Thursday, 8 April 2010

Poe's Law and 4e

For those of you who are unfamiliar with Poe's Law, it runs something like this:
"Without a winking smiley or other blatant display of humor, it is impossible to create a parody...that SOMEONE won't mistake for the real thing."

So with grateful thanks to Fools Jest, on whose blog I found this and thought "Hahahahahaha!", we have the following example:


Er...this is a parody, right?
Posted by Daddy Grognard at 09:59
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4 comments:

  1. Trey8 April 2010 at 11:32

    Heh. It is until someone in WOTC management gets a hold of it.

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  2. Anonymous8 April 2010 at 15:12

    It was WOTC's own April fools joke. They are actually snarking back at their detractors.

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  3. Daddy Grognard8 April 2010 at 15:46

    @the-never - but that's just the point of Poe's Law; a parody that a lot of those who don't like 4e would have no trouble believing.

    A lot of people who saw that probably thought "There's a lot of truth in that".

    So is it an own goal by WotC? Or have they displayed an ironic self-awareness and an ability to laugh at themselves?

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  4. Aaron E. Steele9 April 2010 at 04:26

    Truth in jest perhaps.

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