I just left r/OSR after joining it a week ago. Is OSR community like this everywhere?

trechriron · July 16, 2020, 03:17:13 AM

Quote from: K9ine;1140009I have newly become interested in the OSR games and join the subreddit. ...

Quote from: FingerRod;1140065I am leaving it as well. ...

Welcome to theRPGsite! You will find much spirited debate, discussion, and sometimes celebration across the spectrum of RPGs. OSR gets a heaping helping of that here.

Morblot · July 16, 2020, 03:35:50 AM

I was like, "what's wrong with r/OSR", and then I saw this:

Quote from: FingerRod;1140065https://www.reddit.com/r/osr/comments/hrui7u/announcement_starting_now_there_will_be_a_ban_on/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=ios_app&utm_name=iossmf

Yeah, fuck you, fascists. I'm leaving that sub as well.

S'mon · July 16, 2020, 04:51:37 AM

You've identified a Reddit issue, not an OSR issue. The SJWs often accuse the OSR in general of being a bunch of Alt-Right Edgelords. Which is bollocks, but it does average less Woke than some other RPG communities.

Good places for OSR discussion include here on therpgsite, Dragonsfoot (Simulacra Games & Other Games fora for OSR games), therpgpub. K&KA for 1e AD&D specifically.

TheSHEEEP · July 16, 2020, 05:25:48 AM

Quote from: Mjollnir;1140015
QuoteReddit
There's your problem.

There ARE good and helpful reddits.
But for the most part, you aren't wrong.

Reddit in its very essence strongly favors hivemind thinking - everything in there from the voting system to how posts are presented works towards presenting "the one true opinion" on any given reddit.
Everything not compatible with the hivemind in a subreddit will either be buried or downright banned, depending on the mods.
As such, people looking for an echo chamber gravitate to Reddits.

I'd go to reddit for memes and strongly factual advice (e.g. I do follow some game engine & coding subreddits), but if you want actual discussions, with people who actually have different opinions, especially with even a minor political side to it, avoid reddit.

ArrozConLeche · July 16, 2020, 11:39:15 AM

Join r/theOSR. It split because of the what was going on in r/OSR. Then the r/OSR mods had hurt fee fees and actually said the new sub felt like 'a slap in the face.'

AaronThePedantic · July 16, 2020, 12:01:18 PM

Quote from: ArrozConLeche;1140198Join r/theOSR. It split because of the what was going on in r/OSR. Then the r/OSR mods had hurt fee fees and actually said the new sub felt like 'a slap in the face.'

I was just about to ask. Thanks for posting.

Conanist · July 16, 2020, 01:55:53 PM

Take a look at this, it lines up with other data I've seen pretty closely:

https://imgur.com/gallery/cPzlB

If it seems like High School over there, there's a reason for that. A large majority of the user base are young, unemployed students. Probably a great place for discussion if you are also in that group. If you are a 40+ grognard, you probably don't have much in common with that group and there are 30+ of them for every one of you, so those voices will drown out the rest.

I use the site as its a good aggregator, but like you I gave up on the rpg subreddits a long time ago. I'll take a look at that new one.

This site has a much better balance from what I've seen. I imagine many other forums do as well, but personally don't lurk in too many other RPG spaces so can't say for sure.

HappyRogue · July 17, 2020, 03:25:42 AM

I'm not leaving

HappyRogue · July 17, 2020, 03:29:03 AM

I'm not leaving the subreddit, because I like it there, and people post some really great threads, topics, ideas, dungeons, etc. It's great.

With that said, I don't like censorship, so I came over here for a second home.

Morblot · July 17, 2020, 01:24:39 PM

Quote from: HappyRogue;1140328I'm not leaving the subreddit, because I like it there, and people post some really great threads, topics, ideas, dungeons, etc. It's great.

With that said, I don't like censorship, so I came over here for a second home.

Welcome aboard!

Snowman0147 · July 17, 2020, 06:35:19 PM

Reddit is slowly removing any none woke subreddit they can. I moved to a new site called Ruqqus. If you upvote my posts I can get a guild (Ruqqus version of subreddit) and keep it woke free for RPG discussions.

Here is a link.

Dave 2 · July 18, 2020, 08:40:03 PM

Absolutely everywhere is better than reddit. Even 4chan/tg/osrg is better than reddit - occasional trolling, but some real content in there as well. Dragonsfoot is useful - more plain old Old School than OSR, but I still get a lot from it. I don't go in swinging about DCC or LotFP, I talk about AD&D or systemless, but still. K&KA is even more grognard old school/anti-OSR than Dragonsfoot but if AD&D is your interest it's okay.

What's best though is to run a game yourself. You need one rulebook, one adventure, and most importantly the decision to use all the rules later editions stripped out. That's encumbrance, tracking time and resources, wandering monster checks, reaction rolls, morale rolls, and xp for gold. OSR is the game that emerges out of using all that, not a subreddit.

Zak S · July 18, 2020, 09:20:08 PM

Hi, the OSR has gone nuts. A good example is the OSR discord:
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Nobody fact checks.

Spinachcat · July 18, 2020, 09:25:19 PM

Zak, you're like Candyman!

If you pop into OSR discord to drop some truth bombs, let Erika know even she isn't too much of a shithead for us.

SavageSchemer · July 18, 2020, 09:37:32 PM

Quote from: Spinachcat;1140569Zak, you're like Candyman!

If you pop into OSR discord to drop some truth bombs, let Erika know even she isn't too much of a shithead for us.

Well, some of us. I'm perfectly fine letting the mentally ill woke retards continue to both fear and loath this little corner of the web. It keeps me from having to maintain a large ignore file.

A little closer to the thread topic: did you guys see some other asshole jump on after /r/osr announced no talking about Zak's work try to get Raggi's products banned too? OP absolutely made the sensible call as far as I'm concerned.