D&D Kids – now on Geekcentricity
I’d like to take a moment and welcome Uri Kurlianchik to Geekcentricity as one of our new contributors.
Some of you are aware of the time that Uri broke the internet. I’ll not go into that again.
What some of you might not know is that Uri has written for not only Wizards of the Coast, but also Mongoose Publishing, Frog God Games and Kobold Quarterly (to name a few of his many credits). And what does this man do for a living? He teaches Dungeons & Dragons to kids!
But anyway – Uri’s articles were recently pulled from Wizards of the Coast’s website. All of them. He approached me about hosting them in their entirety here on Geekcentricity, and we are more than happy to do so. We’ve already published the first two in his ongoing series, with more to follow. Uri’s also promised some new, original content for us as well.
Why are we doing this? Well, Uri is a good writer. And while people may or not agree with everything he has to say, that doesn’t change his talent.
And we support freedom of self-expression on the Internet. It is really important for contributors – be they writers or artists – to be able to share and show their creations on the internet without the fear of censorship and / or prosecution. This is a core value of Geekcentricity and is something that sets us apart from many other genre websites.
Censoring content can cause confusion, especially if one is unaware that censorship is actively happening. Post and threads of conversation can be deleted from forums without the awareness of viewers. Removal of articles can also cause confusion as the writer is effectively silenced. This silence causes the loss of conversation and meaning which the writer is trying to share.
As we continue to publish Uri’s articles, we ask that you, the reader, show the respect that these contributions are due. And that means respect for the people involved in their creations.
Welcome aboard, Uri!
And as a final note – please go check out Uri’s new site, DNDkids. This page is dedicated to funny table talk collected during D&D games with children (of all ages…).
Hey! Happy to see Uri get another venue to continue his excellent series on gaming with kids. The controversies aside, there’s always something to be learned from his keen observations and charming wit. A welcome edition to Geekcentricity!
I like how it’s just assumed that, since a small vocal minority was all that was observed objecting, clearly that was the only subset of people who objected.
It’s not like they had an email address that complaints were sent to or anything, noooo. And certainly this article was dealt with in the same fashion as every other article that receives complaints. It couldn’t POSSIBLY have been a large enough portion of readers vocalizing objection such that executive action had to be taken. That would be silly.
Uri is well articulated, and as correct as his articles’ observations may be for some subset of the population, he does a poor job of conveying himself in an observational stance. He wrote to say “Here is how you treat girls at the table” which is just plain wrong no matter how majority based the personality type is.
(No edit button, clicked submit by accident.)
I hope he finds a more willing audience here. His opinions are valid for a personal blog but I’m personally glad to not see them so front-and-center on WotC’s own site.
He’s a great writer indeed.
I’m happy to know he found a good home
Welcome Uri. I wasn’t really happy with the articles, but just removing everything that has been written is a little over the top, especially with not much of a discussion happening. So at least just for the sake of circumventing that harsh reaction of WotC it’s good to have those articles published here.
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