Alright, I've been getting back into old White Wolf stuff for the first time in a long while.
This includes both the Classic World of Darkness and the New World of Darkness as well as the Street Fighter RPG from the 90's. Naturally I am becoming rather nostalgic, but it also got me thinking about something...
There is a major problem with the old White Wolf IP's and that is Onyx Path Forums and their near-monopoly on the White Wolf fandom discussion.
Onyx Path are a very loud vocal minority and actively played a role in the failures of V5 and the demise of White Wolf under Paradox Interactive's control, and they also have a very strict and authoritarian forum culture that can best be described as a more focused and intensified RPG.net where SJW ideology is mandatory and any dissident opinions are an offense worthy of a permanent ban.
A lot of the same toxic people who run RPG.net with an iron fist also have a lot of sway at Onyx Path Forums, most notably Darksider, a very sociopathic and petty mod who gets sick pleasure from banning users or telling them off for disagreeing with the forum's zeitgeist. Again, he is smug and pretentious and a general scumbag.
However, I did not create this thread with the intent of bitching about Onyx Path and their political agendas, this is just a preamble to the main topic.
Onyx Path Forums is the direct successor to the old White Wolf Forums, and since White Wolf Forums went under in late 2012/early 2013, a lot of its competitors and sister sites went down with it, most notably Shadownessence.
So if you want to discuss any White Wolf game, the only game in town is Onyx Path Forums or starting a thread on a general RPG forum. We need to change that.
I am proposing a free and open-ended forum devoted to the discussion of Classic World of Darkness, Chronicles of Darkness, Exalted, Street Fighter: The Storytelling Game, Scion, Big Eyes Small Mouth, Mind's Eye Theatre, and fan games such as the many iterations of Princess: The Hopeful or older fan games like Senshi: The Merchandising.
It would be an alternative to Onyx Path Forums where you can openly discuss your opinions on your favorite games without being banned for political wrong think, going against canon, or disliking personal horror.
I'm envisioning this forum of mine to be The RPG Site to Onyx Path Forum's RPG.net
However, I can't do this on my own. I'm not really tech-savvy and I have no idea on how to build a good forum.
If anyone wants to help me in this endeavor, I would greatly appreciate it.
Any thoughts on this proposal?