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The RPG.Net SJW ban nazis are at it again

Started by Batjon, December 28, 2020, 03:18:59 PM

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Reckall

Quote from: Autumnborn on April 08, 2021, 05:52:43 PM
little update on Voodoo. She was a lying attention monger type. Last year she faked a pregnancy, and posted baby pictures stolen from an NBA player's kid.

When it was made public the mods swept it under the rug by deleting the thread.
I wonder if it is still available on Wayback Machine...
For every idiot who denounces Ayn Rand as "intellectualism" there is an excellent DM who creates a "Bioshock" adventure.

Autumnborn

#496

Kyle Aaron

Holy shit. Evidently, for some people rpg.net drama is The Bold & the Beautiful - watch it every day and take notes. I did like, "At this point RPG.net can only aspire for the dignity and open-mindedness of Tumblr."

The Viking Hat GM
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Ghostmaker

TBP is their own worst enemy in this regard. They hand out infractions like candy on Halloween, and their consistency is poor to put it mildly.

They generate their own drama, and an awful lot of people stand around and just fucking watch while eating popcorn.

Autumnborn

And recently the bans and infraction are more... randomly excessive then usual.

Kyle Aaron

That kiwi farms thread noted that when a mod had been doxxed (names, addresses, phone numbers and family details get listed), the bans came more frequently. And I can't really blame the rpg.net mods for that, it's going to make you a bit paranoid and jumpy.
The Viking Hat GM
Conflict, the adventure game of modern warfare
Wastrel Wednesdays, livestream with Dungeondelver

Reckall

Quote from: Kyle Aaron on April 08, 2021, 07:56:48 PM
Holy shit. Evidently, for some people rpg.net drama is The Bold & the Beautiful
More like "The Roommate Agreement" from The Big Bang Theory;D
For every idiot who denounces Ayn Rand as "intellectualism" there is an excellent DM who creates a "Bioshock" adventure.

Chris24601

Quote from: wmarshal on April 08, 2021, 05:58:05 PM
Slight deviation from their current flavor of Right-think: Permabanned with derision!
Accusing TBP mods of right think will get you perma-banned. It is Left-think, Komrade! They tolerate nothing of the right.  ;)

Brad

#503
Quote from: Kyle Aaron on April 08, 2021, 07:56:48 PM
Holy shit. Evidently, for some people rpg.net drama is The Bold & the Beautiful - watch it every day and take notes. I did like, "At this point RPG.net can only aspire for the dignity and open-mindedness of Tumblr."

It's like a reality tv show where the participants don't even realize they're on tv. Probably more Allen Funt than Mark Burnett.

EDIT: Made an account...looks like a fun place!
It takes considerable knowledge just to realize the extent of your own ignorance.

nope


horsesoldier

Can someone explain the Dan Davenport situation over there? I could have sworn the dude used to be a mod, or at least posted a lot. All that's left are reviews he did. I see he's a user here now.

ScytheSong

Quote from: horsesoldier on April 12, 2021, 02:13:38 PM
Can someone explain the Dan Davenport situation over there? I could have sworn the dude used to be a mod, or at least posted a lot. All that's left are reviews he did. I see he's a user here now.

Dan Davenport was in charge of the rpg.net IRC, and for a long time just had that going -- he was never a mod in the forums, but he did regularly post when the IRC had a guest coming on. His last posts there were in 2018, announcing that #rpgnet chat had become #randomworlds. His posting style leads me to believe that he's fairly conservative, and got unhappy with the nonsense that the  mod team got up to, but as you say he's a user here and can speak for himself on that note.

Pat

Quote from: ScytheSong on April 12, 2021, 02:56:52 PM
.... he was never a mod in the forums...
That's false, he was definitely a mod. Why not wait for someone to come along who has better information, perhaps even the gumshoe himself?

ScytheSong

Quote from: Pat on April 12, 2021, 04:45:52 PM
Quote from: ScytheSong on April 12, 2021, 02:56:52 PM
.... he was never a mod in the forums...
That's false, he was definitely a mod. Why not wait for someone to come along who has better information, perhaps even the gumshoe himself?

In what time period do you think he was a mod of the RPG.net forums? He ran the #rpgnet IRC, yes, and had full mod/admin powers on the IRC, but the evidence I see (and remember, having been on the site since 2002) says that he was a normal user up until he took over the IRC stuff, and that taking over the IRC did not give him mod powers on the forums.

Pat

Quote from: ScytheSong on April 12, 2021, 05:16:51 PM
In what time period do you think he was a mod of the RPG.net forums? He ran the #rpgnet IRC, yes, and had full mod/admin powers on the IRC, but the evidence I see (and remember, having been on the site since 2002) says that he was a normal user up until he took over the IRC stuff, and that taking over the IRC did not give him mod powers on the forums.
The rpg.net chat was not an official rpg.net anything, though they granted him permission to use the name (that's why there was a disclaimer in the announcements, for a while). You're passing on bad information. Like I said, why not wait until someone more steeped in this comes along?