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<blockquote data-quote="Shakeshift" data-source="post: 8566504" data-attributes="member: 7034572"><p>As someone already pointed out earlier, they're not jealous of nu-TSR, because they haven't released anything worthwhile. They didn't do their own module (which is on permanent backorder), they didn't release Star Frontiers (which was never created in the first place), they only have nine signups for their convention later this month, and people can't be jealous of a company that never made a single gaming product in the first place. Jealousy? That would imply they've done something to be jealous <strong>of</strong>.</p><p></p><p>Every day for a year we've been exposed to a person in the TTRPG industry who has no street cred but managed to acquire a domain name. That's it, just a domain name. Worse, he's KNOWN to stealing domain names from other people and then co-opting the domain, even though he's not creative enough to produce anything himself, he tells people that they can use his domain name to sell their products.... for a price.</p><p></p><p>This person comes on like a bully, threatening everyone around him. He threatens them with lawsuits, yet obviously has no money to sue them. He calls them names, but has the thinnest skin when people swing back at him. He makes a few alliances, but eventually his toxicity runs them all off one by one. Stephen Dinehart, Wizard Tower Games, Wonderfilled, Michael Hovermale, Venger Satanis, and many others. He can't even work with people without randomly biting them, then banning or blocking them when they get mad at him. The Dungeon Hobby Shop Museum can't even allow comments on their Facebook and Discord because they get so many negative comments and inquiring questions that they have to suspend all free speech on their forums and then complain with a conspiratorial note that people are "out" to get them. This, by the way, is a company that falsely steals honor and pretends to be the original gaming company from the 1970's, and also falsely pretended to be the creators of GenCon.... at least until everyone called them out on their lies.</p><p></p><p>Eventually, in a move so stupid that they'll tell stories of it twenty years from now, the imposter company gets greedy and actually tries suing the original company who bought the rights to the product over twenty-five years ago, trying to acquire some of their IP for themselves in a moment of unvarnished greed and jealousy. They try suing the company, and when it's clear that they're going to go down in flames, instead of trying to explain themselves or to issue an apology to the loyal fans (all eight of them) that are still with them after they've chased everyone else off, they decide to go silent... and sulk.</p><p></p><p>Fake-TSR isn't living rent free in my head, I just want to eat popcorn and laugh while the bully who has been attacking, trash-talking, and blocking everyone for the last year gets the painful beatdown he truly, rightfully deserves.</p><p></p><p>NOW that they woke up the billion-dollar corporation, and it's going to burn Justin Lanasa flat to the ground, an anonymous person (who didn't have an account a week ago) on this forum says, "You're letting this nu-TSR live rent-free in your heads. You all seem very petty and jealous of them."</p><p></p><p>If <strong>this</strong> isn't Justin Lanasa himself posing under a fake account, I'll eat my hat.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Shakeshift, post: 8566504, member: 7034572"] As someone already pointed out earlier, they're not jealous of nu-TSR, because they haven't released anything worthwhile. They didn't do their own module (which is on permanent backorder), they didn't release Star Frontiers (which was never created in the first place), they only have nine signups for their convention later this month, and people can't be jealous of a company that never made a single gaming product in the first place. Jealousy? That would imply they've done something to be jealous [B]of[/B]. Every day for a year we've been exposed to a person in the TTRPG industry who has no street cred but managed to acquire a domain name. That's it, just a domain name. Worse, he's KNOWN to stealing domain names from other people and then co-opting the domain, even though he's not creative enough to produce anything himself, he tells people that they can use his domain name to sell their products.... for a price. This person comes on like a bully, threatening everyone around him. He threatens them with lawsuits, yet obviously has no money to sue them. He calls them names, but has the thinnest skin when people swing back at him. He makes a few alliances, but eventually his toxicity runs them all off one by one. Stephen Dinehart, Wizard Tower Games, Wonderfilled, Michael Hovermale, Venger Satanis, and many others. He can't even work with people without randomly biting them, then banning or blocking them when they get mad at him. The Dungeon Hobby Shop Museum can't even allow comments on their Facebook and Discord because they get so many negative comments and inquiring questions that they have to suspend all free speech on their forums and then complain with a conspiratorial note that people are "out" to get them. This, by the way, is a company that falsely steals honor and pretends to be the original gaming company from the 1970's, and also falsely pretended to be the creators of GenCon.... at least until everyone called them out on their lies. Eventually, in a move so stupid that they'll tell stories of it twenty years from now, the imposter company gets greedy and actually tries suing the original company who bought the rights to the product over twenty-five years ago, trying to acquire some of their IP for themselves in a moment of unvarnished greed and jealousy. They try suing the company, and when it's clear that they're going to go down in flames, instead of trying to explain themselves or to issue an apology to the loyal fans (all eight of them) that are still with them after they've chased everyone else off, they decide to go silent... and sulk. Fake-TSR isn't living rent free in my head, I just want to eat popcorn and laugh while the bully who has been attacking, trash-talking, and blocking everyone for the last year gets the painful beatdown he truly, rightfully deserves. NOW that they woke up the billion-dollar corporation, and it's going to burn Justin Lanasa flat to the ground, an anonymous person (who didn't have an account a week ago) on this forum says, "You're letting this nu-TSR live rent-free in your heads. You all seem very petty and jealous of them." If [B]this[/B] isn't Justin Lanasa himself posing under a fake account, I'll eat my hat. [/QUOTE]
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