I need an RPG forum hangout that doesn't expect me to praise the SJW crowd, and walk on eggshells in every post I make. I promise I don't bite......I just like to ask questions and talk about D&D style RPGs.
Edit:
Just ordered a hardcover copy of Lion & Dragon, for the record.
Medieval is up my alley!!!
Welcome!
Welcome to Adult Swim.
Quote from: Warboss Squee;1056771Welcome to Adult Swim.
Haha!!! I love the RPGPundit videos on YouTube!!! I have been stealth watching for a while now.
I'm officially coming out as a Straight White Male who actually likes the historical tropes of D&D, etc. I like multiple Editions too!!! Bring on the Drow!!! Hey, it's just a game folks...
Thanks for the welcome!!!
Just a game? Where have you been? RPGs are the platform upon which we will be nailed kicking and screaming to bring us all into the pure light of Social (in)justice and (anti)Inclusivity!
Praise the great god(ess, but still looks pretty butch!) (misandry)Feminism as we are sacrificed for the greater (wrong)good!
And welcome to the site. Please excuse the occasional village idiot as they blunder about.
Quote from: Omega;1056777And welcome to the site. Please excuse the occasional village idiot as they blunder about.
That would be me! HI!
Welcome aboard!
Welcome to the best damn RPG forum on the internet.
Welcome!
But remember that your favorite game sucks, unless it's also my favorite game, and in that case, you're playing it wrong.
Quote from: Spinachcat;1056789Welcome!
But remember that your favorite game sucks, unless it's also my favorite game, and in that case, you're playing it wrong.
Hey, you'd better take that back.... Everyone knows that MY favorite game is the only one worth playing; and even then, only if you are using MY special house rules!!!
Just ordered a hardcover copy of Lion & Dragon, for the record....
Medieval is up my alley!!!
Welcome to Mos Eisley.
Quote from: moonsweeper;1056824Welcome to Mos Eisley.
"He doesn't like you... I don't like you either."
To your planet, welcome!
Quote from: Charon's Little Helper;1056825"He doesn't like you... I don't like you either."
I'm pretty sure any disagreements we have between us can peacefully be resolved by your dismembered arms falling to the floor.
Futanka!
Quote from: Razor 007;1056799Just ordered a hardcover copy of Lion & Dragon, for the record....
Medieval is up my alley!!!
Welcome, I've been fiddling with Lion & Dragon as well.
There isn't an L&D forum here but I did start a general thread for it to hopefully generate some interest, share ideas and ask questions. It hasn't been terribly active but there have been a few people talking about the game.
https://www.therpgsite.com/showthread.php?39241-Lion-and-Dragon
Quote from: Aglondir;1056913Futanka!
Ditto.
I guess I have given in to the dark side now.
Buwhahaha!!!!!
Quote from: Toadmaster;1056916Welcome, I've been fiddling with Lion & Dragon as well.
There isn't an L&D forum here but I did start a general thread for it to hopefully generate some interest, share ideas and ask questions. It hasn't been terribly active but there have been a few people talking about the game.
https://www.therpgsite.com/showthread.php?39241-Lion-and-Dragon
I will give it a sincere look, when I receive it. Estimated 1-3 weeks...
Quote from: Razor 007;1056767I need an RPG forum hangout that doesn't expect me to praise the SJW crowd, and walk on eggshells in every post I make. I promise I don't bite......I just like to ask questions and talk about D&D style RPGs.
Edit:
Just ordered a hardcover copy of Lion & Dragon, for the record.
Medieval is up my alley!!!
Screw the SJW snowflakes. Has nothing to do with gaming so they aren't welcome here.
Quote from: Razor 007;1056934I have guess I have given in to the dark side now.
Buwhahaha!!!!!
Here, have a cookie...... :D
Quote from: Razor 007;1056767I need an RPG forum hangout that doesn't expect me to praise the SJW crowd, and walk on eggshells in every post I make. I promise I don't bite......I just like to ask questions and talk about D&D style RPGs.
