Quote from: Jaeger on April 18, 2024, 04:50:02 PMQuote from: Dan Davenport on April 16, 2024, 09:12:50 PMI can see why RPGPub might seem boring to those used to the drama of this place or TBP. I like the Pub precisely because it is a friendly, chill place devoid of politics and drama, much like my TTRPG Discord server, Randomworlds. Obviously, that vibe isn't for everyone.
Except not really. They are lurking right beneath the carefully curated surface...
The comments about what they really think of the RPGsite are all you need to know:Quote from: Crawford Tillinghast on April 13, 2024, 07:11:11 PMNot quite on topic, but RPG Pub was holding a death watch for the 'site. I thought how it was like a wake, and had a second thought - twice in one day even! I was going to post this link when this site re-opened, but a mod closed that thread before I could post - So I'll post it here:
https://www.rpgpub.com/threads/rpgsite-down.10604/
The Pub is a lefty fence-sitter, 'clever boy' political holdout.
The Pub does have politics - they are just much more passive-aggressive/discreet about how they express them.
i.e. You can make a back-handed dig at Christianity, and the mod will say nothing. If someone call them out on the back-handed dig; the mods will lock the thread, delete all the 'offending' posts, "No drama or politics m'kay.." but purposefully leave the first back-handed dig post as is...
Their politics are obvious when you start to pay attention; They are just more subtle about it.
Quote from: KindaMeh on Today at 02:43:45 PMI would agree that despite the mechanical framework being named the Storytelling System and the DM being called a Storyteller, WoD games and even the published adventures aren't actually storygames.
Quote from: Matausch on April 16, 2024, 11:07:07 AMI'm a full instructor for reality-based self-defense (Rich Dimitri's Senshido) and military combatives.
The approach to fitness I like best (and which I deem to be most effective) is "prison calisthenics" (hundreds of reps in basic exercises like pushups, squats, dips, pullups, Navy seals, etc) and old-school isometrics.
I'll be celebrating my 54th birthday this year, but I can honestly say that I can keep up (most of the time) with students that are 10 to 20 years younger. I attribute that to the methods I'm using.
Quote from: Crazy_Blue_Haired_Chick on Today at 01:00:16 PMThey haven't banned people for being members of this forum, but they have banned people for things they do outside of TBP. So if you become vocal in support of the police of ICE they may ban you. It's probably just a matter of time before they escalate their policy to ban members of the Site. I can totally see that happening if Trump wins the election. The mods will feel compelled to "do something" to protect the safety of their members. Doing so would serve the interests of their Woke cult to reinforce their echo chamber.
Wait, can I be banned from RPGnet for being part of this forum? I use separate emails for both sites and have a different pfp and username, but the moderation over there is so strict that I hope they don't find me out.
Quote from: NotFromAroundHere on Today at 02:42:44 AMQuote from: jhkim on Today at 02:02:34 AMHowever, there are lots of older RPGs that also prioritize story, like the Storyteller System (Vampire: The Masquerade) with its scene mechanics and Demeanor/Nature and such...
Tell me that you've never played the game without actually telling me that you've never played the game.
Nature/Demeanor is practically the WoD version of alignment, nothing more and nothing less, while "scene" is actually a fancy way of saying "we can't assign a numerical value to the duration of this activity, use your judgement to tell when it's finished". Nowhere in the rules you'll find things like "when the scene ends fade to black and start a new one with a different setup in another location", which is what you'll find in actual scripted media.
The WoD games are not storygames, they're actually fairly traditional social sandbox toolkits (which is the reason why Ron Edwards so deeply despised them: they're not storygames).
The published campaigns for WoD are another matter entirely, they're generally massively railroaded shitshows meant to advance the metaplot (an example: Under a blood red moon, the crossover Masquerade/Apocalypse campaign that narrates the siege of Chicago by the Garou. No matter what you do and no matter if you're playing as a vamp or a wolfie, in the end Lodin dies).
Quote from: Crazy_Blue_Haired_Chick on Today at 01:00:16 PMWait, can I be banned from RPGnet for being part of this forum?
Quote from: Crazy_Blue_Haired_Chick on Today at 12:54:00 PMQuote from: oggsmash on Today at 09:14:16 AMI am trying to figure out just how far to the right David was if the Site is till left of where he was 20 years ago.
Wilhelm von Bismark level conservative?