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-Great Cultural Revolution
Terrify marketing to promote DEI
2024-03-12
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Quote placed in larger context — does it change the meaning of the original quote, dear Reader?
Posted by:3dc

#3  "I say that as a joke, but its very, very true."

To further expose the line, Hidden Machine.

She is serious in her presentation. And that is exactly how it happens.

See: Frosthaven

The sequel to a popular table top Gloomhaven, during design it started to get out that some of the storyline decisions led to consequences which triggered people like making one choice which leads to people burning to death in a house. Also big at the time was why so racists against orcs and the whole Tolkein racism tropes.

So one day, out of the blue, and this is post-Floydenal, the backers get a nastygram from the 'creator' not only saying that they hired a diversity panning scheme, but that if you (the backer) are not 110% with a BLM struggle session then you aren't welcome here.

The fallout was epic. Paraphrasing major topics:

"I'm supposed to spend 40 some hours on a nerfed story line which all leads to the same conclusion I'm the bad guy all along? Refund."

"An already overdue project further delayed now because script and character re-writes? Refund."

"So if I join a table and am not an exact echo of the game narrator, I'll get shit on the whole time? Refund."

"This game is overdue not because you are working hard on it, but out rubbing elbows with people who say Gloomhaven wasn't as good as everyone remembers, so buy this game. Doesn't sound like you are taking your own work seriously. Refund."
Posted by: swksvolFF   2024-03-12 18:03  

#2  Clown nose on, clown nose off.
Posted by: no mo uro   2024-03-12 17:41  

#1  "I say that as a joke"

No different than the commies cutting a Trump quote out of context to scare old people. It's war by any means necessary.
Posted by: Procopius2k   2024-03-12 09:14  

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