A normal human person 🍁🍁🍁

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Respectfully man I think you'd look great if you just shave if off now. Every post on r/bald has convinced me it takes 15 years off a man

Well good vibes are coming your way from one internet stranger

I saw someone point out that the YB&B stuff isn't actually that weird in a lot of ways. Contracts get disputed all the time, it just usually doesn't end up being reported on as ~drama~ so I wouldn't necessarily conclude that the indie rpg scene itself is the problem— but idk your other stuff so 🤷‍♂️

Hi Senator, as a neighbor to the north, allow me to say: you're a coward for not taking a stronger stance and your nation is collapsing into Nazism. Abolish and prosecute, not reform.

A Bloggies nom starter pack got shared around

Someone reread the Enigma of Amigara Fault recently (complimentary)

It's Eminem, Macklemore, or nothing for us mayonnaise folk

Yeah, the crab bucket allegations are hard to beat sometimes.

I was among those speculating at the time that the implicit narrative of the article was harsher on you than the truth but if anything it seems I was *still* underestimating the degree. An object lesson in critical reading I suppose.

Hi! As Jay's co-creator — while also being a fellow *contractor* at PCG, not associated with any of the business decisions being made — I think this summary of events laid out by Xeni is accurate to what I remember of the unfolding distribution problems that kept Yazeba's off of shelves.

You're right, but good luck with the platform TOS 🫡

Professional experience required?

Thinking about publishing economics for no particular reason today— is there such a thing as an "unexpected smash hit" contract an artist could sign where their fee upfront is commensurate with the fact that most projects make very little money, but in the event it blows up they get cut back in?

Plus the collective coordination problem. I would really like to know when it's safe to vote my values instead of strategically against conservatives but that ain't how the dynamics really work.

As others have told, this is indeed a thing. Some people believe the best move is to bring a set with notably powerful outlier cards you can snap up and pass an overall weaker pack along, but for fun purposes there are sets that better support a random card pool with mana fixing, etc.

CD-ROMS: Cory Doctorow- Right On Most Subjects

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Nice to meet you Mr Cranky but don't call me Damn

It's a truism of toddler parenting that they don't sleep when you would want them to, but maaaaaaaan come on kid

Hype cycle becomes a backlash cycle when a thing gets recommended to an audience for whom it isn't a good fit but it *seems* like it would be, cause if it was an obvious bad fit they wouldn't give it the time of day

This.

I agree– Jay comes off as badly not equipped for the situation, but the extent to which she was actually responsible for any material harm is pretty unclear.

I don't mind it to be honest. I wouldn't pay for a full year subscription because the content only occasionally draws my interest, so a buck here and there for the big hitters is a good way to support this specific kind of work

How often will I have to look at Kevin O'Leary's stupid fucking face?

So they try to negotiate down and the huge expectations gap leads to the story as written.

In this case it seems like SJG came in offering to fill a gap in production know-how. Good idea in principle, but then I assume they confront the economics of indie TTRPG publishing and realize paying out Acosta, Harris, et. al. as co-creators instead of hired contributors is negative ROI.

Messy alright. I don't know how often snafus like this happened in the old days, but it seems like the crowdfunding era has brought with it a huge uptick in stories of scrappy creatives getting in over their heads and trainwrecking projects with a lot of good ideas and excitement behind them.

This. This. This.

It's pretty simple, I think killing people is wrong, but I also think letting the strong kill the weak is even more wrong, and I will use violence to protect those that cannot protect themselves.

If your morality stops at the first, let me offer up: you are the reason the world is where it is.

Yesterday I shoveled some snow and then sat in a chair for a few hours, so needless to say I'm laid out with a back spasm today 🥲