Hey @LegendaryGamesJ, with everything going on in America right now, which member of your team decided that "mysteries of the Orient" was a good idea?
Did your cultural consultant think "unapproachable East" was a good idea in 2021? Did you even hire one?
With all of the hateful rhetoric towards Asian people, did the Legendary Games team think that FURTHER mystifying us would add anything productive to the conversations in the TTRPG space?
I'm trying to be constructive about this, but given everything that is happening, it's been real difficult. The right paints us as outsiders to be feared - people at the root of everyone's current problems.
The east isn't unapproachable.
Saying "mysteries of the orient" clearly communicates who is supposed to engage with this material - characters/players seeking to TAKE from the east, a place that is certainly not a mystery to those living there.
Looks like @/LegendaryGamesJ quietly took down their pinned tweet, but kept this gem. No public acknowledgement yet or statement that they are working on one.
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Prior to working in tech and gaming, I was an academic archeologist and educator @ROMtoronto. I've lived and worked in Jordan, Greece, and China. My academic specialties were Japanese (Jomon) and Chinese (early Holocene) ceramics, geoarchaeology, and early agriculture!
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My academic and professional experiences strongly inform my game design work - which emphasizes an educational take on games media. Here are some of my recent #TTRPG products:
Not only is @DeeEmSteve a best selling author and fellow ENnie winner, but he's also one of the most emotionally intelligent and empathetic people I know.
We balance each other out on-stream, and that's one of the driving factors behind youtube.com/aznsrepresent.
.@ammarijaz is so damned smart. One of the most intelligent people I've ever met. The way he's leading out Al-Qadim read through at twitch.tv/aznsrep is mind blowing. Plus, he's working on a secret TTRPG project.
This is a start. Thanks @Wizards_DnD for trying to take a positive step forward. This statement cannot be the end of your commitment to fostering a diverse, inclusive, and welcoming community. I look forward to seeing your next steps and hope you follow through on this.
It's been almost two weeks since this tweet. In that time, I've been called a book burner, racial slurs like "Ch**k", and more. For what? For calling out how @Wizards_DnD continues to profit off of racist content. Unacceptable.
To see @Wizards_DnD FINALLY say that the racists in the community aren't welcome is a solid start. But I'm waiting to see how they act on this in the future. Will they update guidelines on @dms_guild? Implement more community rules for AL? Time will tell.
So why go with @questrpg for our @aznsrepresent actual play? As we close out the first season of our "Dungeons & Da Asians" actual play, which we plan on renaming (suggestions welcome!), here's are some of my thoughts on switching to a new game system! #ttrpg /thread
Let's start by saying that I won't be playing in any public 5e games until we see some real change in WotC.
Quest works really well on-stream or during a recording. The ability system feels like it is designed to have narrative impact over mechanical functionality. It lets use create on the fly and make the characters as we see them in the story! No more searching a character sheet.