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Forgive me if this has been discussed already - I imagine it has, if only scattered throughout the hundreds of threads on the larger subject - but I'm a bit of a johnny-come-lately to the discussion. I wanted to start a thread that considers a post-OGL world, namely the RPG community, and what...

Maybe this is just my unrealistic idealism talking, but I find that -- or hope that -- focusing on short term gains ends up hurting in the long-run. Of course the capitalist system is endlessly exploitable, and corporations seem to always find a way to shift around short-term gains and keep...

And there's another option, that still protests WotC while playing D&D (in the case that they back-pedal and make a better OGL, but we're all still left with a sour taste): Buy only third party material, but nothing from WotC. There's enough out there that you literally never need to buy...

Yeah, it is actually kind of nice to a feel a sense of unity among the community. But, if Lisa Codega and this email are correct, it might not matter. WotC is investing in casual fans and the future, and perhaps the likelihood that enough long-time players will just suck it up and/or rationalize...

Sounds like you're married ;)

I keep coming back to the view that no matter what WotC does, something has been broken - a feeling of goodwill and trust from the flagship company of D&D. I mean, it is a basic principle: if you're nice 95% of the time but abusive 5% of the time, the abuse defines who you are (to the abused)...

Sorta kinda. But this takes the cake, imo.

Well that's just the thing - and what not only publishers should be asking, but consumers. Why would any of us want to (financially) support such a company? Even if they say, "Sorry, our bad," they've already revealed their hand. It is like that saying: "When someone tells you who they really...

I would agree with you to an extent, and even a group of experienced and skilled film-makers are going to vary on what they like and don't like. But I do think there are two factors that tend to get written off, or at least diminished, in such conversations: One is actual skill and craftsmanship...

I've been revisiting King Crimson of late. They were probably the most impactful band on my youthful self - when I discovered them in junior year of high school (I think), way back in 1991, I was moving out of my alt/electro-pop phase and into bands like Pink Floyd, and was totally blown away. I...

I read that title first with another "o."

Well, I guess I got to enjoy it in a schadenfreude stick-it-to-the-Man sort of away for a bit, at least ;).

Yeah, 399 of 471 is 85%...so that would go with the old number. Maybe the algorithm only accounts for the x-most recent reviews? I'm also not sure if it is a straight up percentage. Maybe some reviewers are more weighted than others.

One service you never mention, that is worth checking out, is AMC+. On its own it isn't great, but it is cheap ($1.99 promo, and I think $4.99 after that), and also includes the Sundance Channel (if you like high-brow and/or obscure stuff) and Shudder (if you like shlocky horror). So you end up...

So this is weird. Rings of Power was "stuck" at 84% on the Rotten Tomatoes tomatometer for months, and it plummeted to 52% sometime within the last few days. I guess it finally caught up with public sentiment.

The corollary--which I find to be at least as common, if not more so--is, "I like it, therefore it can't be bad, and all criticisms are nutty and/or haterism." Nothing wrong with liking things that aren't deemed of high quality, but quality is a real thing - it probably just needs to be...

I require a Snarf's Guide to Nic Cage post, including the Absolutely Correct and Only Way to Rank All Nic Cage movies (and I mean all of them). On a serious note, I thought Pig was really good.

LOL...well, at least the double mistake led to a humorous moment. Next time I'll make sure to cry foul.

And the opposite is true, as well: it doesn't matter what WotC does, the majority will defend them and accuse others of crying fowl, being doomsayers, unreasonable, wrong, etc etc. People are allowed to have different takes. Whether or not the OP is correct in their assessment, I'm unsure and...

Yeah, that is part of the creative process for many, in my opinion and experience. In conceiving a world or story, people, places and things just "appear" and part of the fun is trying to figure out who they are. It is similar to what Jung called Active Imagination: a dialogue with the unconscious.