Quote from: JongWK;302075Aww man... People were having a lovely flame war about nothing, until you ruined it with some common sense. Why, Zach, why?

I stick with my strengths--and that includes ruining things.

I feel about this pretty much as Zack does.

Quote from: KrakaJak;302043I don't have time to check multiple boards for the same damn stuff.

Eventually (already?) you'll be able to aggregate content from multiple forums using RSS or Atom, then you won't even realize that there are different sites. And you can annoy people by quoting Pundy in the middle of a thread over there, that he quoted over here.

Quote from: Kyle Aaron;302056all the guys who over here were jumping in and flaming the fuck out of people, or sniping away droog-style, were suddenly all precious and wanting to talk nice. So I walked away.

Hey, if the change in venue makes them better folks to talk to, why wouldn't you see that as a good thing? (Unless you're saying they don't really engage the topic, which, yes, I've seen hints of. But not always.)

We don't need no stinkin' common sense around here!

Quote from: Elliot Wilen;302080Hey, if the change in venue makes them better folks to talk to, why wouldn't you see that as a good thing? (Unless you're saying they don't really engage the topic, which, yes, I've seen hints of. But not always.)

Yes, that's what I meant; sorry I was unclear.

If people can politely contend with the topic, great! But I'd rather have rude and pushy and actually biting into the topic than polite and wishy-washy and avoiding the meat of the thing.

I think it's that management thing of forming-storming-norming-performing. In the early stages of any group, people are all polite and sensitive with each-other - but they don't get anything done. As they get over that initial sensitivity, people step forward to try to steer the group where they want to go; but someone else doesn't like that, thus storm - still nothing is getting done, but they're at least sorting out what should be done. Then they settle down into a new way of interacting and doing things, and eventually may even achieve something.

In groups with changing membership, like forums, you can get stuck in the storming stage, since every time someone new comes along or someone old steps out, it all turns upside-down again. That the conflicts seem to go nowhere leads some people to get all defensive and seek the peace and quiet of the norming phase. Which is what those flamey guys have done in forming rpghaven.

Hairfoot is perhaps trying to storm up rpghaven a bit with some cross-board drama, to take them out of their polite but unproductive norming phase. It won't work, though: change must begin at home.

Quote from: shalvayez;302031Wow, doing a search for a guy's private information. What an absolutely douchey  thing to do. Reminds me of shit that goes on on ISCABBS or InaraBBS.
 
 What are ya, fuckin papparazzi for Pundit?

You pathetic sycophant. If you're that desperate to be loved, there are better sites on the internet for you.

Quote from: Dr Rotwang!;301917I think having two boards to read is good for me.  The more, the merrier.

I think that whether or not The Haven was set up as a 'reaction' to The Site doesn't matter.  If it was (which I don't believe), whatever.  If not, whatever.

I think that The RPG Pundit is fucking nuts.  Seriously.  Like, Howard Hughes-grade jacked-up in the brains Kleenex-boxes-on-the-feet wahoo.  He's paranoid, he's boastful, he's a fucking sideshow.  Oh, that reminds me:

I think The RPG Pundit isn't a real guy.  I think he's an act; a role.  An experiment, maybe one taken so far as to...well...be annoying, frankly.  I mean, stand for what you stand and say your piece, but hammering, hammering, hammering...?  Ugh.

I think that The Pundit's act of transplanting thread topics, whatever its true or claimed intent, came across as laughable, childish and pathetic.  I didn't say much about it (very little, in fact) because I thought that things would right themselves without me.  It didn't hurt or offend me, my family or my friends, so I let it go.  

I think that this whole hobby is already pretty goofy-assed to begin with, without these inter-forum brouhahas and petty arguments and "Swine Wars" and other such bullshit.  Don't get me wrong -- I love this goofy-assed hobby like you wouldn't motherfucking believe, but I love it because it is so gleefully goofy-assed.  Not 'silly' or 'laughable' or 'lesser' to anything.  Look, we're playing pretend.  It's fun and it's social and it's something to share and enjoy and it's harmless and it's inspirational and it's educational and it's a pure goddamn delight.  This is a swell hobby to have and enjoy, my friend.  Still and all -- what's that quote about "My way of pretending to be a gay-ass elf", again?  Who said that?  I keep forgetting who said that.  Somebody tell me who said that so I can give him or her a medal.

What the Doc said. This is fucking ridiculous.

Quote from: boulet;301941Is this a thread on how to run a soap opera campaign? Where's my butthurt ointment ?

I could use some, too.

