My last post on Grindhouse Edition

Beedo complained that I am repeating too much. So I wanted to make sure he knew this was the end of the line.

So without further adieu, I present you this coup-de-grace to the haters in the comments on my last post about this. Here is James Raggi detailing his plans to violate the standards of decency in the industry. On his own blog. In his own words. Before the fact. How crazy of me to agree with his own assessment of his own game.

He describes cancelling his plans of ever putting himself on display at GenCon because he violates their standards of decency. Those standards are (the link in the blog post is broken, but you can just go the GenCon website and find this with a few clicks):

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Standards for Gen Con

1. Profanity—The gratuitous use of profanity and symbols considered vulgar by contemporary standards of a product’s target market is not acceptable unless integral to a character or story. At the sole discretion of Show Management, such material may not be advertised, displayed, or sold at Gen Con.

2. Violence and Gore—Products depicting lurid scenes of excessive bloodshed, gory or gruesome crimes, depravity, lust, filth, sadism, or masochism, presented editorially or graphically, are unacceptable.  Products featuring depictions of unnecessary violence, brutality, physical agony, and gore, including but not limited to, extreme graphic or descriptive scenes presenting cannibalism, decapitation, evisceration, amputation, or other gory injuries, may not be advertised, displayed, or sold.

3. Sexual Themes—Displays containing items and/or sexual themes are not permitted. Products depicting rape and graphic lust may not be advertised or sold.

4. Products featuring sexual perversion and/or sexual abnormalities are unacceptable for advertising, display, or sale.

5. Nudity—Displays or advertising containing nudity are not acceptable. Degrading or salacious displays are unacceptable. Explicit depictions or facsimiles of reproductive organs are not permitted.

6. Affliction—Advertising or selling items containing disparaging graphic or editorial references to physical afflictions, handicaps, or deformities are not permitted.

7. Supremacy—Advertising or selling products that depict minority and/or nationalities as inferior to other races is not permitted.

8 Religion and Mythology—Actual, current religions are not to be depicted, ridiculed, or attacked in any way that promotes disrespect. Ancient or mythological religions, such as those prevalent in ancient Greek, Roman, and Norse societies, may be portrayed in their historic roles. Satanic symbols, rituals, and phrases are not permitted in any advertisements or displays.

9. Unacceptable Activities—Actual rituals (spells, incantations, sacrifices, etc.), weapon designing, the use of illegal devices, and activities of a criminal or distasteful nature may not be presented in ads, displays, or conducted onsite.

10. Addictions—Addictions of any kind should not be presented as glamorous or entertaining. Addiction or the encouragement of addiction should be shown as a dangerous habit with harmful effects.

11. Wearing and Selling Costumes or Weapons—Advertising, wearing, and selling costumes is permitted if they are in good taste and do not present a hazard to others such as sharp edges or protrusions (measured by contemporary standards/values). All twentieth-century costumes or uniforms are prohibited from the convention. Uniforms of those currently on active duty in the military are exempt, assuming they are properly attired. No one may carry weapons or weapon replicas. Weapons for sale must be inoperable and/or locked and/or encased and/or have a limited range of motion so that customers do not have access to them.

12. Video reproductions–you must be officially licensed to sell videos. Sales of reproductions (bootlegs) will not be tolerated.

13. Compliance—All exhibitors and advertisers are obligated to comply with these standards. Failure to comply will result in the refusal of advertising materials, alteration or removal of unacceptable products/activities, or closure of exhibits/displays found to be in noncompliance. In this case, no refunds will be issued for exhibit space or badges.

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Of course, I will remain wrong to those who defended him. Which is hilarious.

I await the argument that GenCon doesn't represent the RPG community as much as internet postings do.

And so, I now sail off into the dark night with a mischevious grin. Stay thirsty my friends.