Reply To: The Cult of Lard

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Bit of a small update, Lardy Rich actually reached out with a very polite, friendly and apologetic email something I really appreciated as I was obviously a bit worried I may have caused quite some offence. After naturally offering apologies in return Rich asked if it would be ok to repost on the Lardy Forum, something I was happy to agree too.

Curiosity got the better of me so I checked out the Lardy Forum and Twitter (which had a linked post) and was pleasantly surprised by the majority of responses that have already be posted. I think there’s a general acceptance that there is a minority as we’ve discussed in any community that can be a bit over zealous or not always the most welcoming and while not all agree with all my points, something perfectly acceptable as it is after all a discussion, it was interesting to see that some others have had similar feelings. The point on force/army lists might have been slightly misinterpreted by some as an expectation that they existed, rather than instead it was the response to that query that was my point in that case, however on the balance it seems there’s a bit more awareness particularly around making sure its welcoming, something that can only be good both for the existing community and anyone new.

The “Cult of Lard” title may have been taken a little literally by some but that’s almost certainly my fault for a very inside joke play of words on the Cult of Games, there have been some rather entertaining gifs posted on twitter though.