Quote from: NYTFLYROne thing about tangency is if you dont go with the group think that goes on over there you get dogpiled, and eventually banned. They are tollerant only as long as you agree with them. That kind of behavior has no place on an RPG site, its about games, not about global warming, Bush's latest mistake, Ketooms, or anything of the like. when tangency outgrew the gaminging portion it should have been reevaluated.

when you have gamers talking off topic, it doesnt take over a board, its when the non gaming friends show up to be part of a clique is when it starts to overflow.

And for the life of me I dont know why they wont trim off old posts, its not like you can find any if you wanted to anyway

umm...no?

if you don't go with the group think and act like a cockmunch, you get dogpiled and banned.

Again, you can disagree, butthe only people who get banned are people who just can't stop acting like cockmunches.  People who disagree, but don't act like a cockmunch, get along just fine.

Quote from: jrientsYeah.  You can talk about any RPG you like here, but you're going to get a better calibre of conversation about some games than others.  If for some reason I really needed some Exalted or Nobilis info then I'd probably be better served by heading over to RPGnet.

And I'd be better served by talking about Star Wars D6 over at The Rancor Pit.  But that's really about selecting a forum that has a hardliner fan-base surrounding one or two games than talking about some sort of game "type" split.  This is still a better caliber general discussion RPG board than any other I've seen.

I've never had a problem discussing games on RPG.net, except all the White Wolf threads Pundit used to jump into, with his "WW is teh EEEVIL!"  

D&D has a large userbase on Big Purple, the main problem I have with D&D isn't non D&Ders shitting on it, its OLD D&Ders shitting on it and trumpeting RC every freakin thread.And refusing to admit that D&D now means "3.5 D&D", just like old WoD is now oWoD, not WoD any more...

One thing I have seen lately I didn't see when i was there before is this sudden urge some members have to police things that might be offensive...to someone, anyone at all... and then crow about it.

Maybe I just don't remember seeing it before, but if I had a mind to declare a swine war and set up a rogues gallery I could pop over to RPG.net now (or whenever..) and pick up two or three names of posters I've never exchanged words with just for their tendency to say

"I saw this post and I totally think it would offend someone. I'm not sure who, but I reported it. Why haven't the mods banned this guy yet?"

Its frankly odd. Their comment suggests that they didn't personally find it offensive, but they reported it anyway. They don't respond to posters that irk them, they report them. They don't wait to be offended, they report everything...

Disturbing, and a good reason to stay out of trouble tickets so as to not loose what little faith in humanity I still have. :rolleyes:

Quote from: HackmastergeneralAnd refusing to admit that D&D now means "3.5 D&D"

I don't know what that's supposed to mean.  I'm running my second 3.5 campaign right now and playing in someone else's 3.5 game.  But I'm also running '81 Basic/Expert D&D at a con next weekend.  (aside - Crap!  I gotta write some adventures!)  Both are D&D.  I don't see how the existence of a new edition of D&D makes an older version somehow less dungeony and dragony.

Quote from: jrientsI don't know what that's supposed to mean.  I'm running my second 3.5 campaign right now and playing in someone else's 3.5 game.  But I'm also running '81 Basic/Expert D&D at a con next weekend.  (aside - Crap!  I gotta write some adventures!)  Both are D&D.  I don't see how the existence of a new edition of D&D makes an older version somehow less dungeony and dragony.

I think he means for reference purposes.

Quote from: HackmastergeneralI've never had a problem discussing games on RPG.net, except all the White Wolf threads Pundit used to jump into, with his "WW is teh EEEVIL!"  

a) Pundit spells it "teh"??

b) Pundit, what was your handle over at RPGnet?

nisarg

Quote from: GoldenApeI think he means for reference purposes.

Ah, gotcha!  If I ask a question about 3.5, I don't want to hear AD&D answer or vice versa.

el diablo robotico: Pundit was Nisarg.  And I went by American Badass.

Quote from: jrientsAh, gotcha!  If I ask a question about 3.5, I don't want to hear AD&D answer or vice versa.

el diablo robotico: Pundit was Nisarg.  And I went by American Badass.

You gotta be fucking kidding.

Quote from: ImperatorYou gotta be fucking kidding.

Yeah, I was just messing with you.  Pundit really was Nisarg, but I went by jrients over there.

Quote from: jrientsYeah, I was just messing with you.  Pundit really was Nisarg, but I went by jrients over there.

I thought your name looked familiar.

Quote from: jrientsYeah, I was just messing with you.  Pundit really was Nisarg, but I went by jrients over there.

Oh, I knew you as jrients over there It's just that, if you had been also American Badass, I would have to built you a cathedral or something. You know, to worship you.

Quote from: GoldenApeI thought your name looked familiar.

Yeah, I go by jrients or Jeff Rients pretty much everywhere I hang out on the internet.  It helps me behave myself to use my real name.

BTW, I love your pink robotar.

Edit to add:  Imperator, I can't keep up that sort of pretense.  I just don't have the willpower to be someone else for such a sustained period.  Yet I play roleplaying games.  Odd.

Quote from: jrientsAnd I went by American Badass.

American Badass was one of rpg.net's most distinguished posters. To usurp his mantle even in jest is to sully his legacy.

However.

If you supply proof positive that you were indeed American Badass, then I should like to worship you, clean up after your cat and do your kids' homework.