It's a threadban. Yes, annoying, but no nothing like the level of The Big Purple.

I did think that "explanation" offered by the mods was not am appropriate moderator kind of response to that topic. He wants to post that as just a user, cool. But that wasn't a fine example of being a moderator.

Of course, those who think this pinko left-tard stuff is the one true way; believe that anything is justifiable, as long as it promotes their chosen ideology.

But if anything on earth goes against their chosen ideology; it is the work of Hades.

Their idea of tolerance; simply means that you tolerate, and affirm their every whim.  But that tolerance only flows in that one narrow direction.

That site is trash. I got a site ban for sticking up for the new TSR when there was an outrage against them a few years back over some comments. Now the only forum I go to is this site since it is normal people sharing opinions and if they differ there is a civil discussion.

For more general RPG news, RPG Pub is pretty decent and the discussions are interesting.

And the forums for older editions/legacy seem to be all right (Knights & Knaves Alehouse, ODD74, Dragonsfoot, etc.)

Ports of Call:
Here, the Pub, the other ones listed, and if I want to stare into the Abyss: /tg.

"Mod Note:
You should know by now that moderation posts are not invitations for further commentary. Even if you forgot that is in the rules, I mentioned it explicitly in the post.

So, you are done in this discussion."

I've seen a lot of commie shit, but holy hell!

There will be no more coexisting. We're a couple of light-years passed that possiblity.

Greetings!

Ahh. EN-World flowing with all that Kool-Aid. Many years ago, EN-World was a fantastic place. Then, somewhere along the way, maybe 8, 10 or 12 years ago, it started to change distinctly. Whenever they started banning "SJW"; "Woke"; "Libtard". Essentially, they began to give the stamp of approval to all of the Libtard activists and rainbow hippos, and anyone that was Conservative or otherwise opposed to the Libtards would be leaned on against. You know, censored, counseled by the Moderators, "Warned" or banned. Whatever. It became pretty obvious to me, just reading through a few threads, that Libtards were favoured, anyone that was a rainbow hippo, were all anointed, elevated, and otherwise protected. Anyone that spoke against them were swarmed, with the Mods joining in condemning them, or giggling in joy as the screeching horde proceeded to attack anyone that dared to voice dissension from the sanctioned narrative.

Whenever it was I saw that stuff happen, in more than one thread, I noticed the pattern. That convinced me then and there that EN-World had been corrupted and taken over. I also noticed that most of my old friends were gone, and the few that were left--somehow still seemed to be only seldom participating. I haven't been back.

Semper Fidelis,

SHARK 

Quote from: Homeworlds on February 09, 2023, 11:11:37 AM
"Mod Note:
You should know by now that moderation posts are not invitations for further commentary. Even if you forgot that is in the rules, I mentioned it explicitly in the post.

So, you are done in this discussion."

I've seen a lot of commie shit, but holy hell!

There will be no more coexisting. We're a couple of light-years passed that possiblity.

"When I am Weaker Than You, I ask you for Freedom because that is according to your principles; when I am Stronger than you, I take away your Freedom Because that is according to my principles." ― Frank Herbert

Are they...

Authoritarian Left?
Nope: Mark & Engels et al. were anti-queer (anti-pedo at that), even variably pro-slavery.

Libertarian Left?
Nope: They refuse to mind their own business as self-appointed morality police.

Authoritarian Feminist?
Yep: Checks all of the boxes of weaponized sympathy for political ends.

a.k.a. "Feminazis."
(QED)

Time to expand the compass lads!

Quote from: ClusterFluster on February 09, 2023, 12:18:50 PM
Are they...

Authoritarian Left?
Nope: Mark & Engels et al. were anti-queer (anti-pedo at that), even variably pro-slavery.

Libertarian Left?
Nope: They refuse to mind their own business as self-appointed morality police.

Authoritarian Feminist?
Yep: Checks all of the boxes of weaponized sympathy for political ends.

a.k.a. "Feminazis."
(QED)

Time to expand the compass lads!

They're a mutated Marxism. A Cold War weapon destroying the West long after its masters have died out.

Everything they do is straight out of the Marxist playbook we objectively know Soviet agents trained operatives with that they established within Western academia. They rattled around for decades not making great headway with the class struggle, but building numbers. At some point a bright spark had the idea to swap class for race/gender/sexuality, and cracked Western society wide open.

Would most of them even consider themselves so? No, they're the useful idiots. But groups like BLM's leadership loudly profess being Marxist, it's not a secret or conspiracy theory.

Let's not stray in to politics though, this is the roleplaying board.

I had to check the date on the OP.  ENWorld has been like this for a long, long time.  I was active over there for probably 15 years, and very sad to see a great community go down the toilet.  I'll admit it looks like it's gotten worse though.  Umbran's always been a real jackass as a poster, but back in the day he didn't abuse his moderator position.

Quote from: Mishihari on February 09, 2023, 12:42:03 PM
I had to check the date on the OP.  ENWorld has been like this for a long, long time.  I was active over there for probably 15 years, and very sad to see a great community go down the toilet.  I'll admit it looks like it's gotten worse though.  Umbran's always been a real jackass as a poster, but back in the day he didn't abuse his moderator position.

If you go back and look (not that it's worth the effort), it's really easy to trace the dissolution of EN World.  Every time a moderator quit, they replace that spot with a moderator that was worse than the previous one.  You know how that happens.  The only thing that keeps them from crashing faster and further right this minute is that the big purple exercises a kind of reverse gravitational pull.  That is, if the big purple went away, EN World would very shortly thereafter become it.  And then BGG would become EN World.   

Quote from: Grognard GM on February 09, 2023, 12:28:40 PM
They're a mutated Marxism. A Cold War weapon destroying the West long after its masters have died out.

Everything they do is straight out of the Marxist playbook we objectively know Soviet agents trained operatives with that they established within Western academia. They rattled around for decades not making great headway with the class struggle, but building numbers. At some point a bright spark had the idea to swap class for race/gender/sexuality, and cracked Western society wide open.

Would most of them even consider themselves so? No, they're the useful idiots. But groups like BLM's leadership loudly profess being Marxist, it's not a secret or conspiracy theory.

I'm aware of that, I'm only sketching out those absurd changes into a short hand joke.

What they've combined with their choice elements of Marxism arises from the "progressive" intellectual movement (circa 19th & 20th centuries), notable for their American origins from the Ivy League crowd. Critical theory is the basis of CRT, for example, coming from Yale or Harvard (wherever). The USSR would have great interest in funding these academic currents of course, but given what has transpired today, at some point the USSR would've guessed that there was no more need to fund this beyond a self-perpetuating point; then, they wouldn't be at fault for declaring that this was "it's own thing that they do not want involvement or association with, as it's not the direction that we want to go." Group liberals in schools, get liberal thoughts out.

QuoteLet's not stray in to politics though, this is the roleplaying board.

Fair enough, it's still frustrating that these "politics" forces into what should be an entertainment discussion site, otherwise we wouldn't be talking about what's happening to EN World at all.

The phrase really should be:

Death, *Politics,* and Taxes.

Quote from: rocksfalleverybodydies on February 09, 2023, 09:39:29 AM
For more general RPG news, RPG Pub is pretty decent and the discussions are interesting.

And the forums for older editions/legacy seem to be all right (Knights & Knaves Alehouse, ODD74, Dragonsfoot, etc.)

Ports of Call:
Here, the Pub, the other ones listed, and if I want to stare into the Abyss: /tg.

Was about to ask about RPGPub...Every time some Google search sent me there, it seemed like an OK place.

Umbran is a fucking joke as is ENworld.