tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3871409676946408069.post827929058008957925..comments2023-10-14T03:58:59.333-06:00Comments on The Tao of D&D: Truth Will OutAlexis Smolenskhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10539170107563075967noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3871409676946408069.post-25695476909058060392014-04-30T11:56:28.528-06:002014-04-30T11:56:28.528-06:00Chuck,
I think it is actually based on "Illu...Chuck,<br /><br />I think it is actually based on "Illuminati" . . . meaning, "I'm a pretentious twat where it comes to politics."<br /><br />But you may be right.Alexis Smolenskhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10539170107563075967noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3871409676946408069.post-37458985504255534752014-04-30T11:34:15.412-06:002014-04-30T11:34:15.412-06:00I've been outta the gamer loop for a few weeks...I've been outta the gamer loop for a few weeks, so these Gamerati posts are new to me. But I've now had a chance to read them, and check out some vids. All I have to say to the Gamerati is: guys, I'm assuming that you're getting inspiration for your group name from the term "literati." Well, um, if you did your homework, you would know that "literati" can very often have a bad connotation. A connotation that says "I'm a pretentious twat when it comes to Literature, with a capital L." <br /><br />THEREFORE, calling yourselfs the "Gamerati," by association, may get you the same bad connotation! <br /><br />This all seems very obvious to me. But that's just me, with all my, you know, reading and paying attention to connotations and stuff like that.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3871409676946408069.post-18180601683500297972014-04-29T13:24:39.086-06:002014-04-29T13:24:39.086-06:00Just wanted to say: thanks for this post.
: )Just wanted to say: thanks for this post. <br />: )JBhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08532311924539491087noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3871409676946408069.post-57808275352351544822014-04-24T11:55:54.550-06:002014-04-24T11:55:54.550-06:00Rest assured, Giordanisti, there are thousands who...Rest assured, Giordanisti, there are <i>thousands</i> who wish they were better at the game, or who wish that there was a source towards which they could turn. They're not organized, they're not cool, they're playing with their friends in small groups . . . and they've all had their disappointing experience with conventions, larping, community group associations and so on. They're the people who come once, and then never again.<br /><br />They're out there. I'm introduced to them all the time. Only, they don't have commercials, they don't have affectations, they don't rent halls or have meetings, they haven't got the money or the inclination to organize. They just want the game.<br /><br />And they don't need someone else to give them something they already have.Alexis Smolenskhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10539170107563075967noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3871409676946408069.post-18847917982732147652014-04-24T11:38:31.202-06:002014-04-24T11:38:31.202-06:00It's starting to get a little weird how often ...It's starting to get a little weird how often you have repeat your stance on the game itself. You've made the analogy to chess multiple times, which i feel works rather well: if these people were talking about chess in this manner, with this level of skill, we'd all be baffled by it. Obviously, you'd get SKILLED players to talk MEANINGFULLY about the game. The fact that this attitude comes to off to so many as perfectly normal speaks to the pervasiveness of the Community mindset (a great marketing tool, buy-to-belong), and the lack of interest in real furthering of the game's potential. This whole affair does not give me a lot of confidence that there are many people who think of the game the way you do, Alexis, which is a damn shame. We need the ambitious assholes, if only to show that there are Other Ways of thinking.<br /><br />Most in the proud geek community are walking the path of draw-in-more-people (the corporate path), instead of the improve-the-game-for-those-already-here-path. Game improvement is not the priority, just stirring the feelgood stew. Delicious.Giordanistihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18375496443176258588noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3871409676946408069.post-67984323439427076432014-04-24T11:24:09.168-06:002014-04-24T11:24:09.168-06:00I never like DM advice or videos that basically go...I never like DM advice or videos that basically go "never let your players do X." If your world is so paper-thin that your players doing something unexpected completely changes it, maybe you should respond by building a better world, not by restricting your players.<br /><br />As for the Gamerati...I don't like it. I play video games and roleplaying games because I enjoy them, not because other people enjoy it and are willing to get on camera to tell me they enjoy it. I suppose that shows my lack of interest in that sweet, sweet oxytocin, but I find this notion of some geeky version of the Illuminati to be incredibly off-putting.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com