Rant: The WORST way to encourage people to try other games than D&D

[Bae'zel]

...such as someone reviewed one of my books without reading it? Like uh what? ...

Uh... were they only critiquing the graphic design and layout? Book binding? That's absurd.

 

[dragoner]

Uh... were they only critiquing the graphic design and layout? Book binding? That's absurd.

It was absurd really, asking "what is this for?" When it is written on the cover it is the core rules for a setting. I think a lot of reviews in general are like that, people make videos, say anything, just to get views without actually having anything to say.

 

[Theory of Games]

"There's no such thing as 'bad publicity'."

I'd rather have people slamming my product online than saying nothing at all

 

[dragoner]

Yes, I did post it here, and other places.

 

[dragoner]

Holy crap, it's a meme!

 

[Not a Decepticon]

Which begs the questions: why can't YOU just move on? Does the internet really get you this worked up?

I have seen hobbies I like become too infested with this kind of toxicity before, it's a part of why I avoid some fandoms.

 

[MGibster]

On day one of my job at a hobby shop the manager said to me, “Don’t ever bad mouth anything we’re selling. It’s okay to say it’s not your thing, but don’t tell them it’s bad.” I was a bit turned off by Candela Obscura because I kept hearing the game described as not having all the yucky baggage Call of Cthulhu has and it kind of turned me off.

I will frequently compare a game to D&D, not to knock the game but to help explain what this one does differently. If you have a good game, you don’t have to knock any other to sell someone on if.