Because achieving means doing work, while being black just means existing. And it's more profitable, with the government grants and bursuries attached to skin tone.
Woke is nothing more than Intolerance disguised as "virtues." Like how dictators describ themselves and their regimen as "democratic." They don't call their wickedness as it is.
You would probably still enjoy yourself. It's a big enough space to just ignore the parts you don't like. Most people on the other side aren't bad, they're just convinced you are. The best thing you can do to push back on the isolationist nature of wokeness is to be the reasonable other in the room. Remember were all in this together and there has to be a path back for people when they make mistakes.
@PiccsChannel sorry but after Matt Fasscist sorry "Fantastic" assaulted Jeremy of The Quartering and GenCon banned Jeremy instead of Matt it isn't a place to enjoy anymore.
Don't people realize that the prices are high at these gaming conventions because they are paying for all the nonsense? Having NO nonsense means that the prices would be lower.
I really don't understand this. It's either these companies and game developers don't care about making a lot money but just enough to survive or someone is forcing them to double down on these LGBTQ games.
These groups really are, by definition, insane: double down, triple down, quadruple down, *_quintuple down_* even - they keep repeating the exact same moronic behaviours and expect something to change for the better.
Former security guy here contracted out to work at the gaylord national hotel during magfest years ago. 2011-2018 Woke shit started getting introduced around 2014 lightly, then radically after 2016 it got worse since Trump won (thank god) and continued to spiral bad after Karrie Schneider "sucked" up to the top board members and allowed woke ideology safe spaces throughout the show floor past the atrium and beyond the indoor village walk ways by the fountain ponds. Ethan E'toole was my chief at the time and he went along with it cause he felt it was fighting the injustice of harmful social norms (lol get real). Guy (yes his name is Guy) the technician didn't like this shit at all but they threatened to shit-can him if he spoke out. And Kevin stone wanted no part of this as all he wanted to do was work arcade cabinets and hold pinball tournaments. ( coolest guy there). Greg newpal was a massive sucker
20 years of gencon and 19 were great. Last year was not fun. The vibe was different, there was a general malaise in the air. I'm taking off next year and I may never go back
I fled to tabletop to escape the lootbox and MTX craze that overtaken videogames. Then the lockdowns hit and destroyed it, only for the Woke to step in and take over. Now we are starting to get back videogames but the Table Top has only become more "fortified".
I haven't found too many writers who are on the right or moderate, for that matter. The ones I have found are terrified to mention the incoming president's name in a public setting. They are afraid of being blacklisted and never selling their books. Even Sanderson has gone off the rails! I'm sure he's going down that path to keep his readers happy and the dollars rolling in.
The weird "people' do not spend very much money, if any. The vast majority of Sanderson's readers are normal people. If Sanderson keeps going dow this path his readership is going to dwindle dow to what these other weird "authors" have. Sanderson was wither intimidated by the "people" who could cut him off or he is actually a true believer like "they" are.
That story description at 8:00 is confusing to read because of the punctuation. I wonder if the whole book is like that: "The Muungano empire strived and struggled to form a utopia when they split away from old earth. Freeing themselves from the endless wars and oppression of their home planet in order to shape their own futures and create a far-reaching coalition of city-states that stretched from Earth and Mars to Titan."
How odd. One would thin that these weird "people" would try harder to prop each other up. We all know why "they" don't. "They" know it would be a complete and total waste of time and money to fake sales to trick the rest of us.
"Diversity means conformity" “Diversity, I think, is a dreadful word. Pin it to anything and that situation is finished. It’s a terrible word - terrible.” Morrissey 2022.
The GenCon publicity site apparently doesn't respect Maurice Broaddus' diversity enough to spell his Afrofuturist activities correctly. It says he's in residence at the "Khewprw Institute", but it's actually spelled "Kheprw" (related to Egyptian Khepri, the god of the dawn and creation). This Institute, by the way, is in Indianapolis, so it's not like the convention scoured the country looking for a sci-fi inclusion expert. They literally just walked down the street!
