Long ago it was empty rooms and rounded treasure values, wtf?
Now days, it's getting bent out of shape cause Autarch / Tavis is doing a fucking fabulous job at dealing with an extremely difficult situation.
Meh. Maybe because I suffer depression (have lost girlfriends, one job, and jacked up many lessor things due to it) I just can't muster any ill will towards anyone involved. I'm also probably much more patient than most.
Dwimmermount project is going well considering what it has dealt with. Projects without any of the same impediments have burned to the ground less graciously than Dwimmermount's "failure" has been handled.
Too many people expect Kickstarter projects to be something they are not. They are not purchases. They have the risks of an investment without the upside potential. They are closest to a donation with defined perks. You should not contribute money to a Kickstarter you can't afford to loose.
Yes, there's been lots of changes, reverses, etc. It doesn't matter, chill already. It's plainly obvious that people running things are absolutely not trying to screw anyone. That they are bending over backwards attempting to appease a diverse group of participants. Too many of which are whiny bitches.
Yes, it's long time in coming (except that we got all the maps and good enough draft). I guess if you're a collector, wetting yourself over chance at rare hardback, I don't have sympathy. I have friends that are collectors, nothing personal, but this is a hobby of players. Collecting gets the same treatment as half-brother mutant, we keep locked up under the stairs.
Dwimmermount is one of several mega-dungeons in my 1.5/weekly Gold & Glory campaign. Two groups adventure in it regularly. People enjoying themselves around a table. There is no higher level of success than that.
The saddest nerdrage is that which doesn't realize that, on the adventure end, ACKS and LL are practically identical. It's like someone from Iowa pretending not to understand an Indiana accent.
ReplyDeleteYeah, I'm running it (and others, all the cool megadungeons seem to be LL) using Swords and Wizardry. Converting on the fly more or less. The style of the module is more important than the specific rule set. All the pre 2nd ed, retro-clones, and new games of similar mindset intermingle like rabbits on Ecstasy.
DeleteThat's because sections of the text were poached from LL.
ReplyDeleteAmen
ReplyDeleteI gotta agree - my alligence is to a different megadungeon, but I think all the dwimmerdrama is silly - especially now that it looks like thing will more or less work out.
ReplyDeleteNerdrage is silly. This is a small hobby and therefore works best when people work together. Something like Devilmount or the diy petty-gods may throw a little snark at James M. yet they represent an acknowledgement that his work is valuable to other hobbyists and people care enoughto see it revived and rescued rather than lost to whatever real life difficulties have forced the original creator to back out.
I can't deny, there is hypocrisy in ranting about ranters.
ReplyDelete“Hypocrisy is the resin that holds the plywood of society together.”
ReplyDelete― Scott Meyer