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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Charles Dunwoody" data-source="post: 9541574" data-attributes="member: 17927">You're welcome. And I understand your position. However, TLG may have been endorsing this part of the quote: [ATTACH=full]390393[/ATTACH]Based on the rest of the tweet from TLG, they endorsed Gygax and did not bash WotC. Opinions will vary on what sentiment they were actually endorsing.Which is why I try to avoid discussions like these: we're all talking about Elon and TLG and neither one is even in this conversation. I'm not even sure why we're discussing what we think they meant or what they said. They said it, I quoted it and linked it, can't we move on?The reality is a more than zero total of well-known game designers and game companies express strongly worded modern world opinions in a variety of internet locations. Some even collect money and directly support political causes with money from RPGs they sell. If we're going to call out one tweet from TLG, I just don't understand why we don't call them all out. Or, if I had my way, stick to what they are producing in their TTRPG products and focus on that exclusively here (and go to a non-TTRPG forum for discussion of other non-TTRPG stuff).Which is why I tend to give a lot of grace when anyone or any company starts talking modern politics and causes. People get emotional and say powerful words in an instant world. I just try to ignore things written in the heat of the moment and/or in an intense debate. And I try to avoid those imperial entanglements myself.But I can hardly avoid recommending games from every designer and company who does voice opinions on the internet. If I did, I would have a tough time covering enough RPGs for every weekly column. The expressed opinions are really that prevalent. And I want RPG companies to thrive even if they are run by people with very different beliefs than me. Why shouldn't they get to be successful or not based on their hard TTRPG work whether I agree with their personal opinions, politics, and more? If they put out good TTRPGs and find an audience, we all win. We want more gamers and more TTRPGs not less. Don't we?</blockquote>

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