Quote from: Seanchai;386672It's not just forums, however. You can find people, in real life, disagreeing about all kinds of silly game-related minutia. It's not pretty. It's not attractive.

Seanchai

Quote from: DeadUematsu;386836You know, Windjammer, I would be totally wrong if people only bitched online. Except they don't. They in fact do it in person and having to explain this fact to you is kinda annoying.

Edit: Seanchai already caught this but it's good to emphasize since you quoted me and all.

Jesus Christ. You guys must play with fucking assholes.

Quote from: Seanchai;386672It's not just forums, however. You can find people, in real life, disagreeing about all kinds of silly game-related minutia. It's not pretty. It's not attractive.

Seanchai

This brings up something else for me.

In my online experience, there seems to be an impression that there is a vastly superior number of RPG players who are completely oblivious to gaming related websites and forums than those that are.  I don't know a huge volume of players, but I can't think of one out of the 30 or so I'm acquainted with who isn't familiar with a handful of gaming blogs, rpg.net, therpgsite, enworld or connected with a group of gamers through social media outlets.  

The gamer demographic form strong opinions and actively seek out these crisis points.  Seanchai is quite right in this one,  all manner of fucktards seem to gather at the local game store to air their complaints.  The tone and quality of the remarks very closely mirror what you see online.  I have no idea how the owner of the local game shops keeps his wits.

Not that this includes myself; I post here to avoid doing work.

Judging  by the smell the guys at my gaming store bitch with pheromones.

Quote from: Benoist;386837Jesus Christ. You guys must play with fucking assholes.

Where did anyone imply they actually gamed with these people?

Quote from: Angry_Douchebag;386838In my online experience, there seems to be an impression that there is a vastly superior number of RPG players who are completely oblivious to gaming related websites and forums than those that are.  I don't know a huge volume of players, but I can't think of one out of the 30 or so I'm acquainted with who isn't familiar with a handful of gaming blogs, rpg.net, therpgsite, enworld or connected with a group of gamers through social media outlets.

Most gamers I know in RL don't give a rat's ass about most if not all role playing websites, message boards and blogs.

I feel more and more blessed somehow.

Quote from: Abyssal Maw;386840Where did anyone imply they actually gamed with these people?

Well, they must at least have met these guys somewhere, right? So they at least eavesdrop on people talking gaming at the local store or something? I've never met guys like this personally, including when I walked into gaming stores in Vancouver. I just don't have any of that experience.

Quote from: Benoist;386843Well, they must at least have met these guys somewhere, right? So they at least eavesdrop on people talking gaming at the local store or something? I've never met guys like this personally, including when I walked into gaming stores in Vancouver. I just don't have any of that experience.

Benoist, every indication from nearly every conversation I've ever had with you indicates that you are one of these people.

Quote from: Abyssal Maw;386869Benoist, every indication from nearly every conversation I've ever had with you indicates that you are one of these people.

I'm not surprised you were itching for a fight.
I am not going to oblige.

Quote from: Benoist;386885I'm not surprised you were itching for a fight.
I am not going to oblige.

No, seriously! You are the guy that needs information about (for example) goblins busting through walls (WHEN! HOW!), or needs a very specific indicator about mechanics that you think are "disassociated" and are gravely offended by it. You are that fucking guy!

Quote from: Abyssal Maw;386897No, seriously! You are the guy that needs information about (for example) goblins busting through walls (WHEN! HOW!), or needs a very specific indicator about mechanics that you think are "disassociated" and are gravely offended by it. You are that fucking guy!

Keep digging dude. Make a show of yourself.

Quote from: Benoist;386898Keep digging dude. Make a show of yourself.

I'm not saying your'e an asshole- that was not my characterization, but I don't understand how you don't see it.

Quote from: Abyssal Maw;386899I'm not saying your'e an asshole- that was not my characterization, but I don't understand how you don't see it.

Bah. It'd be like me making judgment calls on how you treat your friends or behave yourself in good company based on the posts you make on these forums. I mean, I could, but in the end, I don't think that'd be very constructive.

I got to give it to you though: you could hold on the personal attacks for ONE day. Sort of.
Pretty cool. Must be a record or something.

Quote from: Benoist;386901I got to give it to you though: you could hold on the personal attacks for ONE day. Sort of.
Pretty cool. Must be a record or something.

We pumped xanax into his water supply at a rate of 1 part per 500 and were able to juuuuuuuuuust take the edge off.

Quote from: Benoist;386837Jesus Christ. You guys must play with fucking assholes.

Oh, these aren't people I play with. They're people like you - edition warriors; other self-important folks; people with nothing better to do that argue about who is more bad ass, Orcus or Lolth; people who are convinced they are arbiters of all that gaming should be - who happen to be hanging out at the FLGS, looking for people to latch on to and argue with.

Seanchai

Quote from: Abyssal Maw;386869Benoist, every indication from nearly every conversation I've ever had with you indicates that you are one of these people.

Har! I came to the same conclusion.

Seanchai