The more I see, the happier I am I never really had any interest in the OSR, to be honest.
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Warpiglet-7
Lord of the depths
Just when I get ready to undo a few ignores, I see a mod post attached to thin air and it reaffirms my grouchiness.
There's a reason I largely stick to stuff like Questing Beast for my OSR discussion.
Whizbang Dustyboots
Gnometown Hero
I would recommend connecting with the OSR RPG group on Facebook. It is not a coincidence that their logo is the LGBTQ unity flag; they do not suffer nonsense like we sometimes see from dark corners of the OSR universe.
Hussar
Legend
Yeah. Never, ever judge a group by the actions of a few jerks. Point out the jerks and stand up to them. But, try not to let the jerks ruin your enjoyment of stuff. Fantasy as a genre has had to shake things up a LOT over the past few years. And that's taking time to sort of percolate down through. I know that patience is so hard in the face of just so much infuriating, mindless, stupidity. But, at the end of the day, time is the only thing that will actually resolve all this stuff.
And, stepping back, it IS getting better. As much as it might not seem like it sometimes, it really is. Baby steps. Always baby steps.
And, stepping back, it IS getting better. As much as it might not seem like it sometimes, it really is. Baby steps. Always baby steps.
Whizbang Dustyboots
Gnometown Hero
The last X number of years of awfulness is largely a backlash caused by these groups' realization that they are losing.
They evenly openly use apocalyptic terms when they talk about being "wiped out." It sometimes gets a little silly, like the idea that the UN is going to imprison people in FEMA concentration camps beneath Walmarts in Texas (I swear I'm not making this one up), but it's born out of the basic idea that they know which way the arc of history is bending and they are freaking out.
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