When I first came here, it was the RPG Site, and I tripped across it, found it fun, and kept coming back. Then it changed into Nutkinland, and I began avoiding it. Whatever they were doing here didn't have me as the target audience. Then Pundit took over, the mood of the board instantly changed back to the old feel, and I stayed. I like the Pundit, though I don't always agree with him. I love the non-coerced feel of this place. I'm afraid to post on rpgnet after receiving a warning for deleting my own post. Now I restrict myself almost entirely to posting in answer to questions about my own games, which means I hardly ever post there. Here, I can post what I want to.

-clash

Quote from: KrakaJakSo...why did you come to the rpgsite?

because I got banned from RPGnet!

Actually, it's because I was a Nutkinland lurker in the days of way back and because many of the folks whose opinions that I respect can no longer post at RPGnet and, instead, post here. That is, I came because of the posters here.

QuoteWhy do you stay?

Because people can argue passionately but, with a few exceptions, that passion doesn't turn into a festering, board-wide, vendetta. That and the fact that all game-related opinions can be aired here (i.e., there is no thought policing) and are. So, uh. . . I guess I stayed for the posters, too.

Quote from: flyingmiceWhen I first came here, it was the RPG Site, and I tripped across it, found it fun, and kept coming back. Then it changed into Nutkinland, and I began avoiding it. Whatever they were doing here didn't have me as the target audience.

And so it was with me. The reason I stay has little to do with the personality of the management and more to do with the individuals on the board. I really have no problem per se with RPG.Net. I will say this, I do not have to know the etymology of every word I type here. Still, I find the discussions interesting with the negative alongside the positive.

In short, I enjoy this site for the discussion. Is there another reason to enjoy a discussion site? Maybe, but not for me.

Bill

I guess I saw a link for this place when someone or another was getting banned over at TBP and decided to check it out. Now this is my go-to rpg forum.

I like free speech. I'm a grown up, and I don't need a bunch of high school hall monitors policing what I say and read. If RPG.net still offered that, I would never have come here. The mentality of people who would rather report someone than use the IL feature is telling, IMHO. Of course I can only say that here, over there I think thats a group attack...

I mean, I'm not the kind of guy who goes around calling people a dirty piece of horse cock because they play RIFTS or whatever, but it's nice to know that I could.

But I wouldn't even bother with this place if the posters here weren't thoughtful and diverse. So I came for the free speech, and stayed for the gaming talk. Hell, I think some of yall actually PLAY RPGs and that's awesome.

This is going to sound stupid, but I don't remember how I got here. :confused:  Maybe I was alerted to this place on rpgnet, or nutkinland, or Pundit's blog...? Well, whatever.

I stay here because I like the discussion here. There's plenty of rpg info, and the site's overall tone amuses me, so I need no other excuse to stay.

I too first heard of it and signed on when JimBob got banned without justifiable cause from RPGNet.  I'd already grown unhappy with the way moderators there have taken to smart-mouthing posters and then sending red text warnings when someone back-talks.  Since that time, I've been posting more to other boards and joining a bunch of new ones.  

I post occasionally because there are a few people here I really like who do not all congregate elsewhere on the same board.

A couple of reasons.

1. It's one of only a few website that emphasize general RPG discussions, rather than those specific to a certain game (Enworld, SJG, etc.)

2. It provides an alternative to RPGnet, which I also frequent.  The traffic is lower here, but much higher than it used to be.

3. (looks around office) - and I can access it from work without it freezing Internet Explorer...something to do with the ads at RPGnet, I think

Quote from: droogHINT: It's not about you.

Yep, I know that. Which means you are a sensible and mature person. Why would you reject an entire website of hundreds of people just because there was one guy on it you'd like to hit with a cricket bat? But others aren't that mature, is what I'm saying. They'd reject an entire forum because this or that poster was on it.

Quote from: AnemoneI too first heard of it and signed on when JimBob got banned without justifiable cause from RPGNet. I'd already grown unhappy with the way moderators there have taken to smart-mouthing posters and then sending red text warnings when someone back-talks. Since that time, I've been posting more to other boards and joining a bunch of new ones.

And by the same token, you shouldn't ditch a forum just because someone you like gets banned from it, regardless of whether or not it had cause.

But I guess if the moderators put you off the place, the moderators put you off the place, what can you do. You can post quite happily for quite some time ignoring them, but eventually you'll get banned - tends to happen when you ignore the mods

I came onboard when this was the new Nutkinland. I stay because this is by far the best board out there for RPG discussion.

Quote from: JimBobOzI am interested to see that one way or another I've recommended this place to others. I guess that means Darren MacLennan, Eric Brennan (Future Villain Band), and Patrick O'Duffy won't be here any time soon - dunno why droog showed up, then.

Back when this place was Nutkinland, Darren made an account (guess why). :hehe:

I don't think we'll be seeing him much.

Last Activity: 06-24-2006 10:41 AM

Looks like he registered mostly just to razz on RPGPundit. Which I guess puts him in the same category as Dominus Nox and Anthrobot - 'cept those guys have actually posted quite a bit about rpgs. Wow, less useful than Nox and Anthrobot, gotta be embarassed about that!

I was there when Darren came.
I was there, or I wouldn´t believe what happened when he came.

Quote from: SettembriniI was there when Darren came.
I was there, or I wouldn´t believe what happened when he came.

He abused someone and didn't talk about rpgs... why is that difficult to believe? Haven't you seen him post to rpg.net?

Oh yeah, I remember that... hehe, good times, rhetorically kicking the shit out of him, yet again...

RPGPundit

Oh, and take a look at this:

QuoteWhat stopping you from doing something similar? A site like rpg.net?

Besides your crippling social defects, your constant belligerence, your inability to form contacts in the industry, your delusional egomania and a complete lack of anything to offer besides pointless ranting about people who actually go out and do stuff, I mean. You know, the stuff that prevents you from doing anything productive.

Really, Nutkinland seems like it could quickly become a competitor to rpg.net's forums; it's got everything that I like about a forum.

Could you do something similar? I doubt it. You're content to sink your little leech-fangs into a new forum, until the inevitable ban; then it's on to a new host. Nobody shits a nest quite like you do

hehehe...

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