Quote from: flyingmice;301944THAT I don't care for, not at all. That is unethical. I must've missed that - like I said, I skip over that crap. Guys? Please explain this! Pundy-insults are one thing - he gets insulted here too, and he can take it - but violating a user's privacy is another order entirely! I know some things about Pundit - I'm his publisher, and I have to - but I've never breathed a word about any of it, not even to my wife. That's sacred, man! If either of you have threatened this, even jokingly, a sincere, complete, and public apology is in order, on both sites. There are no mitigating circumstances short of a government court order, and even then I'd think long and hard about it.

Clash nails it, as always. It's uncool to reveal the identity of the Pundit against his will. I don't care about that, my name is in my signature, my location is real and my caricature is really accurate. But I feel that Pundit's privacy must be respected, as anyone else's.

Quote from: Koltar;301953What the _______ ?

 Pundit was on the "A Team"?

Best post in the entire thread.

Now, Pundit, mate, it's not about you. I'm sure it comes as a surprise, but Universe doesn't revolve about you.

Since I pride myself on being a thread-killer, let's just say I found this all very entertaining.

Quote from: RPGPundit;301957Ok, let me tell you how this going to pan out. You've already crossed the rubicon.There's no going back. Whether you meant to or not (and I'm sure you did, only not in a way that it would come back to bite you in the ass like this) your site is a reactionary site. Its become the anti-pundit site.

And that's all its going to have that theRPGsite won't.

And everything you say here only goes further to advance that.
I'm so confident, I'm basically telling you how I've destroyed you, because its too late. I beat you 35 minutes ago, so to say; and the moment I knew it was already over was when you posted here.

You're done. Your site might keep going for a time, we'll see how long that dog can hunt, but in the end its a one-trick-pony.

And I'm telling you all this, because really there's fuck all you can do about it now. In fact, I'm counting on the fact that explaining all this to you is only going to lead to you unintentionally accelerating your site's demise.

Thanks for making this an extra-special birthday.

RPGPundit

Dude, what color is the sky where you live?

Quote from: Pseudoephedrine;302105You pathetic sycophant. If you're that desperate to be loved, there are better sites on the internet for you.

 Actually, by the likes of most of you, I would prefer to be despised, now, please go piss on an electric fence before you decide to enter the gene pool, you moronic waste of DNA.

Quote from: shalvayez;302137Actually, by the likes of most of you, I would prefer to be despised, now, please go piss on an electric fence before you decide to enter the gene pool, you moronic waste of DNA.

I know Pundit has a thing for whores, but I don't think you're his preferred type. Sorry to disappoint!

Edit: Also, and this may be an obvious question, why on earth is your avatar Adolf Hitler?

Quote from: Pseudoephedrine;302162Edit: Also, and this may be an obvious question, why on earth is your avatar Adolf Hitler?

It's not Adolf. It's a nazi zombie from the norwegian flick Dead Snow.

Quote from: Pseudoephedrine;302024Oh wow, that was easy to find. I'd never actually had any interest in the information prior to finding out that it was such a big deal to know, but so easy to discover.

Don't worry Pundit old boy, your secret is safe with me!

This is the behavior of a douchebag.

Quote from: KrakaJak;302043I think the idea of the RPG Haven is ridiculous.

It's obviously a site for those that are butthurt by the Pundy. There's nothing you can get there that you couldn't get here...

Ah, this is the moment in Internet discourse that I always await with baited breath -- "My team is better than your team."  Your disquieting emphasis on homoerotic imagery and factual inaccuracy* aside, thank you for dispelling the suspense.  

You do realise that this is very much the sort of thing die-hards on RPG.net said about theRPGsite in the early days, yes?  And many still do.

!i!

[*Regarding Kyle, to be precise.]

Quote from: Ian Absentia;302173Ah, this is the moment in Internet discourse that I always await with baited breath -- "My team is better than your team."  Your disquieting emphasis on homoerotic imagery and factual inaccuracy* aside, thank you for dispelling the suspense.  

You do realise that this is very much the sort of thing die-hards on RPG.net said about theRPGsite in the early days, yes?  And many still do.

!i!

[*Regarding Kyle, to be precise.]

I don't know about all that.

Kyle Aaron raises an important point. If people who were nothing but disruptions here, who didn't engage in the discussion topics except to annoy people here, are now all sweetness & light over on another forum - is their intention really to discuss RPGs or is it just to improve their own tarnished image? Just because they suddenly appear to be more polite on another forum doesn't mean that they will engage in discussion with any depth on topics, it just means they appear more polite.

Quote from: jeff37923;302177people who were nothing but disruptions here, who didn't engage in the discussion topics except to annoy people here, are now all sweetness & light over on another forum -

Good riddance to the couple of posters who spent years here doing little but drive-by 1 line snipes or devils advocate crap who have had a sudden multiple personality revelation and are now good little indians elsewhere.