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This was the only really good part for me. ...Yeah, I can certainly see how it would appeal to you. It is pretty much the only pointlessly and not very insightfully cynical statement of the interview, after all

Loved the interview. Very true.

*Checks the updated system requirements* *whistles* Great, as of now, I literally can't run this game. Never thought I'll have to upgrade my PC for a Baldur's Gate retroclone.

I totally did! But first, mechanics questions. My first 30 xps were spent on bringing Presence up to 3, because really, if you want to be a Charming Space Rogue (or, even better, Pimplord of the Universe), Pre 2 just ain't gonna cut it. It's the next 40 I'm stumped on. Basically I see 3 equally valid routes for me to go: Increase Presence to 4: more charm, more pimpiness (pimpity? pimpousness?). Would let me throw 4 dice on Charm (duh), Cool (resist Charm; also, Initiative when you got the drop on someone, but I suggest houseruling that you can use Vigilance in those cases if you want, because rolling Initiative with Charisma is some D&D 4E-level dumb****ery), Leadership and Negotiation (both of them self-explanatory). For that much-vaunted Charming Space Rogue goodness. Increase Cunning to 4: khajiit like to sneak! Would give me 4 dice on Deception (always useful, budget Jedi Mind Trick for teh win), Perception (the most used skill in our games, probably), Skulduggery (for opening locks that are too low-tech for our resident techies, and other generally illegal activities), Streetwise (I actually have a rank in this. Amazing.), and, weirdly enough, Survival (guess I can hunt; I'm a cat person after all. (That's racist!)). Guess this choice would make me a Charming Space Rogue. Pick up the Enterpreneur specialization for 20 and increase Brawn to 2 for another 20: this would make me a bit more well-rounded. Brawn 2 would make me less suicidally squishy overall (then again, I guess I can always hide behind the walls of muscle (yes, when you're 1.5 meters tall, even the Armored Space Waifu looks like a towering pile of meat in comparison), and it's not like we have an overall lack of Brawn-based skills in the party), whereas Enterpreneur is pretty much the pimpiest Specialization ever. They basically get lower-level Talents that generate them free money every session, and higher-level ones that let them throw money at problems to make them disappear, which is very fitting flavorwise. They also get Negotiation and Discipline as career skills, making me more adept at getting a good deal for us, and less prone to being tricked. Then again, I think the constantly-down-on-his-luck picaresque hero archetype, who's really great at fooling others, but is also easily fooled in return, is very appropriate for Edge of the Empire, which is something this choice would run counter to.Anyways, as much as I'd like to summarize this as a choice that would make me a Charming Space Rogue, that ain't gonna happen. (That's what the Pilot specialization is for!) Am leaning towards Cunning 4, but I'm open to your input, guys. And now, onto roleplaying considerations! Basically, I've read up on Bothans, and aside from being Space Khajiits, their shtick is that they were spies who stole the plans for the Death Star, and, as a consequence, have fallen victim to widespread retributionary ethnic cleansings. (...So much for the whole "happy-go-lucky space opera escapism about majestically humming glow-in-the-dark phallic symbols and the triumph of Good over Evil with a side order of hot space princess action" thing, I guess...) Anyways, since EotE is ostensibly between Ep IV and V, I think this is a perfectly good time period for my character's family to have been killed off dramatically to provide motivation for me; hence, I think my Oath obligation should be "Sworn vengeance against the Imperial authorities who are responsible for the death of my brother". (Dead brothers are so comparatively under-utilized as a storytelling device, really. Hell, make it a whole kitty litter of brothers for even moar DRAMA.) Personality-wise, I think my portrayal of him is going to be influenced by Han Solo (duh), Tyrion Lannister, Rocket Raccoon and Joe Pesci's character in Casino. But this is more of a high concept, personal guideline sort of thing; I mean, Chimron's fictional DNA is basically an unholy mix of Cugel the Clever and The Doctor, but those influences rarely show in the way I'm playing him/her/it either. So yeah, I'll elaborate on the particulars later, when I have a clearer mental picture of how those seemingly-disconnected parts of his personality and backstory play off each other. In any case, "Pussylord" is totally a name I'll be using for him. I imagine it was a disparaging nickname some witless individual sticked on him as the resident cat person, which he took in good humour for the few years he had to work with the guy, then committed horrible violence on him once he was no longer useful, and used his desecrated corpse as a windshield accessory while driving across half the galaxy, cackling maniacally, fully embracing the once-derogatory title. Or something like that. (Or that's the story he tells people when they ask, while in reality he still owes the guy big money and would get into serious trouble for spreading these rumors if he ever heard. That could be fun.)

Well, that's Nonek's assertion. Research says it's pretty much an unavoidable part of human nature, but I can't really be bothered to scour through all my folders for a link.

I never said mockery is bad. I contested Nonek's assertion that those evil, evil SJWs are all looking down on their fellow men whereas the pure, uncorrupted gamergater folks are valiant fighters of diversity. Which is pretty much bullcrap in my personal experience with both sides.

Okay then, if this thread is not the nice face of gamergate (which people here have repeatedly asserted, and I foolishly thought I should listen to them, with them being more familiar with the movement and all that), then please do show me what magical unicorn gamergater fairy land has those open-minded and tolerant folks who are completely cool with all manners of feminists and not at all spend a huge amount of their time on mocking them? Because, you know, otherwise we'll have to go by the charming and nice folks of 8chan, housing pretty much the biggest community of pedophiles well, that too, but that's orthogonal to the point gamergaters I know of? I mean, you're pretty keen on wailing about "generalization! EBUL!!4!", but fail to engage with what my original argument actually was about, which is "SJW-leaning places with strong moderation policies, in my experience, are generally more successful in creating communities where genuine respect prevails than gamergate-adjacents with their more laissez-faire guidelines of etiquette".

