Wednesday, December 16, 2020

Why I Quit LotFP


LotFP is great/terrible! But/And...

(Roll 1d20 to finish what people are saying about LotFP today!)
  1. raggi is an X.
  2. the art is X and makes me Y.
  3. I can't support X-ers.
  4. D&D sucks.
  5. raggi did X. 
  6. raggi said Y.
  7. fUcK Zak S.
  8. someone told me X.
  9. nipples scare me.
  10. vaginas and/or penises scare me. BONUS, the words vagina and penis scare me.
  11. zak S said I sucked one time. (probably multiple times tbh, wat an asshole)
  12. raggi said I sucked one time.
  13. The social media guy said I sucked one time. (Lies lol)
  14. the social media guy is shady AF.
  15. Fuck for SATAN?!
  16. a rival competitor says they suck and to buy their sucky book(s) instead.
  17. ZAK SHIT IN SOMETHING THAT ONE TIME!
  18. it's just house ruled b/x (no shit).
  19. they are transphobic, anti-gay, right winged-Trump supporters.
  20. they suck so buy my book instead!
And this is pretty much what I saw almost everyday while free lancing for LotFP. If I wasn't getting paid I would have quit way, way sooner.

If you're unaware I used to free lance as LotFP's social media manager. I was offered the job cause I fanboyed hard on the facebook group. I accepted because I needed the money and it was(is?) my favorite ttrpg game, what could go wrong?  I was only in charge of the official FB page, the FB group, twitter and Instagram. Surprisingly, I think I was decent at it, perfect? Hell no but decent. 

But yeah I was in charge of the social media listed above, ANYTHING ELSE WAS PURELY ME STANING FOR Lamentations. I also somehow managed to claw my way up to admin of the unofficial LotFP discord (unofficial you fucks). Unofficial since Raggi, much like the god of Abraham, abandoned his people to the flood (of nazi scum trolling the server in this case). I immediately demoded Zak cause wtf, who thought that was a good idea and tried casting Raise Dead on the server. Unfortunately the server's spirit decided to stay dead. It still haunts the moors with the occasional wight of Zak s. moaning in the wind. "Cube World, buy my cancelled LotFP stuff"... it says. I did attempt to remove Zak a couple a times but he never really broke any rules so, eh. I may be removing myself from there as well soon.

The last straw however was when Jeff Rients decided to do a LotFP fanzine. A great idea. I submitted my Familiar spell from my blog and was stoked that my writing was accepted by someone cool. When I got my copy I opened it up and fucking Zak was in it. Well, there went any hope of my writing getting seen by anyone outside the LotFP sphere (still love you guys tho). I posted it anyways on the OSR subreddit (with the mods approval/blessing even after I told them Zak was in it). I still got shit on. Never mind all the other people in the zine who were chill, HOW DARE YOU POST ZAK IN HERE. HOW DARE YOU ASSOCIATE WITH THE ZAK-DEVIL. HOW DARE YOU POST LOTFP ON YOUR PERSONAL ACCOUNT EVEN THOUGH YOUR PERSONAL CONTENT GOT IN A UNOFFICAL FANZINE. Fuck this I thought, I ate an edible walked my dog and came back and trolled the thread high as fuck. No regrets. I told Raggi I was quitting the next day and that I would announce it after his save LotFP sale. I took an almost 6 month break away from writing and social media stuff to survive the fucking pandemic. A welcome break. I announced my departure from LotFP last week. 

Me now.

Other than shit-heads online and their emotional abuse and psychic vampirisms, working for Raggi was pretty ok. He always paid on time, he was never unprofessional and was just a decent guy to work for. Nothing bad to say about him other than he probably made some bad decisions along the way but no one is mistake free. I wish him and LotFP the best in the future and hope he continues to be successful in whatever life brings his way. Also quick thank you to the LotFP sphere for being supportive and generally cool peeps. I will be working on my vanilla fantasy campaign using b/x for the foreseeable future and I may or may not make LotFP homebrew stuff again. 

P.S. I hate dictator Trump (and his cronies) and believe every human being has the right to Food, Water, Shelter, Internet and physical/mental health. But since I like LotFP stuff I'm automatically a right-winger Trump supporter, right? Fuck you.

And that's all I have to say about that.

9 comments:

  1. I kinda can't believe people are still whining about Zak either way.

    Just do your stuff- if people want to boycott it, OK, but most won't even be aware a boycott is on. And if people rode it out less hysterically, it may have made less of a dent.

    It was an interesting gossip thing and all but it's had zero effect on whether or not I buy or read something. I kinda think it's the same coupla dozen voices squealing about it- either way - as compared to most who shrugged long ago.

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    1. There is most definitely a cabal of other publishers who worked together to push Raggi out.

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  2. I just want to say, as someone who is NOT a fan of Zak and Raggi, I never condemned you or anyone else for writing for/with or associating with them. I like your blog and you're good by me, fan.

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    1. Thank you! I really appreciate your support. You were always fair with my fanboying on discord lol.

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  3. I'm goin' nowhere.
    Thought purity benefits no one.
    This community produces the best content in the business.
    Keep kickin' ass.

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  4. It doesn't make sense to complain about people complaining about me while complaining about me.

    If you think I did: email me if it's not serious and call the police if it is.

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    1. I can't do both? I think I can actually.

      As for the weird obsession with the law; I live in LA too. It's a shit-show here. Not sure why you hold law enforcement/government in America in such high regard, especially LAPD.

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  5. Wish you the absolute best mate. Social Media Managers have a harder job than the police (I am only half-joking). Salute o7

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