Edit:
Just ordered a hardcover copy of Lion & Dragon, for the record.
Medieval is up my alley!!!
Welcome to theRPGsite!
Quote from: Toadmaster;1056916Welcome, I've been fiddling with Lion & Dragon as well.
There isn't an L&D forum here but I did start a general thread for it to hopefully generate some interest, share ideas and ask questions. It hasn't been terribly active but there have been a few people talking about the game.
https://www.therpgsite.com/showthread.php?39241-Lion-and-Dragon
Thank you!
I'll note that I post a lot about the L&D sourcebook material in RPGPundit Presents too. But I love anyone posting about L&D, either questions or actual play or whatever.
Quote from: rgrove0172;1056944Screw the SJW snowflakes. Has nothing to do with gaming so they aren't welcome here.
Actually, they are incredibly welcome here. That's the difference. theRPGsite is open to everyone, regardless of your politics. Here, they can spew their stupid without any fear of being banned for having the "wrong" opinion.
theRPGsite should never become an echo chamber. There is no point in becoming the dark mirror version of RPG.net.
Plus, I enjoy fresh meat.
Quote from: rgrove0172;1056944Screw the SJW snowflakes. Has nothing to do with gaming so they aren't welcome here.
No, they are welcome here. Unlike TBP, this place doesn't discriminate. There may be punches thrown but that's to be expected.
Quote from: Spinachcat;1057174Actually, they are incredibly welcome here. That's the difference. theRPGsite is open to everyone, regardless of your politics. Here, they can spew their stupid without any fear of being banned for having the "wrong" opinion.
theRPGsite should never become an echo chamber. There is no point in becoming the dark mirror version of RPG.net.
Plus, I enjoy fresh meat.
Give this man a cookie!
Quote from: Spinachcat;1057174Actually, they are incredibly welcome here. That's the difference. theRPGsite is open to everyone, regardless of your politics. Here, they can spew their stupid without any fear of being banned for having the "wrong" opinion.
theRPGsite should never become an echo chamber. There is no point in becoming the dark mirror version of RPG.net.
Plus, I enjoy fresh meat.
I'll throw up support behind this statement. The reason I frequent this forum over others is that its denizens comprise a spectrum of political perspectives. If I wanted an echo chamber I'd talk to myself instead of posting online, limited social interaction though it may be.
//Panjumanju
IMHO the real value of this place is not the absence of SJW idiocy but in the sharing of ideas and inspiration from OSR authors and contibutors.
As well as the experinece of fellow players/
There is some real talent here.
btw Welcome
It's different approaches for different folks.
On TBP you have mods making sure everybody plays nice and nobody gets upset*. And since everything is offensive to someone, everybody has to tread lightly (hence things like "no bugs as an avatar" discussions). It's a "Safe Space" forum, and I say that without jest, since that's a label they have given themselves in the recent past.
On this forum the assumption is you take care of you. This is part of that "adult swim" people talk about**, because you're a grown up and if something upsets you it's up to you to handle it. Whether that means ignoring something, or blocking users, or just leaving, is up to you to figure out. This forum has a single paragraph for rules, and the mods (all three of them?) follow it to the exclusion of personal petty bullshit.
(*that the mod staff on TBP act more like a clique that abuses rules as they see fit, rather than an impartial mod staff who obey the same rules they enforce, is a whole -other- problem. And honestly, it's probably the -bigger- problem with the site.)
(**the other part at times feels like an excuse for people to act like complete and utter little punk ass teenage shits. The "I'm an adult, so fuck you in your stupid ass because you play elf games wrong" kind of adulting.)
Quote from: san dee jota;1057606It's different approaches for different folks.
On TBP you have mods making sure everybody plays nice and nobody gets upset*. And since everything is offensive to someone, everybody has to tread lightly (hence things like "no bugs as an avatar" discussions). It's a "Safe Space" forum, and I say that without jest, since that's a label they have given themselves in the recent past.
