Quote from: Kiero;883299OK, so this guy has been posting on a forum for roleplaying games for years, yet has never played roleplaying games?

He loves to talk about things he doesn't know about. As an example, there have been a number of time he will pop into a discussion of Masks of Nyarlathotep, usually during one of those regular threads about the "The Best Campaign Ever". He will say that he hasn't read it, but he has heard it is a serious railroad. Given that it allows an enormous amount of freedom for the PCs, a lot of people post to correct him.

Time will pass and then a thread on the subject comes up again. SLS will jump in again to mention how he has heard it is a complete railroad.

Quote from: Kiero;883299OK, so this guy has been posting on a forum for roleplaying games for years, yet has never played roleplaying games?

Better still he writes for rpgs

Quote from: Warboss Squee;883279:eek:

Holy shit.

Godbound is a great game. I doubt anyone who has read the draft can say otherwise.

It'as refreshing after so many years of not giving a crap about Exalted due to Ex3 dissapointment to be excited about that sort of game style again.

Btw, I don't think Ex3 is a bad game, but I do feel it's not the game for me or anyone I know. Also, after almost 3 years without a final book and month after month of "the devs are still polishing the damn charms", I feel Onyx Path has laughted at my face the whole time. It has been the worst experience I've ever had on KS, and I won't be supporting any other OP KS again.

Join the line Maese Mateo.  Your not the only one who is done with OP.  The best thing Paradox Interactive can do is cut off Onyx Path completely.  As in take away the licenses and tell Onyx Path good bye.

Snuck into Onyx Path forums and look what I found.

Quote from: Skywalker;882353Better yet. Whilst the KS for AMP Year Three is on, AMP Year One (the core rulebook) is up on DTRPG for PWYW. Be warned, this may lead you to buying the other books

http://www.drivethrurpg.com/product/132784/AMP-Year-One

It's no danger to me. I'm a backer of AMP:Y1 and AMP:Y2 already;)!
Never got around to actually running them, mind. But when I backed the first one, it looked like I'd have an opening, and that a "humans with powers" game would be in demand among my group.
Turns out, I was only right on account of one of these:).

Quote from: Skywalker;882356He just released Dreams of Ruin, a high level OSR setting: http://www.drivethrurpg.com/product/152691/The-Dreams-of-Ruin.

The potential of matching Godbound, an OSR system good for emulating Exalted, and Dreams of Ruin, a high level OSR setting by Exalted's developer, has not gone unnoticed  

Thanks, Skywalker!
(Or should that be "grasshopper"? Seriously, your screen name really makes me think of this).

Quote from: Anglachel;883099I hope you're being sarcastic.

Well, maybe "etiquette" was the wrong word. But while I could tell anyone to fuck off on this site (though, as Bren noted, it's unlikely he or she would comply), I couldn't really do that on TBP, barring extremely limited circumstances.
So, while the application can be inconsistent (and many posters here have experience with the inconsistencies), they seem to at least be trying to be polite. Unless you're from a group they consider "fair game", of course, but that's pretty much normal human behaviour, not exclusive to TBP.

QuoteSurprised? No i am not...i said eyeroll worthy and WTF?!-Moments.

To me, that assumes at least a mild surprise, hence the comment. YMMV.

Quote from: Nexus;883192No, Lurkers aren't weird and I'm will aware of what a Lurker is.

I didn't doubt you're aware of those.

QuoteBut how so many of them seem to pop up or people that are suddenly motivated to create accounts which are then never heard from again) to defend Exalted after sometimes years of silence is little odd. As is the regularity that happens in a very specific situation.

Yes, it sure seems fishy. My point was, let's not jump to conclusions, OK?
It sure is worth investigating, though.

QuoteThe fact that so many of the staff are either working on Exalted or fervent supporters adds to the fishy aspect even more so when some mods have created sock accounts in the past over there and I know a few people personally that have abandoned their accounts their and gotten reports of activity from them, seen abandoned active for no known reason, among other things that hint at some possible shenanigans.

No discussion, that's even more fishy - but I don't know anything about abandoned accounts becoming active again.

QuoteAnd its certainly not something I'd consider beneath any of the staff there or some of the more obnxious fans,

You have an even lower opinion of them than I do.

QuoteBut your snide condescending manner of disagreement is appreciated as always.

Was I snide and condescending? Or was I posting from a phone;)?
Hint, it's the latter. It's not that I'm never snide and/or condescending...I sure use it as a warning (usually, before adding someone to my "Fuck Off List"). But I'm seldom that, and laconic, at the same time.

Quote from: Nexus;883196I'd say they insist on "etiquette(more like false manners, adhering to the officially sanctioned opinions and shit eating) from some. Remember: All Animals are Equal but some are more Equal than others.

