#RPGaDAY2021 I rolled a 3 which means today's word is villain.
I'm sure this is a predictable response for those who have been following my comments this year.
A lot of well-meaning SJWs--if that isn't a complete contradiction in terms--may have started out as or were at least close to being heroes. They fought to bring people to the hobby. There were arguably real issues with women and the now popularly called POCs not feeling welcome at the table. With each passing year these "marginalized" people became more and more accepted into the TTRPG community such that is. Even to this day at peak popularity, TTRPGs are realatively small potatoes in the world of entertainment, so If these newly minted hobbyists were there to play the game and leave the politics at home, then most groups would be glad to have them. In other words, even the oldskool fans were willing to show tolerance--in the traditional sense of the word--to new players of every stripe. The more the merrier.
But somewhere along the line, rather than letting gaming be gaming, many of those same SJWs are by their own words pushing the original TTRPG fanbase away from the table. They don't want tolerance, they want celebration and anyone--player or gaming company--unwilling to 'take the knee' gets called a 'phobe' or an 'ist' and gets 'cancelled'. I can speak and write as I like, but I'm not trying to sell a product to anybody. It seems for the producers of TTRPGs if you don't bend over backward to appease the vocal minority WOKE crowd you'll never prosper.
Good blog post, hoss!
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