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One of my coworkers worked for the man briefly , She found him odd and off-putting. Frankly I always thought he must have been pretty sad to carry around all that hate and fear all the time . On the whole though he probably did little to harm our hobby or influenced much of anyone who wasn't...

Fair enough. that is a reasonable answer. Larger umbrellas cause larger harder to solve problems in my book. By keeping it small, its manageable. My game is good enough that the lady gamer who joined us called back to apologize that she could no longer make it because the game was great She...

Its about Magic the Gathering. As such I don't care, If there is a problem with that hobby, it not my hobby, not my concern at all. Cards are NOT the same hobby even if there is crossover in the player base, Just for fun, lets say card flippers were harassing people at cons? Would that not...

I'm willing to assume we just have a difference of opinion here. You may feel differently and that's fine. I cannot be persuaded to you POV at all. I don't care about CCG and don't consider it part of the hobby. what they do doesn't reflect bad on my hobby in any case.Even if they play D&D This...

They weren't. They were Welsh. Fellows Celts but we Scotsman any nay responsible for tha' lot now are we? In any case, it still doesn't prove the point. Millions of card players, one bad case does not make a crime, violence or harassment wave

You keep hammering away if you like. Its not going anywhere.

Smiles. Ah more like a Wraethu and a FATAL. Warethu is mechanically alright and FATAL are at least sort of playable. RAHowa isn't even a complete game. And yes i've read all three.

I'm am aware of the myriad of theories and have even mentioned incitement. repeatedly , We have laws for that. If it comes up we can use them. That's plenty. if someone can prove that cons are hotbeds of bad conduct, I'll listen. So far I see rhetorical appeals and no real evidence.

Just because nerds were involved means nothing whatever in any case I'm not moving the goalposts, you are. Its not the same hobby. Pokemon is NOT D&D .Its not a role playing game . This you'll note is a D&D forum not a card forum . The targeted areas was a card tournament You don't get to...

The woman who wrote that article is using rhetorical language suggestive if the Social Justice movement. This movement tries to control other peoples activity taking control over others media, c.f Gamergate . Ergo I have to assume its such an attempt till proven otherwise, For them its always...

Ah no. Pokemon is not the RPG hobby. There is overlap but many Pokemon players do not play RPG's and even if they did, the dispute was over a card tournament. Its far closer to a poker game gone bad. That said even it was a D&D game, once incident among millions of players is not a pattern...

Moral ownership , Legal ownership and Practical ownership are separate things. A crude analogy, PDF piracy which Io not advocate You write a PDF , you legally own it, you morally own it. Practically you don't since anyone with an internet connection can freely download it No one legally...

I do the exact same thing. Its a good policy Words don't kill, people kill. The chance of someone criminally inciting violence against people in this hobby is basically nil. If people like the late Dallas Egbert have profound mental heath issues, they shouldn't play a game that involves...

Its not a community. It was once, but given the cultural changes, is no longer. Its become political and that is an end game. I won't help beyond what the law requires,people whose politics I loathe and who clearly loathe me Let me use a geek anaology Imagine a kingdom called Convention...

I'm not. I'm used to pretty diverse groups, every race, creed, gender gay and straight myself though we all basically are part of a gaming monoculture. However diverse and inclusive aren't actual things, they are dog whistles to political correctness, I've never seen anyone pushing diversity...

I don't care. I'm not trying to improve the world. Its not my task to do, I'm not smart enough and neither is anyone else. As Goethe said Let everyone sweep in front of his own door, and the whole world will be clean. My door ain't "the hobby" its my group and my step is clean. Clean...

Coldly, No. In any case until I can be sure there is no other agenda in play and that the problem is real, its not my problem unless its in my face

No it wouldn't. The exclusivity of the hobby, its unwritten rules and customs and tolerances are part of its benefit for those Nerds Not at all. Most people are not interested in a mixture of improve theater , bookkeeping and wargaming. Its a bizarre way to to have fun and most people are not...

Different genders are different Women not being much into D&D it isn't a problem any more than guys not being into crochet or knitting. In any case anecdotes are not evidence even in volume. I need good proof. Enough sworn statements from trustworthy persons would do it and I'd need a lot.

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