Personalities in the Gaming Industry and Politics

[nothing to see here]

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.

I -- CAN'T -- STOP -- READING -- THIS -- THREAD

It still eludes me why some people blog. Some people (ironically the 'political' bloggers) use the blogs as a means to disseminate information. Others (personal bloggers) use their blogs to update dispersed friends and families on their commings and goings.

And then you have group three...seemingly 90% of the blogs out there...who use this new technology to spread their day-to-day musings with the world. IF somebody thinks they're important enough that total strangers will swoop in and read their blogs...they better also believe they're important enough to be judged on their musings...not matter how unfairly.

 

[AdmundfortGeographer]

It seems to me , that the collapse of political discussion in the USA comes from reacting to a mildly opposing position with a reaction that would only be appropriate to a much more stongly opposing position.

If it is only mildly innocuous, whatever, the vast majority of consumers don't care. But when there is a faceslapping insult, don't expect to get sympathy playing the victim card when the insulted walk away. It is not so much the opposition, strong or mild, it is the tone and manner.

But the problem isn't so much insults as it is that everyone now has been given permission to respond to slight mistakes as if they were the worst most vile hateful thought. Folks see people on the opposite side flip out over seemingly mild, if not innocent, comments again and again and again. They are told by the opposite view that for them to not understand shows just how stupid, or rotten, or uneducated, or unenlightened they are... again and again and again. Not long, soon folks who have been told they are so awful, and they certainly don't think they are, mimic the hair-trigger sensitivity of the opposition.

It is that environment that is the reason people need to say things carefully and politely... not to censor themselves. Myself, I'm just suggesting simple restraint, deference, and careful phrasing, for everybody!... hardly censorship. Ain't gonna happen though so I just skip the blogs entirely knowing that I'm missing interesting hobby related discussions that aren't happening in "public" forums because I don't care to be insulted over hobby issues. The balkanization of the RPG-discussion forums continues apace.

Hmmm, it might be an interesting idea to start a blog that skims RPG industry personal blogs for RPG posts and links to the posts of interest to the RPGer. Sounds like a million-dollar idea...

 

[GMSkarka]

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

Wow, did you ever misread that.

 

[John Morrow]

So in some sense it's more a wisdom thing than an intelligence thing (to put it in simplistic D&D parlance. ).

And excellent, and amazingly on-topic for this forum, way of putting what I was trying to say.

 

[nothing to see here]

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?

It's not that stark a choice. Some people like moral victories. Nobody actually counts 'votes with your wallet' but if it makes you feel better for doing it, and helps you sleep at night...more power to you.

Other people prefer to focus their 'activist' energy to causes which have a higher chance of achieving concrete victories. It doesn't mean they're lazy or unprincipled, just that they measure their acticism not by righteousness but by results.

Nothing to get personal over at all.

 

[DaveMage]

DaveMage, thank you for writing my reply for me!

I live to serve.

 

[JacktheRabbit]

Wow, did you ever misread that.

Not really. You have basically said that if someone has put out something you like enough you don't really care who or what kind of person they are.

 

[GMSkarka]

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.

Yet, I'm willing to bet that if an actor ranted and/or made inflammatory statements that you AGREED with, you'd have no problems with that.

Isn't that hypocrisy? If you have a problem with rants and inflammatory statments, enough to boycott, shouldn't that apply to ALL rants and inflammatory statements?

Of course, it doesn't. This just gets down to double standards. "If you say what I like, you're cool. If you challenge my views, you're a jerk, and I'll threaten your livelihood, and the livelihood of anyone who works with you." Tell me that you don't see a problem with that.....

 

[EricNoah]

Well, folks, now we know what it's like to be on the Titanic as it's sinking.... Everyone wave to the camera!

 

[Storm Raven]

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.

Wagner? Guilty or innocent? Of what?

Perhaps you are thinking of Robert Blake?