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Dom, I'm gonna tell you something about the SJG Forums. It's the same thing I told Norman Mailer about Marilyn Monroe:

She doesn't love you, bro. Not the way you love her. And she never will. Move on.

:raise:

*click*

:emo: :hurr: :jerkbag:

Sorry I don't see it.  Someone requests a ban for fear they'll do something stupid whilst under the influence of opiates.  Said request is approved and what follows is a bit of lighthearted ribbing at his expense.  No different to pub banter between mates.
A mod then locks the thread so as to head off any potential escalation of said ribbing (which seemed unlikely but it's their forum ergo their rules).

So either they're using subliminal messages or there's nothing in it.

Hmmmmmm.

Nox, you really layoff the SJG boards.

honestly, they are not nearly as bad as you make them out to be. Sure there are some shit snorters over there, but we have ours here (yes, Nox you are one of them).

Despite what you think, there is not a van full of SJG admins parked across the street from you. Get over it. :rolleyes:

Quote from: StumpydaveSorry I don't see it.  Someone requests a ban for fear they'll do something stupid whilst under the influence of opiates.  Said request is approved and what follows is a bit of lighthearted ribbing at his expense.  No different to pub banter between mates.
A mod then locks the thread so as to head off any potential escalation of said ribbing (which seemed unlikely but it's their forum ergo their rules).

So either they're using subliminal messages or there's nothing in it.

Hmmmmmm.

I have to admit, I was a bit disappointed.  It all seemed quite reasonable.

Same here. I was hoping for a back and forth bitchfest where a mod finaly says the last word then locks the thread. Instead I got a reasonable, albeit strange, request being granted by a friendly mod, and several people congratulating the requestor on his self knowledge. Very disappointing.

The SJG forums ? again? He needs something new to flagellate his psyche with.
 If you are guys are referring to the thread that I think you are - then yeah reasonable request that answered.


- E.W.C.

Who wants to lay odds that "TheDS" is a Nox sockpuppet who totally missed the point of the thread?

Well, Nox, I'm a loud mouthed asshole who's taken cheap shots at SJG pretty much constantly since I got the internet, I have to tell you they've never been anything but polite to me.  Not that I ever tried to discuss politics on their boards.  That way lies madness.

But I've slagged them many a time over GURPS third edition and the "art" in Magic, and the sixteen wasted pages in the Basic Set that could have made it viable to run a modern or space game with just the core books.  I wrongly claimed that the Character Assistant couldn't put out an ascii version of the charactersheet when I couldn't figure out how to do it.  Heck, I even blew up at Andrew Hackard once for wanting single spacing after a period.

And do you know what?  They still invite me to submit stuff for e23.  They still let me post on their message boards.  And they still talk to me at all, which is amazingly civil even for a guy who's used to Canada.

I'm hardly what you'd call a stable or level headed person.

So my answer is simple.  Avoid talking about politics.  Gaming is more interesting and fun anyhow.

Quote from: David JohansenSo my answer is simple.  Avoid talking about politics.  Gaming is more interesting and fun anyhow.

 (Can we pretend we're in parliament ? )

 Hear!, Hear!!


- E.W.C.

As you're not from Canada, you'll probably be confused when I start singing "doody and doot and doot and do doody and doot and doot and do yak yak yak yak yak yak yak" and calling for the house of commons dancers.

Quote from: David JohansenAs you're not from Canada, you'll probably be confused when I start singing "doody and doot and doot and do doody and doot and doot and do yak yak yak yak yak yak yak" and calling for the house of commons dancers.

 hhmm... I had relatives that lived in both Kitchener and Winnipeg. What you type seems vaguely familiar.  Visited up there when I was an itty bitty kid.

- E.W.C.

It's from a scene they did on Wayne and Shuster where the CBC goes to american network executives to get advice on how to improve the ratings for "This Week In Parliment".  Imagine Parliment as a variety show with flashing lights and leggy dancing girls in sequined corsets!