Why haven't normal people abandoned Gen Con? Putting up with nonsense only brings more nonsense. Create a separate gaming convention. Having ZERO nonsense will make it much more fun for everyone.
if people really cared, they wouldn't go to gencon. Problem is that will never happen so they can continue to do this because they are still making dat $$$ from attendance.
I love the original work of Patrick Rothfuss. Unfortunately, he has embraced the insanity and them some. I wouldn't want to read the crap he would be squeezing out now. The final book wouldn't feel the same and likely ruin the series as he goes back to erase and cover up his insensitivities.
FUN FACT : GEN CON mandated attendees had to be "vaccinated" to attend their Con during the pandemic of lies... It shows how much they know and what they think of their audience/attendees
Funny because almost no one reads books anymore, and especially not new releases from unknown authors that nobody cares about. Edit: 1:19 exactly. Nobody else is reporting on this cuz like I said, almost no one reads books anymore. Not even the wokies. Edit2: what is it with these wokies and "afrofuturist" stuff? This Broadus guy, Tanya DePass, and idk who else all have this weird f* tish for it for some reason.
Comparing reviews as part of sales numbers is a bad metric. It means nothing as your fans would likely follow you around and give you reviews, padding your numbers. Broaddus could have doubled your sales that but no one takes the time to review because they have other things to do. Or, he's only sold one book and Tor paid for those 34 reviews. I understand the thought boosts the ego, but we don't know the real numbers.
Hmm... It's "interesting" how some "people" can get some big contracts and big advances. There is something to see here. However, "they" do not want us to notice. Let's notice anyway!
Yeah, I don't think there's a difference between you and them anymore since you've made it clear you don't care about censorship unless it's your censorship. Last thing I'm gonna do is trust religious fundamentalists with determining what is considered not safe for work. So in that light, I've lost all respect for you, Jon. Toodles.
i never understand why people want to be seen for their skin color instead of their achievements.
Usually because they have no real achievements
Because achieving means doing work, while being black just means existing. And it's more profitable, with the government grants and bursuries attached to skin tone.
Isn't this going against Martin Luther King Jr's dream for people to be judged by the CONTENT OF THEIR CHARACTER INSTEAD???
Wokes can’t grasp merit
H A N D
O U T S
Work of inclusion by excluding people. I don't think these people understand he word inclusion.
They know. This is all planned.
"You keep using that word. I don't think it means what you think it means"
Its a grift we all know this. Their version includes everyone except white, Asian, and straight. And women who don't think like feminists.
Woke is nothing more than Intolerance disguised as "virtues."
Like how dictators describ themselves and their regimen as "democratic."
They don't call their wickedness as it is.
They know exactly what they are doing. To them, "inclusion" and "diversity" = anti-white.
Good for them.
Maybe they can double their audience and sell their books to each other.
maybe they can eat rainbows and unicorn farts
Reject all bloat.
"They" only "fired" the previous Writers' Symposium staff because "they" know "they" cannot spread the message if no one bothers to watch.
When I see a successful author, I see what I can learn from them.
When I see unsuccessful authors, I see what they’re doing wrong so I can avoid it
Unfortunately we live in a world where industry hacks continue to fail upwards, all based on beliefs and identity.
Went to GenCon once, 2005 and had a great time. I get the feeling i wouldn't enjoy myself today.
You would probably still enjoy yourself. It's a big enough space to just ignore the parts you don't like. Most people on the other side aren't bad, they're just convinced you are. The best thing you can do to push back on the isolationist nature of wokeness is to be the reasonable other in the room. Remember were all in this together and there has to be a path back for people when they make mistakes.
@PiccsChannel sorry but after Matt Fasscist sorry "Fantastic" assaulted Jeremy of The Quartering and GenCon banned Jeremy instead of Matt it isn't a place to enjoy anymore.
You know who was inclusive? Robert E. Howard.
even rats are smart enough to abandon a sinking ship
Refused to go before, still won’t go. To expensive to even go to the place, not even counting all of the other costs/wokeness.
Don't people realize that the prices are high at these gaming conventions because they are paying for all the nonsense?
