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<blockquote data-quote="J-H" data-source="post: 8029583" data-attributes="member: 7020951"><p>Nah, it's a lot worse and more common now than it's been in centuries. Everyone's a lot more exposed, there's a lot more hypersensitivity about everything, and you can't just "move 100 miles away" to get a fresh start. No mistakes are allowed, no grace is given, and any apologies or concessions are merely evidence proving guilt and malfeasance.</p><p></p><p>Do you have an alternative way forward that WOTC can follow to withdraw the old OA without then opening themselves up to manipulation and abuse by the outrage mob whenever they try to roll out a setting based on a non-European Earthly culture? </p><p>People have tried having 'diversity readers' and 'authors of color' (because we've moved from "no racism" to "you can only write about people of the same skin color") and books still get cancelled.</p><p></p><p>I would really hate to be in the publishing business and dealing with this sort of thing right now. It's a minefield no matter which way you go, and what I suggest is still not a "good" solution, merely a "least worst."</p><p></p><p>In some ways, the winning move is (like that '80s movie says) "not to play." Just write the rules, rehash an existing and generally-approved-of setting, and let the 3rd parties take all the heat for writing settings that deal with non-European cultures, slavery, oppression, etc....... which may, possibly, actually be what WOTC is doing. That would explain why we aren't getting any new settings except the podcast one and stuff from MTG that is, I assume, fairly safe and boring.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="J-H, post: 8029583, member: 7020951"] Nah, it's a lot worse and more common now than it's been in centuries. Everyone's a lot more exposed, there's a lot more hypersensitivity about everything, and you can't just "move 100 miles away" to get a fresh start. No mistakes are allowed, no grace is given, and any apologies or concessions are merely evidence proving guilt and malfeasance. Do you have an alternative way forward that WOTC can follow to withdraw the old OA without then opening themselves up to manipulation and abuse by the outrage mob whenever they try to roll out a setting based on a non-European Earthly culture? People have tried having 'diversity readers' and 'authors of color' (because we've moved from "no racism" to "you can only write about people of the same skin color") and books still get cancelled. I would really hate to be in the publishing business and dealing with this sort of thing right now. It's a minefield no matter which way you go, and what I suggest is still not a "good" solution, merely a "least worst." In some ways, the winning move is (like that '80s movie says) "not to play." Just write the rules, rehash an existing and generally-approved-of setting, and let the 3rd parties take all the heat for writing settings that deal with non-European cultures, slavery, oppression, etc....... which may, possibly, actually be what WOTC is doing. That would explain why we aren't getting any new settings except the podcast one and stuff from MTG that is, I assume, fairly safe and boring. [/QUOTE]
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