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Yep, and I'll continue to do so without shame. Words only have the power we give them, and I refuse to give bigotry more power. We defang the word by making it a non-issue.

@@TornadoCreator Legend 👑

I'm glad I could be of help. I enjoyed making the video, and I'd like to get back to making more. I have other collectors editions I can compare and contrast now. Perhaps an updated video is in order.

@@TornadoCreator Oh, yes please! I would really like to see someone who's a seasoned collector go through all the more common/popular publishing houses/collections and compare & contrast the quality of the books just like you did in this video. There are a frustrating number of videos that are all about the aesthetics of the book covers, but a dearth of videos by people who actually *read * books and therefore are interested in knowing how well the books will hold up over time.

@asdisskagen6487 I've been meaning to make videos about a few of the sets I have. I have the Canterbury Classics, Penguin Clothbounds, Gollancz Soft Leatherbounds, Acturus Pocketbooks, Barnes & Noble Leatherbounds, and Folio Society Collectors Editions; so my collection has grown a lot in 3 years. There's plenty to discuss.

@@TornadoCreator Sounds awesome! I look forward to it!

Thanks, I appreciate the support; especially now where people in UK can be arrested for posting memes. We've basically become a fascist state and that's not something I was prepared for.

@@TornadoCreator I agree. I think it's a catastrophe.

If your comments appear deleted, it's not me doing it. It's YT automated filters. I saw the same comment earlier and from my end both are still up.

@@TornadoCreator Understood, thanks. Best wishes.

Sure, I'll check out your channel now. Nice to see some variety out there.

I don't know what that means, but I'll look it up.

@@TornadoCreator Westend Games who made the Star Wars RPG used a d6 dice pool system. they had six attributes strength, agility, stamina, knowledge, technical and mechanical (if i did not fail my memory check). each attribute had different skills assigned (just like you did). each attribute had a dice pool assigned to it. you would increase the dice pool by learning a skill. if you had not special education you would roll only your attribute dice pool. some skills were special, so unless you were even remotely trained you would not to roll this check at all. force abilities were summarized under a special attribute only force sensive people had. all checks... skill checks, damage rolls, and resistance rolls were governed with this schematic.. just like you did... hence my remark

It's unfortunately not as simple as that. For the game to work as intended there is a casting roll, then an action roll. Casting is against a flat difficulty, but the action roll can be opposed. This is the most consistent way for it to work within the system without feeling cumbersome or standing out from other skills. The system has actually grown significantly since this video waa posted.

I haven't had a chance to apply the same level of scrutiny on Reform UK yet, they've never had any real taste of power. Don't worry, I will be harsh on them too. I have no interest in a US style hyper-capitalist anti-science jingo-state either and I will call out any such bullshit straight away.

Yeah, it's really bizarre isn't it.

Yes. I know. I'm a housebound chronically disabled guy who relies on the internet for literally everything. Does making fun of disabled people for something they can't help make you feel big and clever?

Randomly laughing for no reason is a sign of severe neurological issues. You may want to get that seen to.

I have no clue what you're even trying to say here. I can't even tell if it's positive or negative. So well done for having the most incomprehensible comment so far.

I'm glad I managed to reinforce your accurate perception of reality, well done.

Yep I did pay attention, and unlike you clearly, I actually read the manifestos. I'm very pleased with the Reform UK performance. You however seem very upset, likely due to spending too much time letting mainstream media brainwash you. Thanks for the comment all the same.

@@TornadoCreator Farage endorses Trump and considers Putin a great leader. Perhaps you're aware of them? And I read his 'contract'. Some of the ideas sounded good, but you could say that of every manifesto, and are totally unfunded. No, you're not going to make savings of 50 billion by making cuts to the civil service - that's like cutting 100,000 people earning £50,000 pa. If it were that simple, the Tories would have already done it. Expecting the French to take back the boat people is laughable AND breaks maritime law - and so on and so on. But a 'left winger' endorsing a right wing racist does show you how ill informed people have become.🤣

@@TornadoCreator Have you removed my comment? I replied but it hasn't appeared.

@@TornadoCreator just in case the earlier reply didn't appear: I read the 'contract'. It had some good ideas but was not realistically costed. For example - it said it would save 50 billion through government savings. This is the equivalent of 100,000 workers earning £50,000 a year losing their jobs. If it was that easy, the Tories would have already done it. The idea of sending the 'boat people' back to France breaks maritime law and would just make the French chuckle - especially as they offered to set up a processing centre in France in 2021 and Johnson said no. Farage has called Putin a great leader and is friends with Trump. Neither of these people are known for their left wing sympathies, so the 'contract' may say one thing, but reality says another. And so on. The 'contract' was supposed to attract the disinfranchised, knowing that it would never have to make true on its promises. A clever trick, because it clearly worked.

