Quote from: HackmastergeneralConsonant

If you're going to let the actions of other people dictate your life to you, man, I don't know.

I enjoyed your posts on the .net.  I mean, do what you will, if it bothers you that much, I guess you've got better things to do.

Don't worry, man. It's not really about letting others dictate my life. These forums are communities. I'm there because of the people. Sometimes, you get to a point where you don't feel as comfortable.

I didn't leave RPG.net with a tantrum. My account is active, I'll keep on browsing and may even post occasionally (I've done so once already, because it was directly related to me). Right now, I'm giving this website a chance because it looks a bit more ecclectic to me.

I've loved RPG.net, especially a few years ago. And you can't beat the sheer number. Right now I'm just not comfortable and I don't feel my input is valuable over there. There are still some kickass individuals over there but many of them post here anyway

Well its all about you and what you feel, man.

If you can interact with people you like here, and feel comfortable, thats whats most important.

Cheers!

All forums have a life span. They just do. The key, to me, is to enjoy them while they're on the upswing.

My answer is no place. I have been an unregistered lurker of some of the sites listed above but nothing compelled me to start an account(until you magnificent bastards). I have been a forum regular on other non rpg sites.

But the cross forum politics intrigues me now. How do you stereotype the more popular rpg forums for a complete outsider? Be as biased or fair as you want. Hell make it funny if you can.

Quote from: Consonant DudeI don't know what it means for others but for *me*, it means RPG.net has lost its magic and its primary mission.

Yeah.

I post here because this place is a lot like RPGNet was about two or three years ago, before the mods got into their heads to promote harmony and inclusion above all instead of interesting discussion, and before site policy was increasingly being dictated by the needs of the Tangency attention whore community.

My interests being in traditional games, and esp. old school D&D, I also feel alienated by the heavy Forge spillover, even though I don't share Pundit's hatred for it. As many of these types don't game, they have a lot of time to post, and have made Open a lot less interesting than it used to be - especially since vigorous discussion (a.k.a. flamewars ) is discouraged.

Meh. I still go there and participate in the odd thread, but it has indeed lost the magic. More power to those who like it, I guess.

Quote from: HackmastergeneralThe biggest problem I have isn't with D&D haters, its with Rules Cyclopedia grognards who are constantly trumpeting the superiority of RC over 3.X, and any discussion of the latter, they try to swing to the former.

Damn straight, RC is inferior to Moldvay-Cook and Original AD&D!

RC is in no way superiour. It´s the foundation upon which 3.5 is built: solid, honest, high craftsmanship.

But the actual skyscraper, that´s 3.5.