Having NO nonsense means that the prices would be lower.
What a joke. WOKE is not going to die over-night.
Unfortunately
I really don't understand this. It's either these companies and game developers don't care about making a lot money but just enough to survive or someone is forcing them to double down on these LGBTQ games.
These "companies" have become so infested that "they" no longer have to be forced to do all this nonsense.
A bit of both, large companies requires government help and once that happen companies become the extension to the State.
Lol gencon is no longer relevent. It's just about extorting money now days.
These groups really are, by definition, insane: double down, triple down, quadruple down, *_quintuple down_* even - they keep repeating the exact same moronic behaviours and expect something to change for the better.
Former security guy here contracted out to work at the gaylord national hotel during magfest years ago. 2011-2018
Woke shit started getting introduced around 2014 lightly, then radically after 2016 it got worse since Trump won (thank god) and continued to spiral bad after Karrie Schneider "sucked" up to the top board members and allowed woke ideology safe spaces throughout the show floor past the atrium and beyond the indoor village walk ways by the fountain ponds.
Ethan E'toole was my chief at the time and he went along with it cause he felt it was fighting the injustice of harmful social norms (lol get real).
Guy (yes his name is Guy) the technician didn't like this shit at all but they threatened to shit-can him if he spoke out.
And Kevin stone wanted no part of this as all he wanted to do was work arcade cabinets and hold pinball tournaments. ( coolest guy there).
Greg newpal was a massive sucker
20 years of gencon and 19 were great. Last year was not fun. The vibe was different, there was a general malaise in the air. I'm taking off next year and I may never go back
last Gen Con I even considered was back in 84.
All these events are going to disappear soon
No point in going to some place I'm not welcome.
Or reading any of the slop books.
I will not consume crap.
12.99 holy crap, who is this guy Tolkien? I'm not paying that unless it's a major author I really like.
For 15 years Gencon was my summer. I don't want to go anywhere near it now, the price and now this stuff that is everywhere around the con
That Broaddus dude is charging $12.99 for the Kindle edition? Hahahaa wow.
Gencon used to be the real deal. That was back in the '80s. It's sad to see the husk of what remains.
I fled to tabletop to escape the lootbox and MTX craze that overtaken videogames. Then the lockdowns hit and destroyed it, only for the Woke to step in and take over.
Now we are starting to get back videogames but the Table Top has only become more "fortified".
I haven't found too many writers who are on the right or moderate, for that matter. The ones I have found are terrified to mention the incoming president's name in a public setting. They are afraid of being blacklisted and never selling their books. Even Sanderson has gone off the rails! I'm sure he's going down that path to keep his readers happy and the dollars rolling in.
The weird "people' do not spend very much money, if any.
The vast majority of Sanderson's readers are normal people.
If Sanderson keeps going dow this path his readership is going to dwindle dow to what these other weird "authors" have.
Sanderson was wither intimidated by the "people" who could cut him off or he is actually a true believer like "they" are.
Oh, I don't think it's his readers he was trying to please. Because a lot of us are most definitely not pleased at all.
The best thing to do is create a new convention.
It will be hard to create.
It will be small - at first.
It will be better with careful gatekeeping.
That story description at 8:00 is confusing to read because of the punctuation. I wonder if the whole book is like that: "The Muungano empire strived and struggled to form a utopia when they split away from old earth. Freeing themselves from the endless wars and oppression of their home planet in order to shape their own futures and create a far-reaching coalition of city-states that stretched from Earth and Mars to Titan."
The last year I went to Gencon, Bioware was doing demos of Dragon Age Origins. Good times
How odd.
One would thin that these weird "people" would try harder to prop each other up.
We all know why "they" don't.
"They" know it would be a complete and total waste of time and money to fake sales to trick the rest of us.
What a joke of a convention it is now...
"Diversity means conformity" “Diversity, I think, is a dreadful word. Pin it to anything and that situation is finished. It’s a terrible word - terrible.” Morrissey 2022.
Cringy vacuous wokesters.
Just dont go, simple as
An even better thing to do would be to create a better gaming convention.
