Personalities in the Gaming Industry and Politics

[Napftor]

...It'll also let you openly air your desire to see a Smurfs d20 product (or whatever) and your fans won't think you've gone nuts.

Is that nuts?!

*quickly pushes Smurfs research into desk drawer*

 

[JacktheRabbit]

"I won't see movies by X, because they hold political opinions I don't believe in" --- never mind that X is one of 400-odd people who worked on the film, and X made their money before the cameras rolled, so your little boycott doesn't effect them in the slightest. It's slacktivism at its finest....a meaningless act which isn't hard to undertake, and serves no purpose other than to make you feel righteous. Knock yerself out, I guess.

Nope.

It is called principles. I have them and live by them whether or not it will change the big picture. You dont bother to have them on things you don't feel you can directly affect.

Neither is the right or wrong way to live.

BTW, out of curiosity do you like Wagner?

 

[Belen]

So why not use a handle or nickname that won't get associated with your company? You can distribute that nickname to people who you want "in the know". You can still chat about gaming and whatnot, but it'll be seperate from your company.

Right. I think that if you want to distinguish between public and personal persona, then you'll want to separate them. If you have a blog that is meant for just your friends and family, then go for it. However, once a blog gets advertised to your audience, then it is no longer about your personal thoughts and quirks. It has become professional.

IMO, if you're advertising your blog to your audience, then I expect it to be professional in nature.

Actually, blogs are so new that I really think that society has not created any sort of etiquette behind their use, kind of like cell phone use.

 

[Mouseferatu]

BTW, out of curiosity do you like Wagner?

*Looks ahead to where any mention of Wagner in this context must inevitably lead, waits for thread closing*

 

[GMSkarka]

Is that nuts?!

*quickly pushes Smurfs research into desk drawer*

I told you, man....do the Snorkles instead. They've got more angst. They're edgier.

 

[DaveMage]

*Looks ahead to where any mention of Wagner in this context must inevitably lead, waits for thread closing*

I was thinking that too...

 

[EricNoah]

*Looks ahead to where any mention of Wagner in this context must inevitably lead, waits for thread closing*

I assume he meant Robert Wagner.

 

[JacktheRabbit]

*Looks ahead to where any mention of Wagner in this context must inevitably lead, waits for thread closing*

It shouldnt close the thread. Just a question of curiosity.

By all accounts the German composer Richard Wagner was one of the biggest a$$holes to walk the earth. Of course he was completely forgiven and allowed to be the biggest a$$hole in the world because he was such a great composer.

It is much like post-WW2 France. Thounsands of german sympathizers were rounded up and arrested/ hounded / mobed/ etc.... yet much more well known famous French men and women who were also sympathizers but were also rich and or famous got away with it with little or no consequence.

Far too many people allow a double standard for the rich and famous. I don't and it seems that GMSkarka does.

As for Robert Wagner? Who cares. I never followed the case far enough to be able to have an opinion if he was guilty or innocent.

 

[Belen]

"I won't see movies by X, because they hold political opinions I don't believe in" --- never mind that X is one of 400-odd people who worked on the film, and X made their money before the cameras rolled, so your little boycott doesn't effect them in the slightest. It's slacktivism at its finest....a meaningless act which isn't hard to undertake, and serves no purpose other than to make you feel righteous. Knock yerself out, I guess.

Actually, there are only three actors who have sunk so low as to make my list.

No act of conscious is meaningless. If enough people do not attend a movie because an actor has gone completely overboard, then the studio may not cast them again. If you're going to have a public career such as acting, then expecting someone to be professional is not out of line.

This does not mean that they cannot express opinion. However, it does mean that that should express that opinion in a professional way. Rants, extremist, insulting, and inflammatory statements are not professional. If an actor malignes a certain subset of people, then why would they want to see their flick? I certainly do not want to support someone who thinks that I am worth less than moldy dog poop.

 

[GMSkarka]

It is called principles. I have them and live by them whether or not it will change the big picture. You dont bother to have them on things you don't feel you can directly affect.

You don't know me, sir, and know nothing about my principles, so I'd like to ask that you refrain from making such accusations.

BTW, out of curiosity do you like Wagner?

Some of his stuff, sure. And yes, I'm fully aware that he's OMFGaNAZIfascistEEEEVILbadguyOMFG!!!11! (or, rather, admired by them) Doesn't change the fact that some parts of Der Ring Des Nibelungen are pretty cool. (A lot of it is bombastic crap, though. I prefer Lohengrin, in general.)

There. I suppose that I've fallen for your clever trap.