Unfortunately the whole culture war is based on the notion that generations that once held power are losing their grip while the oppressed are rising to claim more and more rights. The "woke" is just an easy way to group people and oppress or frame them. Never stop fighting for your rights.
Honestly people making a fuss about inclusion and what's going on in other people's games and tables is all the reason to ignore them. They aren't adding genuine criticism to the community, but its unfortunate when someone with a large audience starts raving about toxic opinions
The little stain on existence wants attention, regardless of what kind. Nothing to be done but to be the best possible example of how this community really is, and to prove we aren’t little worms like him.
I'm burning out fast on Everything turning into this. The goal of them doing this IS the attention and rage is causes, it's like a child sitting there going "I'm not touching you." The instant they don't get that rage from the internet they will wander off to a new topic.
If it makes you feel better I guarantee every person asking if this game has gone "woke" has never and probably will never play DnD or any other TTRPG. They only parrot what they've heard without giving it any thought or even looking it up.
Makes me kinda glad I shifted away from dnd into things like lancer, pathfinder, and starfinder so I'm not bombarded with bigotry like dnd has been as of late. Still makes me sad to see the hatred though. It's supposed to be a game where you get to make any choice you want
It’s so refreshing because almost everyone in the pathfinder community is in agreement that it is “woke” and we all enjoy that. The dumbfucks who complain about stuff like orcs not being genetically evil or lgbt+ inclusivity have zero foothold.
If you look deeper than surface level it's not possible for him to buy it out. They don't have enough shares out for any one person/group to get a 51% stake, and he's so over-extended from buying Twitter and upside down on the loans from the start that buying it outright is unlikely.
It is okay to be pissed. But it'll be okay.
D&D survived the stupid "Satanic Ritual" accusations of the 1980s. It will survive all of this too. https://www.chick.com/products/tract?stk=0046
If these folks are so concerned about my OC's gender. Wait till I hear about their opinions on the capitalist military industrial complex that they worship.
Twitter will find a reason to loose its' collective shit over the most milk toast paragraph on the planet. I read the paragraph and saw 0% wrong with it. I think they see the word sex outside of their brain rotted mind and get scared
It's been far, far FAR more than merely 'woke' since 1977, when they published the Arduin Grimoires, which had Dominators, Mistresses, Houris, and others, and had no issues with homosexuality, bisexuality, dominance and submission. Some had their own ~classes~!
Sadly professional victimhood is all these fuckwads live for. And while D&D is the perfect medium for people to play out their fantasies (often innocently), these idiots happen to fantasize about being rewarded for horrific behaviour.
the people who cry “woke” are the type of player literally horror stories are told about them (even dedicated youtube channels) and i guess they hate being the but of the joke they continue to make themselves be.
I Hope Logu/Twigu/Leafu And RevSaysDesu Have Realised This And Can Join The Populist Brigades, They Showed Me The FrontLines And I'ld Hate To See Them Lost To The Tides Of The Elites....
Except for DnD was popular way before 5e and Critical role...
I wish you've witnessed people at my place translating and printing 3.5 and playing for weeks, living in DM's flat. And noone cared about sex or diversity because noone made such a big thing out of it. They just didn't needed it written.
“Dnd has gone woke” mf it’s a fucking game where you sit around a table and yap with your friends for hours, you can do whatever fits your fancy, go roll some dice and stfu
Very much agree, but I also recently noticed that the digital versions of the 2014 PHB seem to have slightly different text. I remember when I last read it, I couldn't find the segment about Corellon and gender, and now there's new text. Kinda wild that they keep updating and changing that section
That's been a thing for over a decade...why are people raging over it? Fuck we got magic to just swap genders! We gor species that can change at will for the gender fluids or be none for the aces, why are people fighting about it now???
Honestly, the worst part of this is that like...woke is SUPPOSED TO BE GOOD!!! It literally means to be aware of the bullshit and corruption!
Which I guess is why they all think it's oh so bad, because being on their side means that being woke is being self-aware enough to realize they're assholes
Often times, their side of the "culture" war only has cherry-picked "cultural" aspects that are there solely to give them more control over the lives of others to make them fall in line
I never read this before. I've learned my favorite pc to play as is an infertile hermaphroditic lizardfolk cuz there's interesting lore that already exists, and a personality I relate to. I am not a hermaphrodite. I am a male who is down bad for fertilizing my long-distance partner (who is my co-dm)
Again, these people more than likely do not play D&D. They wanna bitch about anything so they can feel heard about a thing they didnt have an issue with years ago. Sad and lonely people being sad and lonely. And thios behavior also makes it clear why nobody wants them at their table.
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Don't reweet, quote or anything they say just scoff and keep being the community we all want D&D and the large ttrpg sphere to be.
I'll probably mute this comment cause I'd much rather just do my thing of being nice to artists, just wanted to try to be a voice of reason.
But I feel like Elon and anyone who supports him barely have any friends that actually WANT to play a game with them, let alone a TTRPG.
It's sad because him buying Hasbro seems plausible.
All I know is Hasbro doesn't need Elon to tank their stocks even more.
D&D survived the stupid "Satanic Ritual" accusations of the 1980s. It will survive all of this too.
https://www.chick.com/products/tract?stk=0046
Sad thing is, back then, these “woke” options were seen as more options for everyone. A way to make whoever you want.
Now they’ve gaslighted themselves into wanting a smaller buffet because people they don’t like enjoy some of the dishes being served.
IT'S A GAME ITS SUPPOSED TO BE FUN WITH FRIENDS AAAAA
It's been far, far FAR more than merely 'woke' since 1977, when they published the Arduin Grimoires, which had Dominators, Mistresses, Houris, and others, and had no issues with homosexuality, bisexuality, dominance and submission. Some had their own ~classes~!
And they need to be called out for that.
Leftist Awareness? Corporate D.E.I. GrandStanding.
Tourist GateKeeping? SelfRighteous Reactionary Grifters.
NoOne Wins Until They Realise They're Surrounded. Never.
But what started as a couple paragraphs trying to enforce certain values at the table has started to affect the worldbuilding to a greater degree.
I wish you've witnessed people at my place translating and printing 3.5 and playing for weeks, living in DM's flat. And noone cared about sex or diversity because noone made such a big thing out of it. They just didn't needed it written.
Which, as always, is what they accuse others of doing. It was amusing once, it's just maddening now.
TTRPGs have been queer as fuck for a LONG ass time. D&D has been for ALL players for even longer.
Which I guess is why they all think it's oh so bad, because being on their side means that being woke is being self-aware enough to realize they're assholes
Still shitty though.
Dude is such a fucking poser and he reeks of desperation.