Quote from: Levi Kornelsen;414200Petty, backbiting tribalism and spite are poisonous to large and relatively diverse communities, and thus don't belong on RPGnet, where I moderate.

Ahahahaha ahaha ahahaha ha. Ha. Like, Tangency? Or pretty much all the rest? :rolleyes:

I assumed he was just posting comedically. I mean, he's Canadian, not American, so he understands irony.

Rpg.net tangency is indeed a festering shithole. You'd better be one with the groupmind if you post there.

Quote from: Kyle Aaron;414279I assumed he was just posting comedically. I mean, he's Canadian, not American, so he understands irony.

He may also be handing out comedy bans for all I know. That would be quite subversive.

Quote from: Melan;414319He may also be handing out comedy bans for all I know. That would be quite subversive.

You mean like on 4chan? "NEXT POSTER WHO POSTS A MESSAGE WITH AN ID THAT ENDS IN 0 IS BANNED"

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Quote from: Levi Kornelsen;414200Petty, backbiting tribalism and spite are poisonous to large and relatively diverse communities, and thus don't belong on RPGnet, where I moderate.

That don't mean I don't like that bitter-almond taste.  Is that ironic?  Yeah, probably.

But I came here to see a thing, and that thing isn't going to happen; I chatted with the fellow in question elsewhere.  So, maybe in a few months, I'll swing by again for another dose.  I'm sure you'll still have it on tap.

You, your site, your moderators, your attitude is a joke. You lot need to get a fucking life. You represent the worst aspects of gaming. Your hypocrisy is staggering and your facile trolling laughable. Piss off somewhere else, perhaps back to where you moderate you dopey cunt.

I agree completely with GW. RPGNet is a fucking joke, and makes gamers look like a bunch of freaks. I couldn't imagine just being curious about rpg's, finding that site and joining, and then looking at Tangency.

Quote from: danbuter;414332I agree completely with GW. RPGNet is a fucking joke, and makes gamers look like a bunch of freaks. I couldn't imagine just being curious about rpg's, finding that site and joining, and then looking at Tangency.

Oh it's not just tangency.

Give me a robust discussion any day, rather than the pussyfooting enforced by the mind games of a small geek clique that happens to run a popular website. Fucking joke, the lot of them.

Somebody compared RPGnet to 4chan light at some point. That's actually quite accurate, thinking about the "weirdness" factor some of its discussions exude in abundance.

Now, now - RPG.net is a perfectly inclusive and free-thinking website for LGBTQGNSPETALIBDEMAFLCIOUNHRCCPUSAOMGWTFBBQ types. We should applaud them in their inclusivity, and probably give them a cookie, so long as it is the gluten, dairy, and egg-free variety.

The rest of us, GTFO, or they will GUTFO for us.

I do find it hilarious that right now on their "trouble tickets" forum, Levi is running a 22-page discussion about how to deal with people who abuse the moderation system on RPG.net, by provoking others and being passive aggressive so that the other guy blows up and gets banned.  Everyone on the thread seems to acknowledge this is a real phenomenon, and that there are "masters of the art" who routinely make it a point of passive-aggressively destroying some other poster.   The really funny thing is how they're all pulling their hair out about how to do this, and the general opinion is "more rules!" "more warnings!", "more bans!".

None of them fucking get it that the toxic atmosphere there is BECAUSE of the rules, warnings and bans.  The problem is because there are certain assholes who are allowed to get away with it because they play the social rules of the clique, and others who are banned because either their position or their way of expressing their position is not what the "in crowd" have deemed the hip way to act.

You want to create a non-toxic environment, where people won't engage in this passive aggressive shit and create a repressive environment full of informants, agents provocateurs, and members constantly terrified of watching their speech to avoid the ban? Here's a crazy idea: Allow free speech. Suddenly the passive-aggresive shitfuckers are toothless.

Yes, its not as hip and it makes it harder for you all to pretend that you're sensitive metrosexual progressives. But its honest, and real, and it continues to work over here despite YEARS of the RPG.net mods trying to claim that this kind of setup would never work.

RPGPundit

Quote from: RPGPundit;414350None of them fucking get it that the toxic atmosphere there is BECAUSE of the rules, warnings and bans.  The problem is because there are certain assholes who are allowed to get away with it because they play the social rules of the clique, and others who are banned because either their position or their way of expressing their position is not what the "in crowd" have deemed the hip way to act.

You want to create a non-toxic environment, where people won't engage in this passive aggressive shit and create a repressive environment full of informants, agents provocateurs, and members constantly terrified of watching their speech to avoid the ban? Here's a crazy idea: Allow free speech. Suddenly the passive-aggresive shitfuckers are toothless.

Quoted for motherfucking Truth.

If I wasn't already banned, I'd post Pundit's post in the Trouble Tickets. And then I'd get permabanned for referencing a banned poster. Even though he makes a ton of sense.

Levi, I didn't know you re-joined them. Alas, what a weak show.
Bannings? Really?

Quote from: Settembrini;414378Levi, I didn't know you re-joined them. Alas, what a weak show.
Bannings? Really?

Sett,

 He never left 'them'.

...and now he is a moderator turtle on the Big Purple.


- Ed C.