@vivienclogger Farage has repeatedly called Putin a vile man and a warmonger, I have witnessed him saying so first hand, so why lie and make out like he's pro-Russia? Do you think you'll convince me that you're arguing in good faith, or do you think I'll dismiss everything you say because you're provably lying to my face. Either you are disgustingly misinformed or you think I'm an idiot, either way; posts like this just make Reform voters ignore you and assume you're a butthurt leftist who'll scream "racist" at them for no reason, and why should we listen to that bellend? Try again, and make an argument that's wholely honest. And yes, I'm ignoring every other point you've made until you correct this one. I don't debate with liars.

I'm voting based on issues and reality, not whether or not the internet has decided to label someone "far right". The issues of unchecked immigration, infrastructure collapse, cost of living crisis, and woke ideology in Britain are all huge problems right now. Farage is the only politician saying what real people in UK are feeling, and the only one who hasn't openly lied, broken manifesto promises, or been outright defrauding the public. To compare Farage to Andrew Tate is to swallow soundbite bullshit and shows you didn't actually listen to policy, you just accepted the media narrative. I don't trust Farage, I don't know the man. I do know that Sunak and Starmer are compulsive liars, both intend to do nothing about immigration, both are incompetent, and both are idiologically controlled by a woke agenda. Farage might be terrible, but all we can go on is the manifestos and the Reform manifesto is the only one that cares to help the British people, so I'm voting for that. Your alternative is to assume everyone is lying, at which point voting is pointless, which if true is a useless perspective to have. Vote Reforn UK... or be a cynic and do nothing. I choose the former.

​@@TornadoCreator My man, in all honesty, Farrage showed himself the man he was when he got brexit passed and quit politics. Hes self-centered and using thing people are passionate about to get what he wants. I can tell you're passionate about it, and while I dont agree with everything you want (I have many immigrant friends, and consider it a blessing to be able to share in their cultures, while sharring the british one in return for example) you are entitled to your wants and opinions. Im just saying, looking at Farrages track record, he comes into politics when he has something to gain, and will just as quickly leave when he has gotten what he wants. Im trying to show you respect for your opinons and wants here, and Im not disrespecting you in any way, Im just saying that I, myself, dont trust that reform would be the way to go about achieveing them. If you cant respect my reasoning, well, maybe I should know better than trying to have a debate about politics on the internet 😂

@yinrascal I have no issue with immigrants. My issue is that 5% of our current population showed up in the last 4 years! There's a difference between managed reasonable immigration and a fucking swarm! We're only a small island, immigration in the billions is unsustainable and hurts everyone.

@yinrascal Oh, and don't mistake harsh language for disrespect. On my channel, so long as you argue in good faith, we can disagree as much as is necessary. You are welcome here and I look forward to the challenge to my perspectives. Don't take my dismissal of an argument as personal disrespect, it is very much the opposite. I don't waste time engaging with idiots I don't respect.

​@@yinrascalthe reason why farage can get people passionate is because they're starved of a voice. I work in a manufacturing plant and know some fantastic immigrants, really great people everyone would love to have. But i also see that half of British Muslims think that homosexuality should be illegal. We as a country should be able to turn those people away. The reason why the far right keep getting support is because no one in the centre is willing to offer a cautious immigration policy where we get a diverse array of people coming and bettering our country while rejecting the harmful ones that want my family dead

@@Pl89uk he's a capitalist, pure and simple. Why do you think he supports Trump?

Quite right.

Give me a reason not to. I have years of reasons not to trust or believe Labour and the Tories; so if the only argument you have is cynical mistrust, that's of no use to me.

Clearly a labour voter

Are you remotely familiar with farage’s history? The fact the party is new does not make him a clean slate

Yes, I am familiar with Farage. I was a member of UKIP. I have no issues with anything he's pushing as a major policy. Reform have done very well it seems and I'm very pleased with my vote.

Populism mate, and youve fallen for it ​@@TornadoCreator

Show me where he's lying, or do you just hate him because he's not on your team? Do we have Farage Derrangement Syndrome in UK now? If you have a real argument, please make it, but if not, shouting bile at the screen will not convince me of anything.

To add - I’ve subscribed because I want to see you fully recovered or on your way to it in your next video.

Thank you. I hope you find something worthwhile on my channel and I'll try not to disappoint and at least be a little better by next video. 😅

I'm going to showcase the game on here. Our first proper playtest is 6th July.

