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<blockquote data-quote="Psion" data-source="post: 379252" data-attributes="member: 172">You are right, with the important caveat that for many who do not want this sort of material, having it wrapped up in your subscription every month is a bit more disturbing than the issue of whether there is Greyhawk or Forgotten Realms material in it. I find the references extremely tacky, and what's more, out of place. As someone mentioned in another thread, it would be like getting a playboy spread in your issue of time.As Monte points out in his article, you have to be very sensitive to the sensibilities of the players when touching upon mature or &quot;vile&quot; content. I think the same applies to subscribers, most of whom aren't expecting Dragon to compare to &quot;Fantasmagora&quot; in content. I think this is definitely an axis on which you need to avoid material that might be offensive.In the end, the fate of BoVD bothers me much less than the fate of Dragon. If I find that BoVD has material on the same order as &quot;Corpsebond&quot; and &quot;Searing Seed,&quot; I can choose to avoid buying it. Dragon, on the other hand, I already purchased expecting a certain level of professionalism, and instead got what I consider to be a gross appeal to shock-movie sensibilities. Again to invoke a quote from elsewhere, someone took a dump in my happy place.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Psion, post: 379252, member: 172"] You are right, with the important caveat that for many who do not want this sort of material, having it wrapped up in your subscription every month is a bit more disturbing than the issue of whether there is Greyhawk or Forgotten Realms material in it. I find the references extremely tacky, and what's more, out of place. As someone mentioned in another thread, it would be like getting a playboy spread in your issue of time. As Monte points out in his article, you have to be very sensitive to the sensibilities of the players when touching upon mature or "vile" content. I think the same applies to subscribers, most of whom aren't expecting Dragon to compare to "Fantasmagora" in content. I think this is definitely an axis on which you need to avoid material that might be offensive. In the end, the fate of BoVD bothers me much less than the fate of Dragon. If I find that BoVD has material on the same order as "Corpsebond" and "Searing Seed," I can choose to avoid buying it. Dragon, on the other hand, I already purchased expecting a certain level of professionalism, and instead got what I consider to be a gross appeal to shock-movie sensibilities. Again to invoke a quote from elsewhere, someone took a dump in my happy place. [/QUOTE]

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