Hello everyone!
Me and a friend of mine have recently started a gaming-first OSR tabletop Discord server.
The community is very relaxed, with a lot of discussions around mechanics how to run an OSR game and the worldbuilding that goes with it.
We have some prominent creators, and we hope to get more soon!
Discord Link (https://discord.gg/gM7qXjKqsV)
Apologies but I'm painfully allergic to Discord. They always end up infiltrated by people of alternative genders who ruin communities and cause drama. And I'd rather not participate as it makes me sneeze.
I have people on Reddit saying it will be a right-wing cesspit and you are saying it will be a left-wing cesspit.
So I guess it will just be a cesspit.
I'm on this discord and it's crazy active for how recent it is. The rules are succinct, clear, and logical. I have a feeling it's got a lot of people who left reddit in disgust.
The Hyperborea discord has had much success and keeping politics out. I've been there a year and I can only recall one obvious ban (a he/they who had a long political screed that you had to agree to to join his/their little game). Gone and not missed.
So it is possible.
I have a good feeling about this new OSR discord.
My 2 cents.
You actually can keep it from becoming a cesspit, but it requires very active moderation. I read a thread here yesterday that discussed a discord that was doing it right, but I can't recall which one. Good luck in any case
Quote from: King Tyranno on November 08, 2023, 12:42:03 PM
Apologies but I'm painfully allergic to Discord. They always end up infiltrated by people of alternative genders who ruin communities and cause drama. And I'd rather not participate as it makes me sneeze.
You're definitely in the wrong rooms! fortunately, I rarely experience that!
Hrm. I haven't joined this discord yet, but my first instinct was to call you out as a bad actor.
Here's you on reddit right?
https://www.reddit.com/r/TheOSR/comments/17ngiqb/a_new_osr_discord/
https://www.reddit.com/user/ScholarchSorcerous
But whatever. Anyway, I'll check it out some day I think. Discord hides discussion and keeps it from being properly archived and referenced though- imagine if dragonsfoot was a discord, imagine how bad that would be for older games today.
Discord is a nightmare to use. I've tried with discussions and scheduling for my various gaming groups, and every time I get pissed off and stop using it.
Good luck with your new server!
I don't have a problem with Discord in the servers that I participate in (mostly about gaming, 3d printing etc.), and indeed use them for gaming in general.
OSR on the other hand? Less of an interest in that, though I did recently buy Cities Without Number (that's OSR, right?).
Yep, a totally pointless post by me. Except the bit where I say good luck with the new server, because I do mean that.
I'm kind of puzzled by the folks with bad experiences with discord. I haven't used it to try to play an rpg, but I've used it for plenty of other things, and it was always easy. What were the problems?
Thanks everyone for the kind words.
I find the majority of Discords overwhelming, as a jumbled sensory overload.
You can turn it into more of an IRC-esque experience through the settings menu: https://discord.onl/how-to-change-discords-appearance-theme/
Quote from: Venka on November 08, 2023, 06:32:03 PM
Hrm. I haven't joined this discord yet, but my first instinct was to call you out as a bad actor.
Here's you on reddit right?
https://www.reddit.com/r/TheOSR/comments/17ngiqb/a_new_osr_discord/
https://www.reddit.com/user/ScholarchSorcerous
But whatever. Anyway, I'll check it out some day I think. Discord hides discussion and keeps it from being properly archived and referenced though- imagine if dragonsfoot was a discord, imagine how bad that would be for older games today.
That is indeed me.
I completely agree on the archival problems. I highly recommend starting a blog or thread on your forum of choice if something needs to be long-term.
Discord is good for faster paced conversations.
Quote from: Mishihari on November 08, 2023, 03:28:40 PM
You actually can keep it from becoming a cesspit, but it requires very active moderation. I read a thread here yesterday that discussed a discord that was doing it right, but I can't recall which one. Good luck in any case
Discords with relatively strong "no politics" rules:
The Arcane Library / Shadowdark - https://discord.gg/thearcanelibrary
North Wind Adventures / Hyperborea - https://discord.gg/jpbJU7W
Autarch / Adventurer Conqueror King System - https://discord.gg/cRpNcse2kv
Discords that allow political discussion but with reasonable moderation:
Necrotic Gnome - https://discord.gg/YprM5nq
Tenkar's Tavern - https://discord.gg/fReGmuD
Quote from: Mishihari on November 09, 2023, 12:20:06 AM
I'm kind of puzzled by the folks with bad experiences with discord. I haven't used it to try to play an rpg, but I've used it for plenty of other things, and it was always easy. What were the problems?
Speaking for myself, some quick examples-
I used Discord for raid scheduling in my WoW guild. The plugins they used kept changing, and the ways to get accepted changed. I'd sign up for a raid, never get invited, and found out months later that I was getting some kind of query from another... something that I was not seeing and never clicked to confirm my spec for the raid, thus never getting fully signed up.
Using it recently for organizing our Twilight Imperium sessions (IRL board game) I went to the site, and it's just channels and never ending scrolling text on those channels. I can't find anything I go to look for. It's frustrating because people will ask questions or join up for a session, and it will be on Discord and I can't find what they're talking about.
Quote from: Ratman_tf on November 09, 2023, 04:16:34 AM
Speaking for myself, some quick examples-
I used Discord for raid scheduling in my WoW guild. The plugins they used kept changing, and the ways to get accepted changed. I'd sign up for a raid, never get invited, and found out months later that I was getting some kind of query from another... something that I was not seeing and never clicked to confirm my spec for the raid, thus never getting fully signed up.
Using it recently for organizing our Twilight Imperium sessions (IRL board game) I went to the site, and it's just channels and never ending scrolling text on those channels. I can't find anything I go to look for. It's frustrating because people will ask questions or join up for a session, and it will be on Discord and I can't find what they're talking about.
We are set up as a community server, so you should have the option to hide channels.
I joined your Discord. Looks good so far.
A quick rule that works for me with new Discords is to open the member list. If you see a bunch of pronouns listed by people's usernames, then the politics of the server skew heavily leftwards.
Quote from: Mishihari on November 09, 2023, 12:20:06 AM
I'm kind of puzzled by the folks with bad experiences with discord. I haven't used it to try to play an rpg, but I've used it for plenty of other things, and it was always easy. What were the problems?
Discord is its own private universe, and there's a central authority that can use it to enforce their will on you. Why is no one making like, a matrix instead? Sure, Element or whatever isn't as powerful as Discord, but at least it's your own thing instead of some central authority having veto power.
If you don't care about that, and the fact that Discord is just one company with a huge amount of power, then yea, it's fine.
Anyway, don't you think it's strange that there's all these leftwing discords and subreddits, with mods that deliberately do a march through anything with enough users, and the competition is always "here's this little place where we discuss just gaming, no politics"? That's weird to me. Because those little places never add up in user totals to the places the political guys took over. A regular guy is gonna land on /r/OSR before /r/TheOSR or /r/openOsr or whatever. Just odd.
Quote from: Klytus on November 09, 2023, 04:21:39 PM
A quick rule that works for me with new Discords is to open the member list. If you see a bunch of pronouns listed by people's usernames, then the politics of the server skew heavily leftwards.
Truth.
We're nearly at 200 members and the conversations are going fast and strong.
Quote from: Scholarch on November 08, 2023, 01:08:42 PM
I have people on Reddit saying it will be a right-wing cesspit...
Yes but those people called Twitter Far-Right; back when they could say anything they wanted, while anyone right of Mao was banned. They're the people that say mainstream media is Far-Right, when it marches in lock-step with their every ideological stance.
Meanwhile people like me worry about RPG Discord servers going Far-Left because the majority of them are covered with pronouns and BLM fists.
Quote from: Grognard GM on November 12, 2023, 09:59:56 AM
Yes but those people called Twitter Far-Right; back when they could say anything they wanted, while anyone right of Mao was banned. They're the people that say mainstream media is Far-Right, when it marches in lock-step with their every ideological stance.
Meanwhile people like me worry about RPG Discord servers going Far-Left because the majority of them are covered with pronouns and BLM fists.
Okay.
If you're worried about joining a server that has people with pronouns in their name or BLM fists, then don't join us.
If you're worried about joining a server where you have to hold your tongue, then don't join us.
If you
want a broad church and politically neutral tabletop Discord, then do join us.
link dead or invalid can you maybe make a perma link? its not that hard bruh
Quote from: Scholarch on November 08, 2023, 01:08:42 PMI have people on Reddit saying it will be a right-wing cesspit and you are saying it will be a left-wing cesspit.
So I guess it will just be a cesspit.
...But an Equal Opportunity Cesspit!
Quote from: Ratman_tf on November 08, 2023, 08:36:03 PMDiscord is a nightmare to use. I've tried with discussions and scheduling for my various gaming groups, and every time I get pissed off and stop using it.
The problem with discord is its in reality one really fucking long communal email message. No threads, no nothing, just a long fucking email message.
Quote from: honeydipperdavid on July 10, 2024, 01:35:06 PMQuote from: Ratman_tf on November 08, 2023, 08:36:03 PMDiscord is a nightmare to use. I've tried with discussions and scheduling for my various gaming groups, and every time I get pissed off and stop using it.
The problem with discord is its in reality one really fucking long communal email message. No threads, no nothing, just a long fucking email message.
yeah...
Heh. Nice way of saying it's left wing and will be filled with nonsense.
Quote from: Jason Coplen on July 10, 2024, 03:28:28 PMHeh. Nice way of saying it's left wing and will be filled with nonsense.
Greetings!
Yeah, my friend! Members having their fucking Commissar-approved pronouns listed with their names, and scum BLM Fists? I'm definitely, absolutely not interested in joining such a cesspool Discord.
To me, it speaks *volumes* that the clown that runs the Discord is just happy as fucking peaches to have members with their degenerate pronouns and BLM Fists attached and advertised. He's just *fine* with that BS, but YOU had better "Hold your tongue".
Geesus. I'm lighting up a cigar after reading that BS. *Laughing*
Semper Fidelis,
SHARK
Friends don't let friends use Discord
Hold your tongue, leatherneck! We don't say woke snowflake here. Look at all the members with pronouns and BLM fists into having sex with furries and little kids. Be nice. We're all bitches here and can't handle different opinions. Oh, ad don't call us obese either. We can't be wrong with the amount of dimwitted people into our causes.
Pathetic as fuck!
As THE_Leopold said in his post right below yours - friends don't let friends use discord. I think that's the company that will throw you off their service for thought crimes made elsewhere. It's basically reddit divorced from a web browser.
I tried the Discord link, it opened up the Discord app, and then...nothing. Tried again and got an invalid invite link message. No idea if that's a problem with the server or on my side somewhere.
Quote from: DUCATISLO on July 10, 2024, 11:19:28 AMlink dead or invalid can you maybe make a perma link? its not that hard bruh
Necroing a thread about a discord that has been dead for months. Well done.
Here's the reddit thread about it that was pinned for several months.
https://www.reddit.com/r/TheOSR/comments/17ngiqb/a_new_osr_discord/
>Considering the old OSR Discord has previously had serious accusations against their moderators, I think it is important to start over fresh.
AND that's what happens when you let in clowns with pronouns and BLM fists in their biopics.
How.
Not.
Shocking.
BUT more important, here are questions for everybody!!
1) Are there any good OSR Discords? I've heard the Mork Borg one began kewl and then became an inredeemable retard zone.
2) Are there any Discords you enjoy which are better organized than "one long email chain"?
I think this discord crashed and burned a few months ago.
Quote from: Venka on July 10, 2024, 05:00:32 PMNecroing a thread about a discord that has been dead for months. Well done.
Here's the reddit thread about it that was pinned for several months.
https://www.reddit.com/r/TheOSR/comments/17ngiqb/a_new_osr_discord/
thx bro
So what did happen to that Discord OSR server?
Did it get infiltrated left or right? Or did it just putter out?
Probably it didn't attract enough attention or wasn't active, and the owner deleted it. It's weird that such a thread got bumped.
Quote from: Cathode Ray on July 12, 2024, 06:43:48 AMIt's weird that such a thread got bumped.
Popped up in a search and new poster asked what happened since its DOA. An actually valid question really.
Quote from: honeydipperdavid on July 10, 2024, 01:35:06 PMQuote from: Ratman_tf on November 08, 2023, 08:36:03 PMDiscord is a nightmare to use. I've tried with discussions and scheduling for my various gaming groups, and every time I get pissed off and stop using it.
The problem with discord is its in reality one really fucking long communal email message. No threads, no nothing, just a long fucking email message.
My experience with Discord is as follows. We play on Roll20 and the video chat has been sketchy, really sketchy. One of the players set up a Discord and sent us invites. We do video chat through the discord and play on Roll20 with the videochat turned off and everything has gone smoothly since. I've not explored Discord as a forum or anything but it's been very helpful as a video chat.
I have done text only sessions on Discord. Not much different from online site chat based sessions. Just need a dice roller plugin usually for Discord.