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Just what are you hiding, Boing Boing?
Yay, Wil! I loved Stand by Me and I loved TNG as a kidā¦ Iām happy that heās out there doing cool things!
Also, obligatoryā¦ NEVER shut up, Wesley!!!
Edited to add - I never get to use this oneā¦
āBut with video gaming being so toxic at the moment, that atmosphere seems to come around over and over again in video gaming. It just doesnāt exist in tabletop gaming. And I think a lot of that has to do with the reality that when we play tabletop games, weāre sitting down with people, and weāre making an effort to play with people, whether theyāre friends or strangers. And thereās real-life consequences for your behavior at a table that I think donāt exist when youāre playing online. I think people tend to forget thereās a human being on the other side of that screen. You canāt forget that thereās a human being on the other side of the game board.ā
BINGO. Hell, the same could be said of comment boards vs. chatting at the cafe or bar. Civility and introspection go out the window when the person youāre talking to isnāt in your field of vision.
I just love Wil so much. And it makes me sad that I havenāt gotten around to watching TableTop yet. I started watching season one, then got distracted by something shiny, and never went back to it. Now that I have the ability to watch HD Youtube on my big screen, I may go back to it.
It exists in tabletop gaming, donāt let anyone fool you. Itās just ridiculed properly by the majority, and the believers have to huddle together in the dustiest corners of the smallest strip mall games workshops. Iāve certainly seen SJW tossed at the 5e D&D books for having ātoo manyā people of color or inflating the single paragraph basically saying you can play any gender or sexual orientation you want into why the hobby has been ruined by pandering (or even justifying why their decision to never play D&D again many years ago still holds true). IT exists, and itās vocal, but unlike gamergate normal people are not just pretending it doesnāt exist.
It looks like English, but I still canāt decode this. No, Iām afraid Iām not exaggerating here. Use a period, for christās sake. And yes, if I were your editor, Iād say this to your face, albeit with a smile and in a friendly tone.
Anyway, the difference between online and tabletop gaming is that in the tabletop world, you have the option to avoid idiots (unless youāre playing in an open tournament or something, and even then, idiots will get sanctioned). You donāt have that luxury online.
Another hot tip: Avoid āSJWā. Youāre just flying your ideological flag. Unless thatās your intent. Then itās fine. IMHO.
re: hot tip,
I believe that was a complaint about other people tossing complaints of āSJWā at the 5e d&d books, not emo_pinata themselves using the term.
Actually, TableTop RPG would be a pretty catchy name for that new show Wheaton describes.
Wil is Great! Heās managed to create an incredible unique persona for himself. Not only for games, but even as a ācharacterā in some marvelous books. As well as doing great voice-overs and book-reads. Itās been wonderful watching his career develop, grow, and mature!
Nice interview! Congratulations, Wil.
Did you think emo_pinata was accusing other people of being SJWs? They were pretty clearly referring to the kind of assholes who toss āSJWā around as an insult.
If you generally canāt decode a post (which is weird; that third sentence was kind of run-on, but thereās way worse), you probably shouldnāt pick random words out of it to misinterpret.
No fewer than three things going under the Christmas tree were bought immediately after watching the relevant episode of TableTop. Itās a great resource.
I love Wil Wheaton. Heās a thoughtful, smart guy whose opinions seem to be grounded in morality.
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