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And the Lord Endless Flight said: " I will make a place where all are free to discuss RPGs and general nerdery free from the blight of politics.
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And the Lord Endless Flight said: " I will make a place where all are free to discuss RPGs and general nerdery free from the blight of politics.
I used to read those on the daily. It bothered me a lot that in some cases I couldn't figure out from context what the ban-ee had done wrong. Eventually I decided it was an unhealthy fascination and moved on.Reading those ban reasons/messages is a fascinating deep dive if you are ever bored. Nasty, passive aggressive and often hypocritical. Definitely time eating and often entertaining, be warned. hehe.
I went actively looking for new forums. I looked at the site, three threads on the front page were about how much RPG.net sucks. I was trying to get away from that. GITP and the White Wolf forums seemed too specialised. Found this place in a thread on the purple site about where other people post, and didn't look back.Out of curiosity did this list have prior interactions at another forum so just naturally oozed their way over here following each other, or were these all people that just randomly saw a new forum and said hey, a new forum with (2, 3 4 etc) members I'll join! I recognize about 1/2 dozen names from other forums I used to frequent.
Just curious, I was aware of this place for quite some time, but it took me about a year to find my way over here because it was tiny and new and so many new forums never amount to much.
And Geedis shall guide us to the SWO. So it is scribbled.
I had recently dropped out of college and as such was no longer able to attend the DND group I was apart of there. Wanting to stay apart of the hobby I typed "RPG Forum" into Google and 3 results came up. The first result was Rpgnet and a cursory glance revealed that they were rules happy and overly vocal about their political stance.
The second was the Site, and I briefly made an account there but found that they liked to imagine themselves as a wild west of edginess than talking about RPGs.
The third was the Pub and I've been happily married to it ever since.
Yeah I pretty much got the cliff notes version via osmosis here.Lucky bastard, some of us had to experience the decline of RPGNet and the Site in real time over what, almost 20 years?
There were highs. There were lows. There were flames. So many flames!Yeah I pretty much got the cliff notes version via osmosis here.
And Bans! Bans as far as the eye could see!There were highs. There were lows. There were flames. So many flames!
And the condescension it didn't drip. It flowed like a river.And Bans! Bans as far as the eye could see!
I'm part of the second wave.
Like if Cardinal Richelieu and Dolores Umbridge had a kid who grew up to be an internet tough guy.And the condescension it didn't drip. It flowed like a river.
Ah yes. Goosmodeus, the great other in RPGPubism and sworn enemy of Geedis.Like if Cardinal Richelieu and Dolores Umbridge had a kid who grew up to be an internet tough guy.
I had recently dropped out of college and as such was no longer able to attend the DND group I was apart of there. Wanting to stay apart of the hobby I typed "RPG Forum" into Google and 3 results came up. The first result was Rpgnet and a cursory glance revealed that they were rules happy and overly vocal about their political stance.
The second was the Site, and I briefly made an account there but found that they liked to imagine themselves as a wild west of edginess than talking about RPGs.
The third was the Pub and I've been happily married to it ever since.
Does this mean I'm included in something? Guys! Guys! I'm included in something!Take a week off to contemplate your worthless opinions, you spineless spawn of entitlement.
I didn't want you to feel left out. Sorry that I couldn't muster up more derision that that, but hey I tried.
Not really.Does this mean I'm included in something? Guys! Guys! I'm included in something!
Unfair on Richelieu who at least wasn't faking his competence.Like if Cardinal Richelieu and Dolores Umbridge had a kid who grew up to be an internet tough guy.
Did you bring the Swo?
Or did the Swo bring you?
You could probably make a wish to the Admin gods and get it changed if you offer the right sacrifice....I wish my name was Throbbert.
I gripped Throbbert by the base of his neck and shook him roughly.Throbbert! Throbbert! Throbbert!
You'll go blind if you keep doing that. At least that's what my mother always said.I gripped Throbbert by the base of his neck and shook him roughly.
Why? Is Throbbert going to stick his thumb in my eye? Said Fenris, without a trace of double entendre...You'll go blind if you keep doing that. At least that's what my mother always said.
You’ll get hairy palms too!You'll go blind if you keep doing that. At least that's what my mother always said.
Yes to all of that.We have a lot of lurkers here. I sort of view the members who do post to be a slice of what lurkers would post if they chose to do so. Also, many people here probably have a fan club they are unaware of.
The current wave, if my recent lurking visit to TBP* is any indicator.I'm part of the "Purple site bans anyone for posting almost anything" wave. Wait, which wave is that?
The current wave, if my recent lurking visit to TBP* is any indicator.
*I sometimes read Trouble Tickets for fun!
I wouldn't agree completely. There's a few thread I find interesting. Something I've found lately is Facebook doing a better job of exposing me to interesting groups.I have no data to back this up, but I think their policies are finally starting to backfire over there. I still login and check things, but there hasn't been an interesting thread in at least a month...
I used to. As I see places become very isolated and bubbled i start realizing those folks are also often committed to making a world that walled. That's less fun to envision.This place has the best RPG discourse on the web, IMO. It's unique. I appreciate it here. I know sometimes I'm a square peg in a round hole. I'm working on it.
This is really one of the only RPG forums I frequent. I only go to a couple (unless there's drama, because I find most interned drama to be fucking HILARIOUS).
I'm kind of a semi-lurker, partly because I don't get to game much anymore (no FtF in..10 years plus? Something like that, and I'm currently in a grand total of one PbP forum game) plus I find threads of 200 pages and start dates of 5 years ago to be somewhat intimidating to post in as a noob.We have a lot of lurkers here. I sort of view the members who do post to be a slice of what lurkers would post if they chose to do so. Also, many people here probably have a fan club they are unaware of.