Thanks!
Ugh
Guess I may never go to Gen con
What do these guys have to do with gaming?
DEI - Didn't Earn It
Strikes yet again
LMAO did anyone expect them to do otherwise?
Nope.
We all knew "they" would double down on this nonsense.
The GenCon publicity site apparently doesn't respect Maurice Broaddus' diversity enough to spell his Afrofuturist activities correctly. It says he's in residence at the "Khewprw Institute", but it's actually spelled "Kheprw" (related to Egyptian Khepri, the god of the dawn and creation). This Institute, by the way, is in Indianapolis, so it's not like the convention scoured the country looking for a sci-fi inclusion expert. They literally just walked down the street!
Oh look, DEI hires. Surely this will not go wrong.
Why haven't normal people abandoned Gen Con?
Putting up with nonsense only brings more nonsense.
Create a separate gaming convention.
Having ZERO nonsense will make it much more fun for everyone.
Onyx Path makes WotC look like the John Birch Society.
Pay a lot to get in, expensive merch, can't get in to see anyone....no thanks.
if people really cared, they wouldn't go to gencon. Problem is that will never happen so they can continue to do this because they are still making dat $$$ from attendance.
Your subscriber views are rocketing. Onward to 100k!
what the hell is gen con suppose to be anyway?
The woke virus has spread to game designers and developers- look at the “gamers against Trump” movement- it’s becoming an expensive echo chamber
Do the work! Hope they take Matt Walsh's workshop
I love the original work of Patrick Rothfuss. Unfortunately, he has embraced the insanity and them some. I wouldn't want to read the crap he would be squeezing out now. The final book wouldn't feel the same and likely ruin the series as he goes back to erase and cover up his insensitivities.
Inclusive is a grift.
What's wrong with Larry Correa?
Is Cat Rambo based now?
PLEASE, when it comes out, compare the writing to a genuinely good game like Planescape: Torment.
You know it will be prime content.
They never seem to include great writing and enjoyable stories.
FUN FACT : GEN CON mandated attendees had to be "vaccinated" to attend their Con during the pandemic of lies...
It shows how much they know and what they think of their audience/attendees
The sad thing is that there were probably many people who complied just to have the opportunity to go and spend lots of money.
THIS!!!!
I read MB's steampunk novel, "Pimp My Airship." Great title but the book itself was meh.
Can you plug yourself at the END of the video please? None of them are long enough for you to advertise yourself for the first three minutes.
Doubling down on woke means doubling down on broke. Let them crumble.
Funny because almost no one reads books anymore, and especially not new releases from unknown authors that nobody cares about.
Edit: 1:19 exactly. Nobody else is reporting on this cuz like I said, almost no one reads books anymore. Not even the wokies.
Edit2: what is it with these wokies and "afrofuturist" stuff? This Broadus guy, Tanya DePass, and idk who else all have this weird f* tish for it for some reason.
We are inclusive *
*not if you are a middle aged dude
Comparing reviews as part of sales numbers is a bad metric. It means nothing as your fans would likely follow you around and give you reviews, padding your numbers. Broaddus could have doubled your sales that but no one takes the time to review because they have other things to do. Or, he's only sold one book and Tor paid for those 34 reviews. I understand the thought boosts the ego, but we don't know the real numbers.
Hmm...
It's "interesting" how some "people" can get some big contracts and big advances.
There is something to see here.
However, "they" do not want us to notice. Let's notice anyway!
Even some small time vtubers have more patrons on patreon than this dude has backers on his project. And he thinks he is important.
Yeah, I don't think there's a difference between you and them anymore since you've made it clear you don't care about censorship unless it's your censorship. Last thing I'm gonna do is trust religious fundamentalists with determining what is considered not safe for work. So in that light, I've lost all respect for you, Jon. Toodles.
Also, explanation: I saw what your reply was to PC gamer about the ZZZ patch.
