I have been reading various links on this and I have to say a lot is making me angry. Look I don't like Pundit very much I freely admit that I find him abrasive and I think he goes out of his way to stir the pot with the most obnoxious way he can. I read what he said about sexual harassment and his point was valid that the anti harassment policy written by the event was poorly written and vague. Sure he could have said it better but that is not his style which is why I tune him out usually.
But I could find no evidence of any kind nasty lets keep anyone but straight white males out of gaming. I will admit I find him calling people swine not to be very nice and I do think he can be some what rabid on opinions of games not OSR. Some of what he does does come across as edition warring. But he knows his stuff which is why WOTC asked for him to consult.
Unless you actually go on his blogs or his site how would you know what he says? Seriously how many female and LGBT gamers actually know who he is? I have found that many social justice types sometimes see things things in the worst possible light and in their crusade to make things more inclusive end up doing exactly the opposite and instead of making allies they make enemies. WOTC which makes the most well known RPG makes an effort to be more inclusive actually puts it into the game and here are people attacking them because of two consultant that I bet the majority of the gamers out there have never heard off. That right there makes me angry. It also seems to me that they are saying we want the game to be inclusive but that only means people we approve of. That does not sound very inclusive to me at all.
But I could find no evidence of any kind nasty lets keep anyone but straight white males out of gaming. I will admit I find him calling people swine not to be very nice and I do think he can be some what rabid on opinions of games not OSR. Some of what he does does come across as edition warring. But he knows his stuff which is why WOTC asked for him to consult.
Unless you actually go on his blogs or his site how would you know what he says? Seriously how many female and LGBT gamers actually know who he is? I have found that many social justice types sometimes see things things in the worst possible light and in their crusade to make things more inclusive end up doing exactly the opposite and instead of making allies they make enemies. WOTC which makes the most well known RPG makes an effort to be more inclusive actually puts it into the game and here are people attacking them because of two consultant that I bet the majority of the gamers out there have never heard off. That right there makes me angry. It also seems to me that they are saying we want the game to be inclusive but that only means people we approve of. That does not sound very inclusive to me at all.
