Use of BoEF, N&D, Nymphology or the GUCK

[Brother Shatterstone]

In fact its a very good question and I think it would be cool if you asked that on the valar boards to see what he would say.

Well he's did apologized for the press release so we already, at least for the most part, know his opinion on that. The difference between romance and erotica is really not that different but they conjure quite a different reaction...

Romance in tells sex and so does erotica, but romance is such a more excepted word in are sociality and erotica is just another word to label smut.

You ask someone what romance means in one word and more often in not your going to get love.

Love involves sex

Ask the same person about what erotica means in one world and you’re likely to get: kinky sex, whips, chains, leather, and/or S&M.

Again all of those involve sex.

A Synonym for Romantic is erotic. (link)

I hope everyone will forgive the slightly different forms of the word, but I'm rather curious to what others would think would have happened.

 

[BrooklynKnight]

and in retrospect, and in the long run, BORF (ok, i cant help but laugh myself here, BORF!? lol) would have been a better name for the public reaction. Maybe anthony wanted a higher shock value. Maybe he thought it would drive sales. And indeed it has. People are planning to buy this book to spite WOTC and the naysayers though they plan not to use it.

(We;ve had posts like this at valar and i've seen it on irc too)

 

[hunter1828]

(We;ve had posts like this at valar and i've seen it on irc too)

And I've seen posts to that affect at the WotC boards also.

It's all a matter of perspective, as Bro. Shatterstone pointed out. As others have said also, one person's porn is another person's art. Again, perspective and opinion. One thing I've tried to do from the beginning is NOT change peoples opinion on porn vs. art or erotic vs. romantic, but change their opinion on folks that want to make some use, however great or small, out of the BoEF.

The proponents of this book have been labeled as sleazy, immoral and, above all else, immature since AV's bad press release. All I've ever wanted was for people not to label me and assume they know what type of game I run just because I want this book. The closest I've come to that understanding was the rather decent discussion on the whys and wherefores of the animosity of this book (and others like it) that was going on in this thread and the the other poll thread. I was enjoying those.

Then the truly immature posts happend... (Thanks, PirateCat, for stepping in).

I ask that this thread either get back to some good discussion or just let it die.

hunter1828

 

[Brother Shatterstone]

(We;ve had posts like this at valar and i've seen it on irc too)

The romance part or the "We hate WoTC" part?

and maybe it was the "Book of Romantic Fantasy" and they saw the abbreviation and made the change it!

 

[BrooklynKnight]

BORF rhymes with WORF. Maybe they just didnt want pictures of a naked klingon?

See, i have a sense of humor too...

 

[Dinkeldog]

I'll give you that it was inappropriate, BUT being as big a booster as you are of a guide to (among other things) sexual relations in rpgs, it really can't surprise you that someone thought your public comments on the opposite sex were worth noting... And I can't give you "WRONG", unfortunately, just inapropriate..

Kahuna burger

I'm going for "WRONG", myself. Ad hominem attack, anyone? One of the best ways to keep things friendly is to keep your debates on the content of someone's post and not the poster himself.

 

[BrooklynKnight]

I'm going for "WRONG", myself. Ad hominem attack, anyone? One of the best ways to keep things friendly is to keep your debates on the content of someone's post and not the poster himself.

I was under the impression that he was referring to what I posted in my journal, not what whats his name did.
heh.

Yes, what he did was wrong.