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« on: April 02, 2007, 09:42:34 PM »
So...why did you come to the rpgsite and why do you stay here?

For me it was it's dedication to brutal intellectual honesty.

How you truly think about something will not cause any sort of banning, the only reprecussion you have to worry about is someone (or everyone) not agreeing with you.

This however, has not led to a bunch of dipshits posting whatever's new at ebaums or staekandcheese. It's led to discussion and the posters taking ownership of what they've written.

It's like we're a bunch of adults or something :)
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« Reply #1 on: April 02, 2007, 10:00:11 PM »
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So...why did you come to the rpgsite and why do you stay here?


I came here due to some disparaging reference or other from rpg.net.

I stayed because it's an RPG forum (and hey, I'm an RPG fan) and you can speak your mind here.  The discussion quality is overall pretty good, too.  If I raise a topic, there may not be many people commenting, but the discussion is likely to be honest, on-topic, and lively.
 

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« Reply #2 on: April 02, 2007, 10:15:52 PM »
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So...why did you come to the rpgsite


I was around when this place was briefly known as Nutkinland.

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and why do you stay here?



because it's easy to tell where everyone is coming from.

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« Reply #3 on: April 02, 2007, 10:39:20 PM »
I doscovered the RPGSite by accident while doing a topic search on the computer at work. Saw one of my handles with lots of cusswords near it pop up in a topic search . So I think "what the fuck is this?" I read a little bit, recognized Pundit's name and a few others. Within a day or two I sent Pundit an e-mail. (It still up on one of his recent blog entries).
 
 After to thinking about it a little ...thoughT: "What the hell , I'll register  and join up and see what its like. Maybe they actually talk about gaming on here" (unlike another site that disappointed me.)

 So far, everyone has been pretty nice and talks abbout games and everything. (except  for one poster who is on my IL)

 the blunt cussword filled exchanges I've been getting used to. Most of the time they're just used as effing adjectives.

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« Reply #4 on: April 02, 2007, 11:07:39 PM »
Because I was fucking bored, really.
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« Reply #5 on: April 02, 2007, 11:11:02 PM »
Simply because GNS, The Big Model, etc. were not taken as gospel truth.  They are simply theories that can be discussed and challenged without prejudice.

Most other sites I perused (and lurked) seemd to lean towards assuming, if not completely assume, the truth of these theories. Debate seemed, in my admittedly limited experience (I've only been posting here for seven months), to protect the theory from challenge to keep it pure, as opposed to purifying the theory through challenge.

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« Reply #6 on: April 02, 2007, 11:13:53 PM »
I like it.

Even though I've never broken the rules or even gotten a warning over on RPG.net I just don't care for the place anymore.  Especially some of the people and habits there.  Everything seems much more open here and encourages being openly sociable.

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« Reply #7 on: April 02, 2007, 11:44:07 PM »
You don't choose TheRpgSite.

It chooses you.
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« Reply #8 on: April 02, 2007, 11:44:53 PM »
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« Reply #9 on: April 03, 2007, 01:36:53 AM »
I decided to leave the rpg.net forums, and JimBob told me about this place, and I checked it out. I like being able to debate things without fear of getting banned for it.
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« Reply #10 on: April 03, 2007, 02:11:30 AM »
Came for the rants.

Stayed because people can actually sting a sentence together and (mostly) spell. No 1337 k3w1z 5P3Ak here.

Also the fact that you can see what people really think. It's the "You have to be a total fuckwit to get banned here". It allows people to say what they really mean, without fear of some fucking nanny putting them in a corner.

Despite all that, people (for the most part) remain civil towards one another, only going off on a subject they actually give a damn about. Rather than taking pot shots every chance they get. (Yes I know there are exceptions... shhhh)
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« Reply #11 on: April 03, 2007, 03:05:59 AM »
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I was around when this place was briefly known as Nutkinland...


Good grief, that seems like a lifetime ago now ...
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« Reply #12 on: April 03, 2007, 06:32:10 AM »
The attractive 401(k) plan was certainly a factor, and I can't say that I wasn't drawn by the slender waist and shapely thighs; however it was the complimentary cheese basket which truly cinched the deal.  Also, what Nazgul and peteramthor said.
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« Reply #13 on: April 03, 2007, 06:44:19 AM »
I came to see the evil site full of horrible people and stayed when folk went out of their way to be nice to me.  It helps that Dr. Rotwang!, Consonant Dude, Balbinus, and other posters I really enjoy reading post regularly.
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« Reply #14 on: April 03, 2007, 06:45:02 AM »
Darren Maclemon made a disparaging comment about RPGsite during JimBob's "Why was he banned?" thread, and going on the basis of the old and usually true folklore "Birds of a feather flock together", I figured anyplace he didn't want to be probably had something going for it. This was reinforced by Curt's dislike of the site too :)
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