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Fair enough. Sorry for my mistake.

Yes...you said "There's a reason there's no proof of this stuff" and then told the Randi story...I read you as making that implication. Did I misread you?

The "millennium prize" refers to a set of mathematical problems with large monetary rewards for solving. They are very difficult to prove. Most remain unsolved. This doesn't imply they can't be proven. Similalarly, the failure to claim Randi's prize doesn't imply that all supernatural claims...

There are also major incentives for the millennium prizes. The question isn't whether anyone has tried. But what talented people are likely to investigate. See how Loeb has been labeled a crank, for instance. Then imagine a young scientist investigating aliens. It's a career ender.

There have been direct statements to this effect. The reporting in the last decade, starting in 2017 or so, revealed there were programs whose existence was secretive, in part to avoid public debate. Some of the videos have been released but there is likely more. A number of high ranking...

I think @pemerton's idea is that a "hit" on a roll could mean a hit with a weapon, but could also be read as a near miss that depletes the PCs energy/luck/etc. And therefore reduces hp without making contact.

Giving what game away? This is exactly the reason for dislike I've seen offered; that giving players control in this way amplifies the player/PC distinction. Interesting. Given the highest level description of how d&d functions I think this may be compatible. But, is there a single example of...

I'm not a Sanderson guy, and I agree that it hasn't had a lot of impact. I've heard almost nothing since the KS. I'm glad to hear it seems like a good ruleset though. Maybe with time?

It is satisfying to mischaracterize someone and decide they are foolish. It isn't the first time you've done it this thread. That's enough for me.

I don't think this is true. We don't, afaik, have anything from Visa/MC here. Itch is not quoting any statements that were sent. They are providing their own interpretation of what Visa/MC are requiring of them. It is reasonable to think they are reading that restrictively. Great, that was the...

No. Emphatically. I do not think itch is lying. I'm claiming you are reading things into the itch.io statement that may not be there. Their updated FAQ has a stub of a claim about prohibited themes and then says they can't sell any work containing those themes. At the same time, it is clearly...

Check here; I don't know if it is the statement being referred to but CS did have a campaign addressed to the processors. Interestingly they claim there that some of the games breach Australian Classification Laws. I don't know how they do so, whether that's true at all, or if it played a role...

I think your interpretation is not the only one supported by the evidence. We don't actually know what MC/Visa presented Itch with. Itch claims that MC/Visa say "the list of prohibited themes in card networks includes X, Y, and Z, so we cannot sell works containing X, Y, and Z". We know works...

Interesting quote from Collective Shout: "We called on Itch.io to remove r*pe and incest games that we argued normalised violence and abuse of women. Itch.io made the decision to remove all NSFW content. Our objections were to content that involved s*xualised violence and torture of women." It...

Acknowledged. You are misreading me, and there is nothing for me to add that I haven't said already. So I will leave it there.

For me, something like 10% of the stuff I buy ever hits the table. Of that, a lot of it is a one shot, or a few session campaign. The challenge for me, as a buyer, is that there is just too much content, and I will never come close to playing it all. This is a challenge with reviews as well...

This is a key point I wanted to bring out. If the standard is: "MC/Visa were right to exercise judgement for Pornhub but not for Itch because Pornhub was doing things that were illegal and itch was not"...and that took place in a context where existing legal systems were not stopping...

Link. Reading this as written, it sounds like you think the card processors actions in the Pornhub case led to a worse world. That doesn't sound like what you think to me though. Am I right that you think it was good in that case but is bad when applied to fictional scenarios? Or do you think...

It depends a lot on the implementation. How much world building is happening because of the roll? I think it varies from GM to GM, but many OSR ones would consider a good creative thing. Others might run it as "the roll only sets the disposition of the monster towards the PCs". I'd guess those...

It sounds like itch is using an overly restrictive definition to me...we don't know the behind the scenes of course. But they are probably scared of being cut off and there is some uncertainty so being as safe as possible. I highly doubt "containing" is the real restriction here, so much as...