On this forum the assumption is you take care of you. This is part of that "adult swim" people talk about**, because you're a grown up and if something upsets you it's up to you to handle it. Whether that means ignoring something, or blocking users, or just leaving, is up to you to figure out. This forum has a single paragraph for rules, and the mods (all three of them?) follow it to the exclusion of personal petty bullshit.
(*that the mod staff on TBP act more like a clique that abuses rules as they see fit, rather than an impartial mod staff who obey the same rules they enforce, is a whole -other- problem. And honestly, it's probably the -bigger- problem with the site.)
(**the other part at times feels like an excuse for people to act like complete and utter little punk ass teenage shits. The "I'm an adult, so fuck you in your stupid ass because you play elf games wrong" kind of adulting.)
I agree but I am not naive either. My POV in gaming is really what I am here to discuss. Not politics because I am a Scot.
Quote from: Mike the Mage;1057607I agree but I am not naive either. My POV in gaming is really what I am here to discuss. Not politics because I am a Scot.
... but are you a True Scotsman?
Yes, as said before, this site does not 'not welcome' anyone (except someone who isn't a gamer at all and is coming here only to talk politics or something like that).
Anyone who wants to come here and talk RPGs is welcome. No one is persecuted or protected for their political views.
Quote from: RPGPundit;1057888Yes, as said before, this site does not 'not welcome' anyone (except someone who isn't a gamer at all and is coming here only to talk politics or something like that).
Anyone who wants to come here and talk RPGs is welcome. No one is persecuted or protected for their political views.
"No one is Persecuted OR Protected..."
Yes!!! This is the right place to be, indeed. I don't need the Mods to "Protect" me, for I am a grown-ass man with hair on my frickin' chest!!!
Quote from: Razor 007;1058022"No one is Persecuted OR Protected..."
Yes!!! This is the right place to be, indeed. I don't need the Mods to "Protect" me, for I am a grown-ass man with hair on my frickin' chest!!!
Yes.
It's funny though, some people still don't seem to get that. I routinely get people reporting posts that come nowhere near a rules breach, and are just someone saying something moderately insulting, often not even to the specific person doing the reporting.
I'll note that more often than not, these are 'right wing' posters reporting on 'left wing' posters, which I find absurd.
People report my posts all the time. I get $5 everytime they do it. I'm like, paying my car payment with kickbacks right now.
/bullshitting
Quote from: trechriron;1058259People report my posts all the time. I get $5 everytime they do it. I'm like, paying my car payment with kickbacks right now.
/bullshitting
Huh?
Quote from: RPGPundit;1058172I'll note that more often than not, these are 'right wing' posters reporting on 'left wing' posters, which I find absurd.
As a relatively recent member who went on hiatus and came back.... It makes sense.
I think people who've been at TBP long enough get the image that this place is a stronghold for "Alt-Right types". Then they get here and realize... yep, there's some real asshats here. And some decent folks too, and the only -meaningful- difference between here and TBP is that anybody can say anything they want and a mod here won't give a shit*.
(*correction: there -are- rules for these forums. But considering they take up a paragraph and are basically common-sense, simple things, they make TBP's public and backstage rules discussions look positively byzantine in comparison. And that's before you consider all the problems with TBP's moderation itself)
Quote from: RPGPundit;1057888No one is persecuted or protected for their political views.
As it should be, thank you.
Welcome aboard!
Quote from: RPGPundit;1058515Huh?
please note the end bullshitting tag at the end of my post...
Quote from: trechriron;1058717please note the end bullshitting tag at the end of my post...
Yeah, I'm gonna have to report that.
Incredibly, people still keep reporting.
Quote from: RPGPundit;1058987Incredibly, people still keep reporting.
It's the internet. The stupid is unending.
Hmm, I've just got a short ban from the other place, my crime: suggesting that someone who has a problem with the in character behaviour of another player should either talk to the player about it or live with it. "Put up or shut up" as I said it. That and being opposed to X-Cards.