That's another way to put that, I guess.

QuoteHer overall shift in attitude was surprising. She went from being one of the games most vocal critics to an undying fan after a conversation with Holden than neither will discuss. I forget if this was previous to or after her promotion to Mod status. I think it was before but I can't say that with any certainty.

She had a shift in attitude? I've missed or forgotten that.
Not that I don't believe you, just find that surprising. But hey, maybe Holden just ran an awesome game for her:D!

Quote from: Baron Opal;883260One of the admins made an interesting comment yesterday (?) in a Godbound thread...

Indeed.
I must add that I'm still retaining my interest in Ex3 using Ex3, but that's because, as mentioned way earlier in the thread, I like the Advantage system.
Then again, in the case of Godbound, I can easily repurpose the HPs to mean exactly the same thing, and maybe I should consider it!

Quote from: Snowman0147;883367Snuck into Onyx Path forums and look what I found.

Not surprising. I'd expect someone was thinking "and here's how EX3 might have looked like" while opening the thread:D!

I also posted about Godbound on Myth Weavers, my PbP home these days. Hey, it's got a list of OSR players:D!

Quote from: Snowman0147;883367Snuck into Onyx Path forums and look what I found.

One Macro speaks more than 1000 shitposts

Quote from: AsenRG;883390Yes, it sure seems fishy. My point was, let's not jump to conclusions, OK?
It sure is worth investigating, though.

It's easy enough to get an overview of Joe Smoke's posts. Here is a link. I don't see anything particularly nefarious in it though.

What salt?  It seems to be more level headed conversation than the rpg.net.

QuoteYes, it sure seems fishy. My point was, let's not jump to conclusions, OK?

I haven't and I didn't. Please quote were I said more than there are things about this that make suspicious?

Quote from: Snowman0147;883414What salt?  It seems to be more level headed conversation than the rpg.net.

Just wait and see. I give it two more pages before things starts to getting really "funny" in that threat.

Quote from: Snowman0147;883367Snuck into Onyx Path forums and look what I found.

The post that got me the one that says Godbound's setting is darker than Creation. Really? Creation is basically the WoD with a bigger sfx budget where everyone's an asshole and best predicated outcome is that it become the WoD. And its a constant bebate whether PCs can change that or not.

QuoteGodbound Heaven is a shattered ruin, and the main reason to go there is to do some cosmically destructive looting. Exalted Heaven is an impossibly-luxurious city where the big problem is that the world-running bureaucracy isn't efficient.

Isn't efficient, incredibly corrupt. Potato, Potahto. Its incredibly luxurious, if you were on the beings in power which currently include some of the most powerful Exalted Exalts in the setting most of which have a vested personal interest in see you dead (if you're a Solar) or kept well away (if you're practically anyone else).

QuoteExalted Hell is a weird and wondrous place that, for the most part, doesn't affect Creation much. It's dangerous and generally unpleasant, but there are reasons to live there and you don't have to if you don't want to.

Weird and wondrous? Screaming winds that tear you apart, torture forests and flesh towers, lakes of acidic bile. Oh and the rulers are insane vengeful alien gods that have been stewing in their own madness for millennia?

Oh its and its true. Its not a place of suffering where you go if your corpse isn't handle correctly, constantly plotting to draw in more people.

That's the Underworld.

And then there's the Wyld.

Quote from: Nexus;883512The post that got me the one that says Godbound's setting is darker than Creation. Really? Creation is basically the WoD with a bigger sfx budget where everyone's an asshole and best predicated outcome is that it become the WoD. And its a constant bebate whether PCs can change that or not.



Isn't efficient, incredibly corrupt. Potato, Potahto. Its incredibly luxurious, if you were on the beings in power which currently include some of the most powerful Exalted Exalts in the setting most of which have a vested personal interest in see you dead (if you're a Solar) or kept well away (if you're practically anyone else).



Weird and wondrous? Screaming winds that tear you apart, torture forests and flesh towers, lakes of acidic bile. Oh and the rulers are insane vengeful alien gods that have been stewing in their own madness for millennia?

Oh its and its true. Its not a place of suffering where you go if your corpse isn't handle correctly, constantly plotting to draw in more people.

That's the Underworld.

And then there's the Wyld.

The self delusion is strong, eh?

Are we seriously replicating a "my crapsack world is crappier than your crapsack world" argument from the WW/OP forums?

:popcorn:

Quote from: The Butcher;883539Are we seriously replicating a "my crapsack world is crappier than your crapsack world" argument from the WW/OP forums?

:popcorn:

Apparently.