แต่เดิมนักเขียนก็แค่เขียนชิ้นงานส่งพิมพ์ขายล่ะนะ สำนักพิมพ์ก็เลยเป็นแค่ตัวกลางในเรื่องต่างๆน่ะ พอนานๆเข้า สำนักพิมพ์ก็เริ่มผูกขาดผลประโยชน์เพื่อทำกำไร นักเขียนก็เลยเหมือนกลายเป็นชนชั้นที่ต่ำกว่าสำนักพิมพ์ไปตามการคอรัปชั่นน่ะ แล้วเมื่อไปเกี่ยวกับการเมืองมากๆเข้า ความรุนแรงกับปัญหาการคอรัปชั่นก็มากขึ้นตามความเป็นไปล่ะนะ แล้วก็กลายเป็นปัญหาคาราคาซังเหมือนอย่างทุกวันนี้น่ะ , ดังนั้น สำหรับผมแล้ว การที่นักเขียนยุ่งเกี่ยวกับการเมืองหรือทำงานการเมือง ถูกกำหนดคุณค่าผ่านการเมือง อยู่ในเงื่อนไขของเงินค่าใช้จ่าย อำนาจ ความเป็นไปทางการเมือง ก็ไม่ต่างจากการเป็นทาสแรงงานของพวกคอรัปชั่นล่ะนะ ส่วนพวกที่ทำกิจกรรม รวมมวลชนเพื่อหวังผลทางการเมือง ส่วนใหญ่ก็จะเป็นฝั่งพวกสำนักพิมพ์กับพวกในสายงานนักเขียนที่ถูกหล่อหลอมและล้างสมองมาตามค่านิยมที่พวกคอรัปชั่นครอบงำไว้น่ะ ส่วนความเป็นไปก็จะเป็นอย่างที่เห็นล่ะนะ ซึ่งส่วนใหญ่ก็จะเป็นเรื่องโฆษณาชวนเชื่อ ควบรวมผูกขาดผลประโยชน์หรือทำกำไร ปวารณาตนในการควบคุมผลประโยชน์ ด้วยอำนาจ ชื่อเสียง การเป็นที่ยอมรับ ตามความเป็นไปที่ถูกเข้าใจแบบผิดๆตามแนวทางที่พวกคอรัปชั่นล้างสมองกันมาน่ะ , เลยเป็นเรื่องยากที่จะเข้าใจ ทำใจยอมรับความเป็นจริงกันจริงๆได้ยากในแต่ละคนล่ะนะ เพราะชีวิตความเป็นอยู่ความสุขสบายมันจำเป็นต้องใช้ค่านิยมและระบบเกี่ยวกับเรื่องเงินค่าใช้จ่ายค้ำยันอยู่ตามความเป้นไปที่มาจากการคอรัปชั่นที่ถูกครอบหัวกันมานานล่ะนะ เลยหักดิบไม่ได้น่ะ จะไปบอกให้ปรับตัวก็คงยากที่จะเข้าใจเพราะค่านิยมและความเข้าใจในพื้นที่กับสภาพแวดล้อมตามความเป็นไปนั้นต่างกันน่ะ ,
เลยจะประมาณพวกที่พูดว่า"มนุษย์ขี้เหม็นเหมือนกัน"ผ่านการตีความของคำว่า"ความเป็นมนุษย์"ล่ะนะ ก็เลยพูดยังไงไปก็คงไม่เข้าใจน่ะ ....? ...เพราะว่าอะไรน่ะเหรอครับ? ...อืมอันนี้ค่อนข้างยาวน่ะ แถมเกี่ยวกับเทคนิคเฉพาะตัวของนักเขียนแต่ละคนด้วยล่ะนะ ...