rpg.net forums down

[Werekoala]

The real test will be if they also clipped all the Tangency Open posts from before December 12th, 2006. That'll show what they think is important

Was that your offical Drop Dead Date?

[el diablo robotico]

Out of curiosity, how many people over here were permabanned over there?

[Ian Absentia]

At this point?

Domain squatting, basically, without intent to sell.

And the furry little albino gets it in one.

!i!

[Aegypto]

Yeah, nuking the cesspool that is tangency would solve the problem but, as Balbinus said, the official position of the administration and moderators over there is that they are not a roleplaying community.

That's not my impression, at least - pretty much every post I've read by Cessna adressing the issue stressed that it was a forum for discussing rpgs.

[The Yann Waters]

On another note, when the forums crashed there was a note over in Trouble Tickets saying Jared Sorensen was "gone for good". I assume this means permabanned. I wonder what that clown did this time.

Once the forums come back, check that "Nazis Are Munchkins" thread at RP Open. Sorensen suddenly started claiming that the jokes in the thread are against the guidelines of the forum, and when the mods wanted to know exactly what the problem was, he began quoting the rules along with comments like "consider this your warning" and "my mod voice is black".

[Aegypto]

At this point?

Domain squatting, basically, without intent to sell.

Well, they added a gaming index a few months ago, which has been expanded since then. That doesn't really fit with the idea of domain squatting - if that was the case, they wouldn't need to add anything new.

(They're still getting reviews for the archive on a weekly basis, too. And while Tangency is taking the lion's share of the traffic, the gaming related forums still see a good amount of it).

[Consonant Dude]

That's not my impression, at least - pretty much every post I've read by Cessna adressing the issue stressed that it was a forum for discussing rpgs.

It's not a matter of impressions. It's the official position. Stressed several times in Trouble Tickets in clear, unambiguous writing.

Every administrative decision and moderation policy is made with that in mind. They call it a "general interest" website. Which basically means a geek cesspool with some RPG concerns tacked on.

The fact RPGs still have room over there is due to that being of interest to many geeks and a corollary of the domain RPG.net, which is valuable to them. They're still benefiting from when that website had a constructive vocation and a direction that actually made some sense.

[RedFox]

There's more to rpg.net than the forums, and there's more to the forums than Tangency.

Just not much.

The administration also adamantly refuses to prioritize roleplaying over any other interest, aside from giving it a separate forum (which makes it no different than "Other Media Open", honestly).

Therein lies the problem.

Of course, I avoid Tangency Open and have for years.  It's not like Tabletop Gaming Open is the greatest rpg discussion board ever, but it occasionally holds something of interest.

[Spike]

Once the forums come back, check that "Nazis Are Munchkins" thread at RP Open. Sorensen suddenly started claiming that the jokes in the thread are against the guidelines of the forum, and when the mods wanted to know exactly what the problem was, he began quoting the rules along with comments like "consider this your warning" and "my mod voice is black".

I noticed that as well. I couldn't tell if he was telling a subtle joke no one was getting or if he was on some brain altering chemicals that ruined his ability to communicate coherently.  Of course, I didn't see any red posts prior to abandoning the entire thread, so it seems I missed the showdown. He did say his mod voice was black before they warned him...

Eh. If I see one or two threads that intrest me for five minutes it was a 'productive' visit for me.   For a long time I'd see references to Tangency, and I just assumed it was an entirely different site. Imagine my shock to learn it was part of the forum. :keke:

[Kyle Aaron]

Not really.  [Tangency is] just the off-topic forum that's, uhm, sort of like, well, this forum!  

No. On Tangency are people who never post about roleplaying, and who in fact don't game, never have and don't want to. Whereas we're all gamers here, and people who post only on Off-Topic and not about roleplaying are openly derided, with moderator encouragement.

This is primarily a roleplaying site; rpg.net is now a general interest site. This mission statement of this place is to talk about rpgs; the mission statement of rpg.net is "to be as welcoming to as wide a range of users as possible." In fact, when I was banned, one of the reasons cited was that I openly wondered why people would come to rpg.net if they weren't interested in rpgs.

So the two ain't the same thing.

Was that [Dec 12th, 2006; where rpg.net Roleplaying Open seem to have stopped] your offical Drop Dead Date?

I don't think so, I think that was earlier. November?

[Gabriel]

Meh.  Let them turn it into Tangency.net.  It isn't like they weren't already openly condoning the derailment of any RPG related thread anyway.

Maybe it will be down long enough that some of the better posters will come over here and settle in.  I miss reading some of them.

[O'Borg]

Of course, I avoid Tangency Open and have for years.  It's not like Tabletop Gaming Open is the greatest rpg discussion board ever, but it occasionally holds something of interest.

Now that I think of it, my visiting habits to big purple over the last few weeks have been primarily to check on the PbP game I'm in. I've gone days without even going into the Tabletop or Video Games forums - not being into Exalted or WoW I don't see much to interest me there these days.

[Kester Pelagius]

Well, they added a gaming index a few months ago, which has been expanded since then.

Is that in addition to the wiki?

(They're still getting reviews for the archive on a weekly basis, too. And while Tangency is taking the lion's share of the traffic, the gaming related forums still see a good amount of it).

One of my reviews (first in a long while over there) just went live.  Actually if you like game reviews may I suggest popping over to Hinterwelt dot com?  I hear they have some excellent reviews there.  

[Kester Pelagius]

No. On Tangency are people who never post about roleplaying, and who in fact don't game, never have and don't want to.

Actually, of late, Tangency seems to be the place where folks burned out on gaming in general come to vent.  Didn't used to always be that way.

Whereas we're all gamers here, and people who post only on Off-Topic and not about roleplaying are openly derided, with moderator encouragement.

Speaking of encouragement I could use some.  What would you like to see in a space-opera supplement dealing with the hive of scum and villainy otherwise known as "frontier"?

This is primarily a roleplaying site; rpg.net is now a general interest site. This mission statement of this place is to talk about rpgs; the mission statement of rpg.net is "to be as welcoming to as wide a range of users as possible." In fact, when I was banned, one of the reasons cited was that I openly wondered why people would come to rpg.net if they weren't interested in rpgs.

You were banned?  I did not know that.  Then again it's hard to keep track of. . .  :rolleyes:

Duuuude.  :rolleyes:

This forum rocks!  :rolleyes:

(Sorry, they banned that smiley at RPGnet awhile ago.)

[Kyle Aaron]

Speaking of encouragement I could use some.  What would you like to see in a space-opera supplement dealing with the hive of scum and villainy otherwise known as "frontier"?

I'm not sure. I'm just starting to think about this sort of thing myself, and so I've a zillion different thoughts about it. It might be worth discussing in my Cheap warp drives thread.

This forum rocks!  :rolleyes:

(Sorry, they banned that smiley at RPGnet awhile ago.)

Of course. It offended someone in Tangency, so they had to take it out.

h4wt chixxor pics? talk of anal sex techniques? no worries! But the roll-eyes smilie could seriously disturb someone! They might...
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