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?
The Undying Kings of the Underworld
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In the aftermath of the Titan War, with the withdrawal of the gods left
from the world, humans were able to seize divine knowledge and tools as
spoils...
4 hours ago
Heh. It is until someone in WOTC management gets a hold of it.
ReplyDeleteIt was WOTC's own April fools joke. They are actually snarking back at their detractors.
ReplyDelete@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.
ReplyDeleteA 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?
Truth in jest perhaps.
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