เอาเป็นว่าผมจะพยายามไม่แหกหน้าแหกใจแหกสมองพวกสายงานใกล้ๆกันแบบขวานผ่าซากที่แรงเกินไปล่ะกันนะ , คือการแต่งเรื่องส่วนใหญ่จะมีสิ่งที่ใช้เป็นตัวกลางในการบรรยายหลักอย่างตัวละครหรือสื่อกลางระหว่างสื่อและผู้รับสื่อน่ะ ซึ่งส่วนใหญ่ จะใช้"คน"เป็นตัวกลางในการเดินเรื่องและนำเสนอน่ะ(แต่จะเข้าใจผิดว่าเป็น"มนุษย์"กันส่วนใหญ่ล่ะนะ) การกำหนดภาพรวมและการตีความที่ชัดเจน จะทำให้การบรรยายชัดเจนขึ้นด้วยน่ะ อย่าง ถ้ากำหนดและตีความคำว่า"คน"เป็นแค่มนุษย์ขี้เหม็นเหมือนกัน "คน"ที่ใช้เป็นตัวกลางของสื่อในการบรรยายก็เลยไม่สามารถเป็นอย่างอื่นได้นอกจากมนุษย์ที่ขี้เหม็นเหมือนกันน่ะ ตั้งแต่ต้นเรื่องจนจบเรื่องเลยล่ะนะ ในทางกลับกันหาก"คน"ที่ถูกใช้เป็นตัวกลางในการบรรยาย หากถูกตีความและกำหนดความหมายที่สำคัญและซับซ้อนมากเท่าไหร่ เนื้อเรื่อง การบรรยาย การนำเสนอ ก็จะมีความซับซ้อนมากไปตามการกำหนดความหมายและภาพรวมในการเป็นตัวกลางในการสื่อสารกันระหว่างสื่อและผู้รับสื่อตามไปด้วยล่ะนะ ตั้งแต่ต้นเรื่อง ยันจบเรื่องเหมือนกัน(ผมเองก็ไม่รู้ว่าแม้แต่คนสายงานใกล้ๆกันจะเข้าใจได้หรือเปล่าล่ะนะ แต่ไม่เข้าใจไปก็ไม่เป็นไรน่ะ เพราะเป็นเทคนิคเฉพาะตัวของแต่ละคนเองล่ะนะ) , แต่ถ้าอยากจะให้ผมย่อสั้นๆล่ะก็ ผมตีความ"คน"ที่เป็นมนุษย์ขี้เหม็นเหมือนกัน นั้น ต่างจาก"คน"ที่เป็นผู้ถือครองปาฏิหาริย์และความลับของพระเจ้าที่ถูกเรียกว่า"ความเป็นมนุษย์" ที่ประกอบด้วย สัจจะ คุณธรรม น้ำใจและความอารี ที่มีมากน้อยต่างกันไป นั้น ต่างกันในหลายมิติและมุมมองความเข้าใจน่ะ , ผมก็เลยไม่ถูกพวกคอรัปชั่นครอบงำจนต่างจากคนอื่นที่อยู่ในระบบของพวกคอรัปชั่นล่ะนะ , กับเจนคอนนั่น ผมคิดว่าคงเหมือนงานอีเว้นกิจกรรมทางการตลาดของพวกสำนักพิมพ์ร่วมกับฝั่งการเมืองล่ะมังนะ คงไม่ต้องกังวลหรือห่วงอะไรมากน่ะ เพราะยังไงก็คงไม่มีอะไรเปลี่ยนล่ะนะ เพราะปัญหากับการคอรัปชั่นยังไม่ได้ถูกแก้ไขก่อนน่ะ หลักฐานที่ชัดเจนที่สุดของนักเขียนที่ไม่ถูกพวกคอรัปชั่นตรอบงำไม่ว่าทางใดหรืออะไรก็ตาม คือ "เสรีภาพ"และ"อิสระภาพ" ที่จะเขียนและสร้างชิ้นงานขึ้นมาโดยเริ่มจากตัวเองล่ะนะ ไม่ได้มาจากการกำหนดโดยเงื่อนไข การบังคับ-ถูกบังคับ อำนาจ ผลประโยชน์ สังคม ความเป็นไป การเมือง การเป็นที่ยอมรับ หรือ การเลือกตั้ง อะไรพวกนั้นน่ะ ก็เลยจะดูออกได้ง่ายๆ ทั้งการกระทำ ความเป็นอยู่ และสิ่งที่แฝงอยู่ในชิ้นงาน ด้วยเหมือนกันล่ะนะ .