation) others not so much. Partly I just have a lot more GMing experience than Jeffro and co seem to.

I've read Jeffro's book. At his best, he has an infectious enthusiasm and some very engaging insights, but when he's wrong he's very, very wrong, and rather off-putting in the process.