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ENWorld experiences financial trouble

Started by Benoist, September 25, 2009, 09:08:23 PM

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bin Sayf

#75
September 28, 2009, 08:42:57 AM
Quote from: Spinachcat;334627Dragonsfoot caters to the OSR.

I see where you're coming from with this, but I don't think Dragonsfoot is the OSR "place to be" like ENWorld was back in the 3/3.5 days.  As far as I can tell, OSR types really don't have a go-to forum...more like a decentralized network of a bunch of forums and blogs.

But, to steer a little more back onto topic, I haven't been to ENWorld, except to follow a link, since sometime in 2008 (I lost interest in ENWorld as I lost interest in 3.5).  I imagine that since they're no longer the go-to forum that they used to be in 2009's splintered market, that they're feeling the effects.  The constriction of disposable income for a lot of people can't be helping ENWorld's situation either.

bin Sayf

#76
September 28, 2009, 08:44:13 AM
Quote from: Spinachcat;334627The "Mist" in Mistwell is evaporated bongwater.

Oh, and....ha!

Hairfoot

#77
September 28, 2009, 09:25:52 AM
Quote from: bin Sayf;334652I see where you're coming from with this, but I don't think Dragonsfoot is the OSR "place to be"
I found that an odd statement, too.  Dragonsfoot is great if you want to have a week-long flamewar about petty details in early D&D books, but pretty uninspiring if you just want to grab a clone game and do some balls-out RPG adventuring.

ggroy

#78
September 28, 2009, 09:48:40 AM
Quote from: Hairfoot;334657I found that an odd statement, too.  Dragonsfoot is great if you want to have a week-long flamewar about petty details in early D&D books

Some posters there are really channeling Gary Gygax through a Ouija board, and citing that as proof of their ultimate authority.

;)

Aos

#79
September 28, 2009, 11:03:45 AM
Quote from: Melan;334615Oh, oh, yet another session of Dorks & Dickwaving! I think I will play a 7th level Disinterested Snypa. :cool:

A Snypa has a level limit of 6. Get off my internet!
You are posting in a troll thread.

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Melan

#80
September 28, 2009, 11:11:03 AM
In your obsolote editions, Pops. :teehee:
Now with a Zine!
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SowelBlack

#81
September 28, 2009, 11:38:55 AM
Quote from: ICFTI;334644Actually, the bandwidth costs for hosting sites are steadily rising every year in most countries, including the US.

Hmmm... my hosting company's bandwidth is free.  Also, space is unlimited.

I believe more companies have continued to get cheaper.  Mine has, and I (albeit vaguely) remember seeing others that have too.  I've been with them for over five years and it has gotten cheaper once or twice and they've changed the terms to make more things free every year.

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B.T.

#82
September 28, 2009, 11:46:28 AM
This thread has told me that there are two possibilities here.

1. ENWorld is in financial trouble.
2. Morrus is a lying douchebag.

I don't think the two are mutually exclusive.
Quote from: Black Vulmea;530561Y\'know, I\'ve learned something from this thread. Both B.T. and Koltar are idiots, but whereas B.T. possesses a malign intelligence, Koltar is just a drooling fuckwit.

So, that\'s something, I guess.

samurai007

#83
September 28, 2009, 12:54:31 PM
I generally like Enworld, but for many months now the site has been so slow as to be practically unusable.  Wait times of 5+ minutes to load a page are not uncommon, and I'm on high speed DSL.  If there's a thread I want to read there, I typically open another tab to read another site while I wait for each page on Enworld to load.  From the complaints I've heard, I'm not the only one experiencing the slowdown, and I can't imagine many people would be a subscriber to a site they can't really use...

Gordon Horne

#84
September 28, 2009, 01:00:30 PM
Quote from: ggroy;334660Some posters there are really channeling Gary Gygax through a Ouija board, and citing that as proof of their ultimate authority.

Wait, when you say really do you mean really as is really, truly, actually, this is happening or as emphasis?

You have a winkie at the end, but it sounds crazy enough for gamers.

ggroy

#85
September 28, 2009, 02:20:21 PM
Quote from: Gordon Horne;334709Wait, when you say really do you mean really as is really, truly, actually, this is happening or as emphasis?

You have a winkie at the end, but it sounds crazy enough for gamers.

What would be hilarious is if somebody is actually really doing the Ouija board thing for real.

;)

thedungeondelver

#86
September 28, 2009, 02:44:31 PM
Quote from: ggroy;334660Some posters there are really channeling Gary Gygax through a Ouija board, and citing that as proof of their ultimate authority.

;)

Hmm...

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Mcbobbo sums it up nicely.

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Melan

#87
September 28, 2009, 03:04:53 PM
Quote from: thedungeondelver;334738Hmm...

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A player who writes ten pages of character background and another who casts loving glances at the mighty thews of his character sketch every five minutes, and his stock response to meeting a female NPC is "I dooooo her!"?

Oh dear. I hope he did not do anything wrong in his life.
Now with a Zine!
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thedungeondelver

#88
September 28, 2009, 03:08:03 PM
Quote from: Melan;334742A player who writes ten pages of character background and another who casts loving glances at the mighty thews of his character sketch every five minutes, and his stock response to meeting a female NPC is "I dooooo her!"?

Oh dear. I hope he did not do anything wrong in his life.

I hate to say this but god, yes, I laughed out loud at that.
THE DELVERS DUNGEON


Mcbobbo sums it up nicely.

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Astrophysicists are reassessing Einsteinian relativity because the 28 billion l

Melan

#89
September 28, 2009, 03:10:10 PM
Nothing but respect for EGG, mind you.
Now with a Zine!
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