TSR I think we’ve finally made it!

[Umbran]

yeah it seems with a certain crowd the argument, when you say anything is... why so triggered man or some variation.

Yeah. When the point is to mock people, rather than have well-considered thoughts on matters, that'll happen.

 

[billd91]

On the topic of anti-Semitic dog whistles, none of the hypothesized topics are particularly strong. Red Hand cult could just as easily be inspired by the Red Hand of Ulster as anything Jewish. Abaddon has been introduced into the FRPG lexicon by Paizo. And poisoning the well is widespread enough to make it into a Toy Story reference as well as a broadly-used metaphor.
I understand that dog whistles are not supposed to be obvious, but that can also serve to get the conspiracy theories spinning to the point you see them whether there or not. The Morrus reference is the least obscure so go ENWorld! ...I guess.

 

[darjr]

Dangit. Now you have me wondering if they are just inept at dogwistling.

 

[MarkB]

Dangit. Now you have me wondering if they are just inept at dogwistling.

Why would dogwhistling be any exception?

 

[Voadam]

Abaddon has been introduced into the FRPG lexicon by Paizo.

Green Ronin had Abaddon as a demon lord earlier with 3.5 Book of Fiends and its 3.0 demon only precursor Armies of the Abyss.

 

[Filthy Lucre]

Imagine wasting a single calorie of energy thinking about what NuTSR does/thinks. Couldn't be me.

 

[J.Quondam]

Imagine wasting a single calorie of energy thinking about what NuTSR does/thinks. Couldn't be me.

It's not that anyone actually cares about NuTSR. It's more like morbid fascination, like watching a car wreck. Or a grits-wrestling match.

 

[Saracenus]

I just want to say that this is coming out way too soon for their ENies bid. I mean you want an adventure of this quality to come out a bit later so it will be fresh in gamers minds… Can NuTSR do anything right? /s

 

[CleverNickName]

I suppose they think they're terribly clever.
And that's MY turf.

 

[Mezuka]

How about creating EnWorld Annual Razzies awards?

 

[John R Davis]

It's not that anyone actually cares about NuTSR. It's more like morbid fascination, like watching a car wreck. Or a grits-wrestling match.

It does seem like that. Obsessing over the odd word on the module. No one can criticize the use of the word Abaddon. Lots of our DND ( and other game) lore is based on a fantastic version of ye olde stuff. Please don't make them bad words

 

[Snarf Zagyg]

How about creating EnWorld Annual Razzies awards?

Morrus is too nice.

....that's for the COMMENTS.

 

[Dannyalcatraz]

These guys have never learned the lesson of stopping your digging when you find yourself in a hole. They’re just trying out different digging tools.

At the moment, they’ve gone from big standard shovels to diesel powered excavators to little hand gardening trowels.

 

[Maxperson]

On the topic of anti-Semitic dog whistles, none of the hypothesized topics are particularly strong. Red Hand cult could just as easily be inspired by the Red Hand of Ulster as anything Jewish. Abaddon has been introduced into the FRPG lexicon by Paizo. And poisoning the well is widespread enough to make it into a Toy Story reference as well as a broadly-used metaphor.
I understand that dog whistles are not supposed to be obvious, but that can also serve to get the conspiracy theories spinning to the point you see them whether there or not. The Morrus reference is the least obscure so go ENWorld! ...I guess.

This. Especially since nothing I've seen from them so far leads me to believe that they could even be that subtle. These guys aren't the brightest bulbs and have been pretty heavy handed and direct in their posts, interviews, tweets, etc. I'd say that I'm reserving judgment until I see the product, but as I'm never going to purchase it, I doubt I'll ever see it.

 

[Willie the Duck]

Ducks are notoriously anti-semitic

I keep seeing evidence that I have chosen a poor user name for this board.

 

[Voadam]

I keep seeing evidence that I have chosen a poor user name for this board.

At least you didn't go with Howard

 

[grimslade]

We'll add this to the heap of facepalms sitting over there, shall we?

 

[Deset Gled]

This. Especially since nothing I've seen from them so far leads me to believe that they could even be that subtle. These guys aren't the brightest bulbs and have been pretty heavy handed and direct in their posts, interviews, tweets, etc. I'd say that I'm reserving judgment until I see the product, but as I'm never going to purchase it, I doubt I'll ever see it.

I'm at the same point. I was hoping Kim would expand a bit on why he was calling this out as antisemitic, but I haven't heard of anything serious so far. The complaints about incorrect usage of images and logos remain.

What's the over/under on NuTSR actually shipping product by the end of January as claimed? On the one hand, it would be big news for them to actually deliver on a product. OTOH, they could probably get this printed at OfficeMax.

 

[teitan]

They are kind of sad people, glad I'm not like them. The thread title makes me think of a Carpenter's son

On the topic of anti-Semitic dog whistles, none of the hypothesized topics are particularly strong. Red Hand cult could just as easily be inspired by the Red Hand of Ulster as anything Jewish. Abaddon has been introduced into the FRPG lexicon by Paizo. And poisoning the well is widespread enough to make it into a Toy Story reference as well as a broadly-used metaphor.
I understand that dog whistles are not supposed to be obvious, but that can also serve to get the conspiracy theories spinning to the point you see them whether there or not. The Morrus reference is the least obscure so go ENWorld! ...I guess.

Red Hand Cult could be just because it sounds cool and come on, when WOTC did Red Hand of Doom was it anti-Semitic dog whistling?

 

[dragoner]

Red Hand Cult could be just because it sounds cool and come on, when WOTC did Red Hand of Doom was it anti-Semitic dog whistling?

I don't know? I'm sure someone here might.