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I just left r/OSR after joining it a week ago. Is OSR community like this everywhere?

Started by K9ine, July 15, 2020, 04:16:44 PM

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K9ine

#15
July 15, 2020, 05:40:01 PM
Lamentations of the Flame Princess drew my eye. Its what made me interested in OSR in the first place. There seemed to be a lot of creativity in it, even if it got a bit eye-rolling at times.

Omega

#16
July 15, 2020, 05:55:58 PM
Quote from: Spinachcat;1140037Dragonsfoot has an okay OSR community and you won't find the Reddit idiocy getting much traction. However, it's primarily focused on AD&D Revival (the whole reason for the forum's original creation) and some of them aren't OSR friendly, but plenty of OSR authors can be found posting there (and here).

Dragonsfoot has its own host of problems mostly unrelated to wokeness. LEast so far. I found the place just came across as somehow not right in feel. Akin to how you can feel over on BGG. Theres something wrong. But its not blatant usually.

Razor 007

#17
July 15, 2020, 05:56:39 PM
Do check out Dungeon Crawl Classics.  It's a very unique system.  It has it's own crazy gonzo stuff going on.
I need you to roll a perception check.....

Omega

#18
July 15, 2020, 05:59:39 PM
Quote from: K9ine;1140044Lamentations of the Flame Princess drew my eye. Its what made me interested in OSR in the first place. There seemed to be a lot of creativity in it, even if it got a bit eye-rolling at times.

I think the eye rolling was intentional? And not necessarily a bad thing. Check out some of Venger Satanis' stuff for exemplar examples of that approach. The Islands of Purple-Haunted Putrescence!!!

Spinachcat

#19
July 15, 2020, 06:04:26 PM
Second vote for Venger's Islands! My favorite OSR setting.

Quote from: Omega;1140050Dragonsfoot has its own host of problems mostly unrelated to wokeness.

Agreed. It's an okay forum, but my take on the "not right in feel" is too much focus on nostalgia which makes me wonder how many of their members are still playing. There's no reason AD&D1e can't be fully alive and wondrously engaging at your table, even when running ancient modules. But too often, I get the sense many active DFers aren't active players.

Or maybe the problem is its run by an Englishman? Everyone knows the BEST RPG forums are created by Shitlords in Uruguay!!! :D

FingerRod

#20
July 15, 2020, 06:43:30 PM
I am leaving it as well. The mod over there just promised to ban anybody talking about any product made by Zak S.

Don't get me wrong, I don't have a nice thing to say about the guy, but I'm not down for censorship, or what our lord protector is calling 'editorial control'. Here is the link: https://www.reddit.com/r/osr/comments/hrui7u/announcement_starting_now_there_will_be_a_ban_on/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=ios_app&utm_name=iossmf

I put up with that place as long as I could because it is super convenient to use the reddit app, but shame on me for being lazy. I have no doubt this is only the start as they will never fill the empty void compelling them to find their next witch to burn.

I have lurked here for quite a while. I enjoy your perspective and open dialog. I have been playing RPGs since early 80s, and some of the most interesting people I have met throughout my life has been because of this hobby. Hello World.

TJS

#21
July 15, 2020, 06:51:28 PM Last Edit: July 15, 2020, 06:54:09 PM by TJS
Vornheim is really pretty important to the OSR.

Whether or not it is a good product (in some ways yes, in a lot of ways no), it inspired a lot what followed, including really good stuff like Yoon Suin.

So if you can't talk about it then there's this strange gap in OSR history, you need to try and talk your way around.

Edit: I see it's not censorship but "editorial control".  Does that mean that if we produce content for the subreddit they will pay us?

FingerRod

#22
July 15, 2020, 06:57:42 PM
I have it, but never ran it. It was too much work trying to get through the form to get to the function. Having said that, there were some really cool parts, including the drop tables, and I recognize the importance of it (and also A Red and Pleasant Land).

SavageSchemer

#23
July 15, 2020, 07:02:26 PM
Quote from: TJS;1140068Edit: I see it's not censorship but "editorial control".  Does that mean that if we produce content for the subreddit they will pay us?

Yeah I saw that too. I'd say the lack of intellectual integrity is shocking, but...it's Reddit. So, not really. What they're exercising is, by definition, censorship. At least have the balls to own it.
The more clichéd my group plays their characters, the better. I don't want Deep Drama™ and Real Acting™ in the precious few hours away from my family and job. I want cheap thrills, constant action, involved-but-not-super-complex plots, and cheesy but lovable characters.
From "Play worlds, not rules"

K9ine

#24
July 15, 2020, 07:12:56 PM
Yeah I think some of it is intentional. In the core book I think the author said that "To enjoy this game you must either be very mature or willfully juvenile" that got a laugh out of me.

K9ine

#25
July 15, 2020, 07:14:09 PM
Quote from: Omega;1140052I think the eye rolling was intentional? And not necessarily a bad thing. Check out some of Venger Satanis' stuff for exemplar examples of that approach. The Islands of Purple-Haunted Putrescence!!!

Yeah I think some of it is intentional. In the core book I think the author said that "To enjoy this game you must either be very mature or willfully juvenile" that got a laugh out of me.

K9ine

#26
July 15, 2020, 07:18:23 PM
Quote from: FingerRod;1140065I am leaving it as well. The mod over there just promised to ban anybody talking about any product made by Zak S.

Don't get me wrong, I don't have a nice thing to say about the guy, but I'm not down for censorship, or what our lord protector is calling 'editorial control'. Here is the link: https://www.reddit.com/r/osr/comments/hrui7u/announcement_starting_now_there_will_be_a_ban_on/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=ios_app&utm_name=iossmf

I put up with that place as long as I could because it is super convenient to use the reddit app, but shame on me for being lazy. I have no doubt this is only the start as they will never fill the empty void compelling them to find their next witch to burn.

I have lurked here for quite a while. I enjoy your perspective and open dialog. I have been playing RPGs since early 80s, and some of the most interesting people I have met throughout my life has been because of this hobby. Hello World.

In my opinion Zak S is just one of the piranhas that got turned on by his own swarm, he reaped what he has sown. I don't like him either, but the way he is treated still pisses me off.

insubordinate polyhedral

#27
July 15, 2020, 07:58:41 PM
Welcome to TheRPGSite! This place is pretty snazzy. I have enjoyed my time bumming around the OSR community and I think that you will find it is a pretty decent group. Reddit's just not what it used to be, sadly, but there's still plenty of good stuff elsewhere.

If you want cool gaming stuff, check out all the threads in the main forum here. If you veer into politics in the main forum, stick to how politics relate to RPGs. I'm pretty hyped about Delving Deeper at the moment, the beautifully well done 0e clone being discussed.

If you want to be depressed/talk general politics, well, there's spirited discussion about how the world's going to shit in The RPGPundit's Own Forum https://www.therpgsite.com/forumdisplay.php?4-The-RPGPundit-s-Own-Forum

Anyway hi, welcome, etc. :D

Theory of Games

#28
July 15, 2020, 09:14:14 PM
The OSR is about creating your own game system.

That only.

You have an idea that the OSR is something else. No.

You think it's about RAW but it's really about RAI.

Rules as guidelines, not rules as written.

Grow up.
TTRPGs are just games. Friends are forever.

Arkansan

#29
July 15, 2020, 10:54:29 PM
You might also check out the OD&D forums, https://odd74.proboards.com/. Finarvyn runs a tight ship and the signal to noise ratio of the conversation is excellent.
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