Strawmanning doesn't befit you. "In general" means exceptions exist. Still, one only has to read through this very thread to assess that gamergaters, in general, don't exactly have an immense amount of respect towards their fellow human beings as long as those fellow human beings identify as followers of certain flavors of feminism. It's always nice to see that the good country of Scotland has so many requirements of becoming a citizen. Anyways, it wasn't even a few weeks ago when multiple people have recommended his videos in this thread, or the one before this, as an explanation of Gamergate. Or feminists lying. Or something like that. So, I assume, he is still very much "in" with a segment of the movement.

Interestingly enough, the only forum I know where "championing of derisory attitudes" is against the rules is a filthy SJW hideout, whereas gamergaters in general are pretty keen on looking down on their fellow human beings (not to mention a disturbing tendency to employ a horrifyingly bad understanding of statistics and science in general to justify doing so). What a conundrum, really. Point proven, statistically and scientifically Gamergaters generally look down on their fellow human beings. Most amusing. You're being intellectually dishonest here. "There is a tendency within Gamergate to abuse science and statistics in order to arrive on factually wrong conclusions that support their dislike of feminism" is not really up to debate with Sargon of Akkad videos being posted here as explanations of how feminists are lying liars whose pants are, presumably, on fire. And you're the only one who seems to equate this statement with "gamergaters are statistically and scientifically looking down on their fellow human beings", because those words were never written down here by me. (Well, actually, they just were, but not in the quote you seem to attribute them to. [/pedant])

Interestingly enough, the only forum I know where "championing of derisory attitudes" is against the rules is a filthy SJW hideout, whereas gamergaters in general are pretty keen on looking down on their fellow human beings (not to mention a disturbing tendency to employ a horrifyingly bad understanding of statistics and science in general to justify doing so). What a conundrum, really. Point proven. Ah, clarified since. Will reply in a moment.

Interestingly enough, the only forum I know where "championing of derisory attitudes" is against the rules is a filthy SJW hideout, whereas gamergaters in general are pretty keen on looking down on their fellow human beings (not to mention a disturbing tendency to employ a horrifyingly bad understanding of statistics and science in general to justify doing so). What a conundrum, really.

Picture was originally linked by Fighter. Sensationalism comment totally unrelated.

Cut people some slack, will you? We haven't managed to drive a single woman from the industry yet in the last 7 months, so what else do have we to fall back upon? ...Doing something constructive with the amount of free time you people spend on hating Sarkeesian & co.? Pick up collecting train models as a hobby?

As you pointed out, anybody who makes those exact claims are morons and therefore, can be safely ignored.

You should totally do that! And demand ethics! Ethics are important! But sensationalist and objectively untrue statements do everybody a disservice. This is also true of Sarkeesian's sensationalist and objectively untrue claims, mind; but that doesn't give the other side carte blanche to do the same. Btw. am I the only one who gets really, really irritated by the constant fetishization of the consumer identity by gamergate-adjacents?

That's funny to hear in a topic that almost exclusively consists of shrill shrieking about "them" being "out to take away our vidya gaemz/comic books/whatever". Not like the saner elements don't contest those claims occasionally, but still.

Always worth a chuckle when self-proclaimed anti-feminists are like "she's oppressing the real feminists!". If they are the real feminists, shouldn't anti-feminists hate them more?

...After a lengthy adjustment period of what, 7 issues? What a surprise.

Technically, every cell is "life".

...But using condoms doesn't prevent the child-that-would-have-been-born from the potential to live a fulfilling life? EDIT: My joke was a bit crass. Removing it. Self-censorship! The SJWs have poisoned the forum! Hrrrrlllbrrrlllllglllaaarrrgh! *flails wildly*

...But using condoms doesn't prevent the child-that-would-have-been-born from the potential to live a fulfilling life?

I suppose it's related to the ages-old idiocy with the Space Succubus. Which is an argument that looks utterly stupid on the face, too (it's a Space Succubus! that's a trope older than dirt with a cybery reskin!), but after listening to the SJW side, they actually had some really good ideas about tweaking the monster in question to be less about "evil space vagina things are hunting you down for your sperm". In any case, that argument has been resolved, so we got cute and fluffy purring little monsters instead of seductive toothy vagina-womb monsters. Which is actually pretty much the farthest thing from the other side's suggestions, but ah well. Eeeeeh, so instead of the same old succubus (but in spaaaaaaaaaace!), they have a cute and furry succubus? That are all kinds of battles in life, and that's the one of them that i will not engage with a ten foot pole. Eeeeww. No, instead of a space succubus who space seduces you into making her babies, you have a cute and furry little critter who charms you with its cuteness into petting it or something.

The word you're looking for is "condescending".

I directly quoted the thing I called paranoid (ie. "it will always be seen as [trying to push "cultural sensitivity" on you], no matter the intention") in order to avoid misunderstandings. I think seeing guidelines as "trying to push cultural sensitivity on you", regardless of textual evidence, intent, or presentation is pretty much the textbook definition of paranoia, and frankly, I'm astonished that anybody can see this as a statement to be contested.