It's fine. Honestly, with chronic illness, I'm used to these situations. What doesn't kill me makes me stronger or at least more resilient. Hopefully I can share more creativity in future rather than health focused vlogs.

Thanks, I appreciate that. Perhaps if I continued the series it'd gain more views. If my health allows for it, I'd like to finish what I started here.

@@TornadoCreator It was great and enjoyable to watch :)

@@Xtian_Reads Good luck to you. I don't think its possible any more to be politically neutral when discussing media, because everyone seems so political now; but I hope you succeed all the same.

Yeah. I do think Steve Donoghue was a nice enough eccentric guy for the most part, but he's got this odd position in booktube where he's respected and seemingly taken at face value despite him making absurd claims all the time. The point when it stopped being funny and became offensive for me was when he started portraying other people as violent psychopaths. He treats all Republicans/Conservatives as if they're basically neo-nazis and pushes insane conspiracy ideas of what will happen if Trump wins the election, (as if he wasn't already president for 4 years, and a secret Gestapo didn't sweep across USA shooting people in the head). He's got worse now, claiming all influencers are crazy narcissists who would have their bodyguards kill you if you dare to talk to them, and other bitter crap. He's become a vicious hateful misanthrope, particularly in the last year and I don't know why others ignore it. Anyway, I'm glad you enjoyed the video. I'm half hoping Steve is just exaggerating and playing it all up for a laugh. Either way, I'll be here to call out the craziness and hopefully encourage a little more tolerance on the highly politically skewed place we call booktube.

Thanks, I appreciate the input. I would like to make a follow-up and finish the series I started but it didn't seem like anyone cared to watch. Good luck with your game, make sure to let me know when it's playable and I'll give it a try.

​@@TornadoCreator will do! I enjoyed this video. Your explanation had a very good approach to this topic.

Hey, I appreciate that. April has been a bad month just in general. My condition with my EDS worsened and I've had issues with my knees resulting in a lot of pain and complete inability to walk for over 2 weeks. I seem to be recovering now and I decided it was better to plan out a few good videos once I felt up to it than force out poor quality videos. I want to get back to making videos in the next few days. Thanks for checking in, it's always nice to know someone cares.

@@TornadoCreator Of course! You're a good man (even though you hate philosophy, lol). Keep taking care of that metal-as-hell kitten of yours. You're appreciated my guy.

And you might want to ask why you have such a ridiculous cartoonish perception of conservatives. Obviously you didn't watch the video.

@@TornadoCreator I think it is charitable. By all means work to change perceptions. Define the conservative movement for us.

@@TornadoCreator You're actually correct that I didn't watch the full video. After the first minute or two I gave up. It wasn't very good. It wasn't engaging. There was no reason to continue on. I dismissed it and found something else to occupy my time and my mind.

I don't generally find it worth my while arguing with people who lack the attention span to finish a RUclips video. Thanks for the engagement. If you decide you want to take part properly, let me know.

Well said. I'm very much in the same boat. I'm traditionally left wing too; I haven't changed, politics has. The left have abandoned free speech, egalitarianism, meritocracy, and most recently of all community co-operation. 30 years ago, left wing liberals would fight for free speech, scientific truth, and decency for all; now they fight for censorship, identity politics, and corporate control. The political sides have changed almost a full 180.

It's a constant struggle, just keep at it.

Most political terms are incorrectly applied and generally misunderstood. I like to think I make myself clear, but even I fall into those same traps. I find discussing politics on a left-right scale itself is deeply reductive. Ultimately I am very left wing, and yet I have more issues and complaints with the political left than anyone else. The reason is, while I believe in collective ability to solve problems, and the need for social co-operation; I don't feel this dislike and need to tear down the old. Far too much of the left is a combattive desire to destroy what conservatives wish to conserve, rather than a reasonable attempt to convince those conservatives that your new vision for whatever we're discussing would be better than what they already have. I like to think I can approach politics from a starting point of respect; it get you so much further.

Maybe, but even if that's the case; I don't see any of the non-fiction fans on Booktube going against the political narrative either. For me, I'm less focused on finding one or two examples of conservative leaning creators, and more concerned with asking why Booktube has created, (and through social pressure and the threat of ostracisation, enforces), a left wing echo chamber. Thanks for the sub, I hope you enjoy future vids.

