So my man Snyder decided to post a very pointed entry on his blog yesterday and people got pissed over there and at Story Games. I gotta say I am amused by the whole Gary=Princess Di shit. I wasn't going to really post anything about it when I heard the news cause I don't give a shit.
I will say one thing. Snyder has been accused of saying the subculture is beneath him (which he did not say). Well I am saying it. The subculture is beneath me. How you like them apples?
I will say one thing. Snyder has been accused of saying the subculture is beneath him (which he did not say). Well I am saying it. The subculture is beneath me. How you like them apples?


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SHOCK!
Non. Pas possible!
<3
Jenn, who is a dick
I don't even know Matt Snyder and I think he's great too.
AHHHHHH
* The Subculture is Beneath Keith.
* Judd is Above The Subculture.
* Andy is Above Keith.
* Andy is Not at the Top.
What is their order, from highest to lowest?
Andy
Keith
Subculture
Matt is sitting on a different staircase.
Oh, wait, it's you, and I am completely not surprised you're a jerk because that would be like being surprised I have penis: "Where'd that come from?!" Yeah, right. Carry on, angry polack!
Of course, I am above all of you.
I mean, wouldn't you/we feel that the subculture was beneath you/us if instead we were talking about bowling, or scrapbooking, or snowboarding, or movies? I know that for my part, I don't relate well to large groups of people defining themselves as a uniform entity. I don't want to be absorbed into a Collective. :-\
http://youtube.com/watch?v=OYecfV3ubP8
:-)
We're whole people on our own and consider ourselves part of a sub-culture, this is not "instead".
In my opinion, I am doing just that, and part of my forged identity is my experience as a gamer, who is also part of the sub-culture, but then you tell me I'm deluded :P
I also find that I'm less impressed by claims of self-forged identity than I used to be. I'd be impressed by someone who could do it without drawing on the legacy of common language and knowledge, and without the benefits of being well up the ladder from exploited to exploiter. As it is, it all looks like working with other people's stuff to me. *shrug* again, I guess.