The nice thing about RPGgeek is the discussion tends to be about actual games, rather than theory-wank and edition warring.

Quote from: Omega;783370Aside from a large portion of the members having utterly no fucking clue what an RPG is. And the odd way they are listing games now... Its ok.

A large portion of their members are actually BGG members who are unsurprisingly board game focused.  BGG and RPGG share user accounts and are essentially the same site.  But maybe that's not what you were talking about.

Quote from: Haffrung;783397The nice thing about RPGgeek is the discussion tends to be about actual games, rather than theory-wank and edition warring.

This is true in my experience as well, although I can name a couple of bad actors right off the top of my head.  But when I do it, I realize the list is so relatively short compared to other places.

Quote from: Natty Bodak;783412A large portion of their members are actually BGG members who are unsurprisingly board game focused.  BGG and RPGG share user accounts and are essentially the same site.  But maybe that's not what you were talking about.

And it also has Video Game Geek - VGG. The Geek, it is my go to for a catalog of games and reviews of games, it is the best place.

Quote from: trechriron;776091Optimize = Ostracized.

I LOVE IT.

QuoteAlso, I appreciate all the "reaching across the isle" for optimizer Twinks, but I stand firmly against the lot of you. I don't want you near my game. You ruin every table you sit at. I don't care about the philosophical debate, I have hard actual experience that proves you are a poison to the game (just watch the temper tantrums. Who the fuck wants to play with Temper Tantrum Kid?). Baby Jesus invented video games JUST FOR YOU. Go Twink out someplace else.

Even in my schadenfreude thread I couldn't quite say it like this, but damn if that doesn't sum up my position.

Twinks can suck it.

Quote from: Sacrosanct;776075Just roll up the character you want and play the damn game already.


That's my opinion

Sorry about that, can't help it.

Quote from: Monster Manuel;783417I LOVE IT.



Even in my schadenfreude thread I couldn't quite say it like this, but damn if that doesn't sum up my position.

Twinks can suck it.

I came to  the conclusion years ago that it's best to let a prospective player create whatever character he or she wants. If it's outrageously out of line with the game I'm running, that gives a heads-up right away that we're not a good match. The player's response to being informed of this can confirm that, or indicate good sportsmanship and more flexible preferences than may at first  have been apparent.

There are people who have "done as the Romans do" and learned to regard that approach as a norm, but are not averse to trying something different. Sometimes, they even relish being given permission to roll up a character instead of building one, but it doesn't sink in on the first go.

Just ignore the threads. I'm enjoying 5E and thats what I'm doing.

Quote from: Natty Bodak;783414This is true in my experience as well, although I can name a couple of bad actors right off the top of my head.  But when I do it, I realize the list is so relatively short compared to other places.

Very true. You tend to see some fractioning if one edition is really different from another. But mostly minor grumbles at best. If even that.