Quote from: obrynI think Pooka got pissed off and flipped a magic universal ignore switch.

From his post above, it'll all be back tomorrow in its serotonin-deprived glory!

-O

who likes auto-tachy? we do.

What are you talking about? We do not delete posts around here.

I can´t see post #43, is this correct?

Quote from: Thjalfiwho likes auto-tachy? we do.

Yep, it's the "You gonna cry?!  I'll give you something to cry about!" moderation style I've grown to love!

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Quote from: obrynI think Pooka got pissed off and flipped a magic universal ignore switch.

From his post above, it'll all be back tomorrow in its serotonin-deprived glory!

-O

He says he's gone for good. I wouldn't bet on that, but I don't care either way.

Quote from: SettembriniI can´t see post #43, is this correct?

Yep, the mods have put him on universal ignore.  It's kind of a messageboard purgatory.  Basically, you can read everything, reply, and post all you want.  However, nobody can read your posts until the ignore is lifted.  You're not banned, and the posts are actually there.

Ask Breakstone what it's like.  Over on the NKL of old, I believe he got put on it as a prank.

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Well I think it is quite a rude thing to do to gleichman, but as he isn´t banned, and we will be able to see his comments tommorrow, free speech has been served.
Still it´s rude, but that may well be the intention.

Quote from: SettembriniWell I think it is quite a rude thing to do to gleichman, but as he isn´t banned, and we will be able to see his comments tommorrow, free speech has been served.
Still it´s rude, but that may well be the intention.

Rude?  Maybe.  Certainly no worse than gleichman's been, though.  He's been harping nonstop about how this place is going to hell.

The mods here treat you how you deserve to be treated.

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Rude? I prefer the term creative conditioning. If gleichman doesn't like it and he leaves now he will have been spared a lot of pain.  I know the users here Settembrini - they can get downright ugly to a drama queen.

Quote from: SettembriniWell I think it is quite a rude thing to do to gleichman, but as he isn´t banned, and we will be able to see his comments tommorrow, free speech has been served.
Still it´s rude, but that may well be the intention.

Rude?!?!  What The Fuck Are You?  :mad:

The Customer Is Never Right.  The Management Reserves The Right To Shoot A User, Sodomize His Corpse, Raise Him As A Zombie To Terrorize The Other Users And Run His Family From The Country After Seizing All His Assets And Blowing Them On Whores, Beer And Guns.

The Forge sucks, and is as useless as tits on a bull.

rpg.net is at least partly a place of vigorous and interesting discussion about roleplaying games, and this happens incidentally to, only rarely because, and sometimes in spite of, the moderation.

RPGPundit should build a fucking bridge and get over it. It's just one site. People bitch about the moderation, but in the end there's a reason they've got 20,000 posters, and other sites have a few hundred at most. And that reason is the vigorous and interesting discussions you have.

Recently RPGPundit responded to something I'd said about his "tilting at windmills like Don Quixote." He responded that he carried on this futile fight because... But "tilting at windmills" does not mean simply, "fighting a futile fight." The phrase comes from a passage in Don Quixote where the mad old guy, he wants to fight giants, but there are no giants, so he hallucinates that the windmills are giants, and "tilts" (that is, charges with his lance drawn) at them. "Tilting at windmills" means not merely fighting a futile fight, it's fighting a fight against an imaginary foe - that's why the fight's futile.

The whole of rpg.net is not arrayed against RPGPundit. He's too unknown to be anyone's enemy. He's remembered there by a dwindling few with amusement for the madness of his rants. He imagines enemies, because he feels the desire to fight a great fight. Most of us keep our fantasies to the game session.

Also, I should say that the forum-wide ignore feature is excellent.

Quote from: SettembriniWell I think it is quite a rude thing to do to gleichman, but as he isn´t banned, and we will be able to see his comments tommorrow, free speech has been served.
Still it´s rude, but that may well be the intention.

Perhaps you'd prefer a forum where the Mods & Admins aren't allowed to do stuff like that to the users?

:ponder: Like maybe RPG.net?

Oooh, that's a good burn on so many levels, CADMonkey:D

Quote from: SettembriniStill it´s rude, but that may well be the intention.

I thought it was rude for a bit, and then changed my mind.
I'll take the universal ignore over thread closings, bans and such.

On the side note, if gleichman started a thread and he is on universal
ignore, is the thread still visible?  (not thinking of anything in particular,
just wondering in general)

Quote from: JimBobRecently RPGPundit responded to something I'd said about his "tilting at windmills like Don Quixote." He responded that he carried on this futile fight because... But "tilting at windmills" does not mean simply, "fighting a futile fight." The phrase comes from a passage in Don Quixote where the mad old guy, he wants to fight giants, but there are no giants, so he hallucinates that the windmills are giants, and "tilts" (that is, charges with his lance drawn) at them. "Tilting at windmills" means not merely fighting a futile fight, it's fighting a fight against an imaginary foe - that's why the fight's futile.

I think RPGPundit has been quite successful in that he has managed to get some to believe and see his giants. There are problems of course be it in the industry or forums but they are more dwarf-like in stature. He  has focused peoples attention on the shadows on the walls (which makes objects appear much larger then they really are) so to speak and thus been able to generate a lot of hostility where none is really warranted.

A pity, after reading in this forum about his Forwrd To Adventure idea, and checking out his blog on the subject, I finally thought he was making a contribution, instead at of taking piss shots at forums and sometimes individuals.

Hope this didn't come of too harsh, just an opinion, nothing more.

Regards,
David R