mbassoc2003 wrote in TSR relaunched?:They have two choices....1. Get woke.2. Find someone with a spinal column to tell the wokers to FO.Sorry, there is a third option. They could do nothing and just piss thousands of USD up the wall until they run out of money and then manufacture bleeding heart stories about how badly they were treated by vindictive critics with a woke agenda, and how ill equipped they are to manage a company in the real world.
for_the_love_of_the_stuff wrote in TSR relaunched?:Or option 4: Just don't be dickheads and don't bring their politics into their company PR? Let's not forget it was Ernie who brought it up in the first place.
Mordenkainen wrote in TSR relaunched?:Here's a summary thread for those like myself who do not have all the context here:https://twitter.com/Abstruse/status/1408864843101360130It does seem that Justin LeNasa (or whomever is running the @TSR_Games Twitter account) doesn't have to sense to sense to simply stop tweeting. He's entitled to his politics but involving the one valuable thing he has (the TSR brand rights), he seems to have shot himself in the foot.
sauromatian wrote in TSR relaunched?:Was this a coincidental indiscretion, or a strategy?
FoulFoot wrote in TSR relaunched?:Well, in homage to the good old days at TSR, they're threatening legal action against their potential customers! How can I invest in this?Foul
Grug Greyskin wrote in TSR relaunched?:They are trying to appeal to OSR-inclined players, and I think they believe the appeal of OSR game styles over 5E or PFRPG is that they are "non-woke." That is a complete misinterpretation of the OSR on their part, as "wokeness" or "non-wokeness" has nothing to do with the appeal of 70s/80s style RPGs.So, in a way they may think their response is going to draw in the customers they are looking for. However, "strategy" indicates a level of competence and planning that they have yet to demonstrate.
Grug Greyskin wrote in TSR relaunched?:They are trying to appeal to OSR-inclined players, and I think they believe the appeal of OSR game styles over 5E or PFRPG is that they are "non-woke."
Grug Greyskin wrote in TSR relaunched?:Incompetent business from the get go: headliners with a history of failure to deliver products as promised,
Agent Cooper wrote in TSR relaunched?:To be fair, anything posted on Twitter instantly turns into a pile of dog poo. So called "Social media" in general brings out the worst in the worst people, but Twitter is like a concentrated nexus for online stupidity and awfulness. The inmates took over that asylum long ago.
mordrin wrote in TSR relaunched?:It's quite a cesspool.What's going to ever mitigate that disaster?I don't know.
sauromatian wrote in TSR relaunched?:The internet is a society built by the socially awkward to function as an anonymous death-threat delivery service. Participation is mandatory, so quit complaining.
benjoshua wrote in TSR relaunched?:Not news to anyone here, but it's interesting to see how the press is reporting it.Dungeons & Dragons museum proposed for Lake Geneva, where the game originated | Local News | lakegenevanews.net
ashmire13 wrote in TSR relaunched?:We’re not allowed to read that here in the UK, the page gets blocked due to privacy rules :roll:
