Official Amber/Erick Wujcik Forum?

[Settembrini]

Definitely! That would be very interesting.
Especially if it would be about the whole Wujcik-verse.

[UmaSama]

..., opinions and observations about my day job (digital games), ...

That would be awesome, to have a game developer running a subforum about video games.

[ColonelHardisson]

To answer a lot of the questions...

The idea is that Erick Wujcik (that's me) would moderate the forum, just as RPGPundit moderates 'The RPGPundit's Own Forum' - albeit with a tad less venom.

Amber Diceless would be one of the subjects, but I'd also weigh on in other subjects of the day, including perspectives on role-playing games in general, opinions and observations about my day job (digital games), and other stuff.

With a heavy dose of talk about my various experimental games. The kind of thing I run for friends, or at conventions and other outings, ranging from my 'Hard Science RPGs' to various role-playing systems and scenarios.

Your opinions?

Erick

Erick Wujcik
//www.47rpg.com

Well, hell, see, if I'd known what Pundit was getting at was that you'd be personally involved, then that would've been a different story. In that case, I think it'd be cool.

[Levi Kornelsen]

The idea is that Erick Wujcik (that's me) would moderate the forum, just as RPGPundit moderates 'The RPGPundit's Own Forum' - albeit with a tad less venom.

"Erick's Own Forum"?

I'd read that.  That would rock.

[Balbinus]

Since it would be Erick's own forum I'm up for that.

That said, I really agree with Blakkie's original post, a bit more posting about games we love like Amber or Space 1889 (both of which I know Pundit is into) and a bit less bashing the Borg would make this a better place for me.

Bashing games I don't care about doesn't really get me going, talking about how great Space 1889 is though works every time.

[Mr. Analytical]

Yeah, the multi-thread Borgstrom obsession isn't particularly pleasant.

[One Horse Town]

I think it would be great for any RPG forum to have something like this. A nice feather to have in the RPGsite's cap!

[Sosthenes]

We'll have to see, but this doesn't exactly look like the most fertile ground for discussions, so a blog would probably be better suited to that endeavor.

[Imperator]

I would be interested in a sub-forum run by Mr.Wucjik.

[JongWK]

Since it would be Erick's own forum I'm up for that.

That said, I really agree with Blakkie's original post, a bit more posting about games we love like Amber or Space 1889 (both of which I know Pundit is into) and a bit less bashing the Borg would make this a better place for me.

Bashing games I don't care about doesn't really get me going, talking about how great Space 1889 is though works every time.

I agree with Balbinus that a little more love and a little less hate would be far better.

Also, ColonelHardisson is right about misreading Pundit this time--his OP was confusing given the recent Borg threads.

As to "Erick's Own Forum", I give it a HELL YEAH!

[RPGPundit]

Hah hah!

You all underestimated the Pundit, didn't you? Didn't you??

Erick and I have been talking about this for a long time; its something I've wanted to do here almost since the beginning, but I wanted to wait till we passed the 1000-member mark, and till Erick was at the end of his Job-search to do it.

I'm not suggesting making this board because there ALREADY is a ton of talk about Amber, or about Erick, but because I WANT there to be more talk about these things, and I want people that like these things coming here to write and participate.

Since GoO shut down, there really hasn't been an official and recognized forum for Amber DRPG, and as far as I know, there's never been a forum dedicated to Mr.Wujcik and his works (Erick can correct me on that if I'm wrong).

The point is, I don't care if the swine start up a million billion threads about Nobilis, it would NEVER have a subforum here.  
Amber and Erick merit a subforum for two reasons:
1. Unlike Mz. Borgstrom, Erick Wujcik is a friend and an active participant in this site, who's presence here is something that no doubt adds legitimacy to theRPGsite.

2. Mr. Wujcik's games (be they Amber, TMNT, Mystic China, etc) and his philosophy of gaming, embody the ideological position of this board (of games being fun and of substance), whereas Nobilis is pretty well the polar opposite ideology (of style over substance and pretentiousness over fun).

Note that there are a lot of other RPG authors who participate here, both big-time guys like Mike Mearls, and smaller-time guys like the gang at Better Mousetrap games.  I'm not suggesting that Mr.Wujcik is more important to this site than they are.  The only reason he's going to get his own subforum here is because as far as I know there isn't one already present dedicated to Mr.Wujcik and the Amber RPG, whereas the others already have their own stuff going on; and also obviously due to the very personal impact Mr.Wujcik's games have had on my development.

Now, if any other bigger-name gaming author is reading this and would be similarly interested in having his own special forum dedicated to him (Mike? Mr. Gygax?), just send me a PM and we'll talk!

Meanwhile, keep your eyes open. The new forum will be up sometime after I get back from vacation.  It might be a little slow at first, but I'm sure that, especially advertising at places like Amber fansites and the Palladium boards, we'll end up having, as someone said "a feather on our caps" with the addition of this new feature to the forums.

RPGPundit

[The Yann Waters]

The point is, I don't care if the swine start up a million billion threads about Nobilis, it would NEVER have a subforum here.

Er... Sorry, but aren't you the one who does that? I certainly haven't started any of those.

[Sosthenes]

Well, if this is done as a forum, one should be able to expect that I could write questions and that the likelihood of receiving an answer is moderately high.

If it's just Erick writing about stuff and we unwashed masses comment on that, I don't see a reason why this couldn't be done as a normal weblog.

If it's just talking about his stuff, I think the normal forum will suffice. I don't see a huge influx of TMNT fans out there who're just waiting out there like dead baseball players.

(Not that there is _that_ big a difference between some forums and blogs, as this site shows)

[Settembrini]

No need to say anything about what Nobilis is not that Amber or Erick are. Erick is cool on so many levels, he doesn´t need a comparison.

Apart from that:

Ultra Awesome Move!

[RPGPundit]

Well, if this is done as a forum, one should be able to expect that I could write questions and that the likelihood of receiving an answer is moderately high.

If it's just Erick writing about stuff and we unwashed masses comment on that, I don't see a reason why this couldn't be done as a normal weblog.

If it's just talking about his stuff, I think the normal forum will suffice. I don't see a huge influx of TMNT fans out there who're just waiting out there like dead baseball players.

(Not that there is _that_ big a difference between some forums and blogs, as this site shows)

No no, it will be Erick writing about stuff, AND everyone else writing about stuff. It'll be a place to start and write in threads about Amber, TMNT, Mystic China, or anything else Erick was involved in; as well as a place where Erick can talk about his upcoming projects, and start threads about general topics or GM advice.

RPGPundit