rpg.net forums down

[Balbinus]

It's too bad we have to have this "war" :rolleyes:

At least it's civil.

[jrients]

Has anyone openly just left rpg.net after saying something to the effect of "It's just fucking impossible to have a conversation around here anymore without getting threatened or banned." or "I just can't stand the pompous asses running this place anymore."?

I'm not big on making dramatic exits, but I'm not shy on admitting that I left RPGnet because the moderation seemed oppressive.  And I wasn't a troublemaker (you know, like JimBob ).  I just felt like I couldn't express myself freely in such a heavy-handed environment.

The RPG sections still have a lot of good material.  I occasionally drop by the review section.  But the forums no longer feel like fun to me.

And this:

And finally, a friendly message to all those who would disagree with me:

That's going in as an official smiley selection ASAP.

[Stumpydave]

I've lurked and posted on RPG.net since about '97/'98.  When I first started posting I got flamed out immediatley - for being new.  But I loved that.  That's what I love about this place - it's vibrant and passionate and it doesn't take prisoners.  RPG.net started to lose it after the infestation by the "Winna pack".  Now at least two of them are mods and it shows.

RPG.net, due to its Winna'd (no offence to the girl personally, but she seemed to accrue this cult of popularity made up by 'better than thou' drama queens, posting little of import but ruling the place like the popular kids of filmic high schools) atmosphere is like that town from the twilight zone where the little boy with power over reality wants everyone to be happy - or else.

But I don't care.  Cause I'm here.  And so are most of the people I liked reading there, with more and more coming over everyday.
Now if only I get a few more choice posters I'll be really happy.

[NYTFLYR]

RPG.net, due to its Winna'd (no offence to the girl personally, but she seemed to accrue this cult of popularity made up by 'better than thou' drama queens, posting little of import but ruling the place like the popular kids of filmic high schools) atmosphere is like that town from the twilight zone where the little boy with power over reality wants everyone to be happy - or else.

Funny you should mention her... that was the clique that set the tone for RPG.net and now most of that clique isnt even there anymore!

[Mr. Christopher]

That's going in as an official smiley selection ASAP.

Done!

Try :rollbarf: and see what happens.

[Kester Pelagius]

Great googly-moogly it's like someone set off a thermonuclear device causing exponential growth of this heated topic, or something.  Where to start.

(As a tangent, can anyone recommend some other good RPG sites? (apart from this one, that is).)

If you mean general RPG sites they're few an far between.  But here's a couple I know of, just be aware I've not actually clicked many of these links in ages so some of the boards may have gone AWOL.

GameCraft

The Hinterwelt Forums

Dragonsfoot

EnWorld (A D20 forum, I think.)

Palladium Forums

Mortality Net

International Game Desingers Association Forums (Don't remember if this is RPG or MUD related.)

That's about it for my bookmarks.  Anyone else have any RPG forum links they'd like to share?

RE: The whole "Tangency is the Devil" thing because it's "not RPG related" I find that arguement a bit odd, especially considering the number of other fora that exist that are NOT RPG related.  What about Other Media Open?  Not exactly game related that.

[jrients]

I don't think anyone is arguing that Tangency is the Devil because it's not RPG related.  I think people are suggesting that Tangency is the Devil and it is not RPG related.

[Melan]

Other Media Open doesn't influence site policy... as far as I know, anyway... and neither does Play by Post.

[NYTFLYR]

RE: The whole "Tangency is the Devil" thing because it's "not RPG related" I find that arguement a bit odd, especially considering the number of other fora that exist that are NOT RPG related.  What about Other Media Open?  Not exactly game related that.

Its not the Devil becasue its not RPG related, its the devil becasue it overpowers the RPG related boards, as for other media, its at least a little related... Firefly movie/game. Star Wars movie/game. Star Trek movie/game. Dune movie/novel/game. Comic Books Champions/DC Hero/Marvel Supers Heros/Heroes Unlimited/Nessesary Evil. Music inspires games etc etc etc...

[Kester Pelagius]

I don't think anyone is arguing that Tangency is the Devil because it's not RPG related.  I think people are suggesting that Tangency is the Devil and it is not RPG related.

Oh, well, in that case. . .

Here's a few more forums from my bookmarks:

Pen & Paper RPG Forums (Was removed but apparently is back.)

JAGS BBS  (Forum for the JAGS RPG.)


Yahoo Groups

Gamma World

RPG Create

The OD&D Guild

PA Forge

[Pierce Inverarity]

I'm in withdrawal.

Also, what's the deal with Sorensen? Such a cliffhanger.

[Pierce Inverarity]

Ok, those "name levels" suck hard.

[Bradford C. Walker]

Funny you should mention her... that was the clique that set the tone for RPG.net and now most of that clique isnt even there anymore!

I find the irony of that development to be hilarious.

[jdrakeh]

But yeah, it's obvious that Tangency is the problem.  Personally I think they should split it into tangency.net and rpg.net.

That's a good suggestion, but I know that Skotos devotes a bar minimum of their resources to keeping RPGnet running (i.e., the cheaper and quicker that they can fix problems with RPGnet, the better). The old search function issue was a great example -- rather than work out the bugs or upgrade the server (neither of which would have been too cost or time intensive), they just dropped the function entirely.

[Mr. Christopher]

Ok, those "name levels" suck hard.

Glad to know I'm not the only one who hates them...