I'd say sci-fi released before 2005 is a good bet as when it is political it is rarely preachy, and older 80's and 90's fantasy is often more traditional and less political. Horrors and thrillers tend to be less political. Ironically, and this is the opposite of what they want. If you want to avoid political books, avoid female writers and non-white writers unless they come recommended. The publishing industry has pushed non-white and female authors writing political crap for so long now that reading white male authors will expose you to significantly less of it sadly, which makes their whole shtick self-fulfilling. Avoid modern contemporary, romance, YA, and most fantasy written after 2010. It will be idiologically captured. Recommended authors; Brian McClellan, Orson Scott Card, Steven Erikson, Brandon Sanderson, Peter F. Hamilton, George R.R. Martin, T.H. White, Mike Carey, Andrzej Sapkowski, Iain M. Banks, China Miéville, Gene Wolfe, Andy Weir, Adrian Tchaikovski and classics like H.P. Lovecraft, Isaac Asimov, Ray Bradbury, H.G. Wells, George Orwell, Robert A. Heinlein etc. I am aware my entire list above is men, and I believe most if not all are white. It's a sad reality that talented non-white and female authors are ignored in favour of political messages. That said, I do want to read more women. The feminine perspective is different and I feel it is lacking in my reading at the moment. Hopefully, that's been a help to you.

Thank you for your suggestions! I look forward to checking into those. As a 50+ adult, I want to focus on quality as much as entertainment. As a female, I look for more in stories than pathetic, helpless damsels in distress. At any rate, I look forward to more discussion on the lack of diverse perspectives in BookTube (and more suggested authors/titles).

@AnonBloggerCom I'm glad I could help. Just so you know, I'm using this channel as my general vlog channel where I discuss news, current events, and other stuff. I do have a dedicated booktube channel though. It's linked on my main page but assuming YT lets links in comments work, here's a link. youtube.com/@excessivedetailbooktube?si=EgZ9k8mnjOK2kKdW

I think what makes it especially difficult to stay moderate and reasonable politically is that everyone else seems to be in a race to the extremes and actively angry if you don't follow them. They're also quite happy to screw everything up along the way so long as it fits their narrative, and should you point out how their political faction are acting up, you're immediately labelled as the enemy and treated like dirt. I'll certainly be making more politics videos in the coming weeks. There are huge topics that are just a powder keg waiting to happen. Not sure what use it is talking, but I feel the need to. Oh and yes, my cat is quite funny at times. She's developed quite a few odd idiosyncrasies, but she's cute and good company. 9 years old and I've had her 18 months.

@@TornadoCreator I look forward to your future videos. And just try not to get embittered, man - and I'll try to do the same; though it's very easy to fall into that trap.

I'll be OK. I've been working on my writing. I put a video up on my Booktube channel today, and one on my TTRPG channel talking about the new game system I'm writing. They're both linked in the end card of this video if you're interested. I find having good creative outlets gives me a way to redirect any anger I have at the world injustices, and feelings of being cheated when it comes to my health or finances. If I can make something positive, it's worth doing. Hopefully you have something like that you can focus on too. Doesn't need to be public either, so long as you can take joy and pride in something that's what matters. If you do watch them, feel free to comment on those other videos if you have any feedback; it may be spread out over many channels now but it's all just me with a 15 year old camera and a potato of a PC running windows 7, so I'll be sure to respond in time 😅.

Totally agree. I'm a pariah on booktube for bringing this up and making it clear that I'm sick of seeing censorship, political pandering, and groupthink dominate the discussions on books. Even the few people like Steve Donoghue and his cabal that do discuss classics, and admittedly do hold them in high esteem and speak out again woke nonsense, still have extreme cases of Trump Derrangement Syndrome that borders on insanity. Even if you dislike Trumps politics, the vitriol and hate is just disgusting. The only thing I bawk at is the demonising of the word "socialist" in your post. Frankly Americans shouldn't be allowed to use that word because no-one in USA seems to knows what it means. It is certainly not a synonym for "evil", and I'd appreciate more nuance here. What the cult-like extreme left in USA push for is cultural Marxism and authoritarian fascism, a weird inversion of puritan fascism that treats degeneracy and delusion as the new standard of purity. They are NOT socialists. I am a socialist. I believe in strong taxation, state run infrastructure, nationalised healthcare, judiciary, energy, and transit; and I can defend my policies on this. I'm also pro-capitalism and a social libertarian. Because politics is complex and every tradition has some ideas worth considering. Thanks for the comment. I'm glad you enjoyed the video. I recently posted a video on the importance of 2024 and why Trump is the only sensible choice for USA. You may enjoy that one, would love to get your feedback on it. Have a good day.

Yeah, it's becoming a problem but with the rise of self-publishing and the anti-woke backlash media is getting, I'm hopeful that the damage they've done is minimal.