I just expect people to put on their big boy/girl pants and deal with problems instead of hiding behind cards.
The purple place is a genteel tea house, this one feels more like a spit and sawdust pub.
Quote from: Altheus;1059946Hmm, I've just got a short ban from the other place, my crime: suggesting that someone who has a problem with the in character behaviour of another player should either talk to the player about it or live with it. "Put up or shut up" as I said it. That and being opposed to X-Cards.
I just expect people to put on their big boy/girl pants and deal with problems instead of hiding behind cards.
The purple place is a genteel tea house, this one feels more like a spit and sawdust pub.
Greetings!
Welcome, Altheus!!!
The Big Purple is just full of nutjobs. Everytime I pop in over there, and read thread or so, my head hurts from reading so much insanity. LOL.
We have an island of friendly, rational and reasonable people here. Glad to have you with us, Altheus!
Semper Fidelis,
SHARK
Quote from: Altheus;1059946Hmm, I've just got a short ban from the other place, my crime: suggesting that someone who has a problem with the in character behaviour of another player should either talk to the player about it or live with it. "Put up or shut up" as I said it. That and being opposed to X-Cards.
I just expect people to put on their big boy/girl pants and deal with problems instead of hiding behind cards.
THANK YOU! Someone else who gets it!
Quote from: Altheus;1059946The purple place is a genteel tea house, this one feels more like a spit and sawdust pub.
So genteel places are full of insane people who in older days would have either gotten lynched or locked up in a sanitarium? Remind me to never go to a Starbucks!
Quote from: Christopher Brady;1059950Remind me to never go to a Starbucks!
In case you've forgotten, you should never go to a Starbucks.
Quote from: HappyDaze;1059960In case you've forgotten, you should never go to a Starbucks.
And I don't like burnt, syrupy, overpriced coffee either. :mad:
Quote from: Altheus;1059946Hmm, I've just got a short ban from the other place, my crime: suggesting that someone who has a problem with the in character behaviour of another player should either talk to the player about it or live with it. "Put up or shut up" as I said it. That and being opposed to X-Cards.
I just expect people to put on their big boy/girl pants and deal with problems instead of hiding behind cards.
The purple place is a genteel tea house, this one feels more like a spit and sawdust pub.
Is your user name a David Eddings reference?
Quote from: Warboss Squee;1059992Is your user name a David Eddings reference?
No, there were a set of ancient Greek themed game books back in the 80's. Altheus the Avenger was the protagonist.
Quote from: SHARK;1059948Greetings!
Welcome, Altheus!!!
The Big Purple is just full of nutjobs. Everytime I pop in over there, and read thread or so, my head hurts from reading so much insanity. LOL.
We have an island of friendly, rational and reasonable people here. Glad to have you with us, Altheus!
Semper Fidelis,
SHARK
Can you please point me to this island? I've been lurking here a while and not seen it
There is a spectrum to "friendly, rational and reasonable", but if we're an island, it's the Isle of Dread!
Quote from: SHARK;1059948We have an island of friendly, rational and reasonable people here. Glad to have you with us, Altheus!
Nah. We're all crazy here as well. We just don't harbor any delusions about our lack of sanity.
Quote from: moonsweeper;1060037Nah. We're all crazy here as well. We just don't harbor any delusions about our lack of sanity.
Greetings!
LOL! Nice!
Semper Fidelis,
SHARK
Quote from: SHARK;1060113Greetings!
LOL! Nice!
Semper Fidelis,
SHARK
Hey, this is MY thread!!!
Just kidding.....
I think we need a wide open, equal opportunity forum; that allows for people to speak their mind, without fear of receiving an instaban for doing so. Let those freak flags fly!!!
Quote from: moonsweeper;1060037Nah. We're all crazy here as well. We just don't harbor any delusions about our lack of sanity.
We revel in it!