tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1394520112330317530.post6254739391646788515..comments2023-09-30T15:06:58.127+01:00Comments on Wargames & Stuff: A brief observation of casual Sexism and wargamingHum_Conhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16727618860176021442noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1394520112330317530.post-91559807384759224352020-01-27T14:32:15.070+00:002020-01-27T14:32:15.070+00:00"Quite frankly this is a non-issue."
Qu..."Quite frankly this is a non-issue."<br /><br />Quite frankly you are incorrect. Michaelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15127858561899566178noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1394520112330317530.post-6721471493990833282019-05-05T00:39:12.747+01:002019-05-05T00:39:12.747+01:00Good post - and a subject about which I care passi...Good post - and a subject about which I care passionately. I've not read the book myself, but this extract does - sadly - seem in keeping.<br /><br />Cheers.Admiral Draxhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07476823273954165890noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1394520112330317530.post-58253677162226388122017-11-27T07:30:51.995+00:002017-11-27T07:30:51.995+00:00Was it really worth leaving this reply, nearly a y...Was it really worth leaving this reply, nearly a year after the original comment?Hum_Conhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16727618860176021442noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1394520112330317530.post-77089175804662345232017-11-27T05:59:41.698+00:002017-11-27T05:59:41.698+00:00oh please spare me. Look at me...I'm soooooo v...oh please spare me. Look at me...I'm soooooo virtuous...BigBoardGaminghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08758699431507256607noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1394520112330317530.post-81490845645693667482017-01-05T11:43:32.972+00:002017-01-05T11:43:32.972+00:00It isn't a male only space, though. It isn'...It isn't a male only space, though. It isn't in my groups and doesn't seem to be in any online discussions I read.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1394520112330317530.post-81116903393477653772017-01-02T15:16:59.003+00:002017-01-02T15:16:59.003+00:00Quite frankly this is a non-issue. What is so bad ...Quite frankly this is a non-issue. What is so bad about having a male only space? Men built this hobby, men maintain this hobby, men innovate in this hobby. Can't we go one day without running men down?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1394520112330317530.post-35491499435588728352016-12-12T11:28:29.095+00:002016-12-12T11:28:29.095+00:00Alternating between male and female pronouns or ju...Alternating between male and female pronouns or just using female pronouns throughout are not solutions to the problem which is, essentially, that English has both gendered and neutral pronouns (unlike, say, Hungarian which only has neutral pronouns). We cannot use the neutral pronoun 'it' because it is never used in English to describe people. Use of 'they' as a singular neutral pronoun is now common and there is no reason to avoid it when writing rules as long as you are careful to avoid situations where it can be ambiguous. However, my solution is to avoid pronouns altogether. Any use of pronouns can introduce ambiguity because pronouns are a general substitute for specific proper nouns. The reason pronouns are used in language, is to avoid unnecessary repetition. But in a set of rules, it is clarity which is most important rather than literary nicety. So, I avoid pronouns by using passive constructions or by repeating the proper noun. Scott Moorehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12795927022315090123noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1394520112330317530.post-46668698614386008652016-12-11T15:23:50.049+00:002016-12-11T15:23:50.049+00:00Yes. Excellent post. I'm particularly annoye...Yes. Excellent post. I'm particularly annoyed at the number of people asking "don't we have more important things to worry about?"<br /><br />Yes, I do. But I can't stop bombs falling on Aleppo. I can't install fresh water supplies in a Kosovan mountain village. I can't extricate political prisoners from their sentences of hard labour.<br /><br />I can, however, write rules that don't automatically assume the player is a white, cis male and I can hold others who write rules to account when they fail to do so. And if that makes the world an even fractionally better, more tolerant and inclusive place then I think it will ultimately advance the cause of all the other things I worry about but can't affect.Precinct Omegahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12640511174985643140noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1394520112330317530.post-43135565417813050522016-12-11T14:20:44.887+00:002016-12-11T14:20:44.887+00:00What upsets me more is Priestly and Lambshead'...What upsets me more is Priestly and Lambshead's rank idiotic attempt at humor with the bit about pronouns switching genders mid-example. I have never seen that happen anywhere, in gaming or out, except for typos.<br /><br />What you are instructed to do, by any editor who hasn't got their ass firmly situated in 1913, at least, is to provide a diversity of genders in your playing example. A diversitynof ethhnic names, too. Priestly and Lambshead must know this, because they didn't start writing yesterday. And yet, for some reason, they choose to make a parody out of this eminently common-sensical practice. If it's an honest attempt at a joke, it falls flat and makes Mistresses Preistly and Lambshead look like a pair of six year olds giggling over a fart joke.Thaddeus Gregory Blanchettehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09359423010378429288noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1394520112330317530.post-37943472581757828542016-12-09T03:39:03.642+00:002016-12-09T03:39:03.642+00:00Great post. I feel that the notion of it being &qu...Great post. I feel that the notion of it being "unthinking male privilege" hits the nail on the head. He made a tactless joke, and is not willing to apologize when people call him out for it. He may not have intended to upset people with it, but he does not get to decide what upsets people.<br /><br />Lambshead seems to be refusing to accept any sort of criticism on this matter, it seems. He blocked me on twitter for stating the following: "Not to be rude, but how do you think female designers feel when reading in your book that female gamers largely don't exist?"<br /><br />I tried to make that as non-combative as I could.Gregory Wierhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04773235150604731258noreply@blogger.com