RPGnet's decay (TBP madness)

[Redwanderer]

I posted something about why the corner is NOT being turned against the woke and why it'll never be. It includes how the damn 92% is always tearing each other apart and doing the 8%s work for them.

It also says that there is no loyalty with the 92%. You tell me- did ANYONE ever really stand up for anyone banned here? I'm betting a pot of gold no. So if Pundit and his site gets banned for saying bad things about the woke nobody will say anything for him.

I want that list to know why people been banned. Then again, I already know why. Hey, Pundit, it's not the 8% ever going to get what's coming to them it's the 92% for their cowardice as surely as what happened in the 1930s with the commie gulags.

What in blazes is idpol?

[Thorn Drumheller]

I lasted 15 minutes of the fat neckbeard pointing at "Nazi's, Nazi's everywhere" boring rant, and that was with the 5 first minutes of him just going through "the Wave".

Grimjims rebuttal was much more entertaining.

I thought so too. Funnily enough I thought the dude was similar to Isis or Alqaida. Reason being is that drab wall, dark lighting, and some stupid wall hanging that reminded me of vids I've seen of those extremist groups.

[Ghostmaker]

I posted something about why the corner is NOT being turned against the woke and why it'll never be. It includes how the damn 92% is always tearing each other apart and doing the 8%s work for them.

It also says that there is no loyalty with the 92%. You tell me- did ANYONE ever really stand up for anyone banned here? I'm betting a pot of gold no. So if Pundit and his site gets banned for saying bad things about the woke nobody will say anything for him.

I want that list to know why people been banned. Then again, I already know why. Hey, Pundit, it's not the 8% ever going to get what's coming to them it's the 92% for their cowardice as surely as what happened in the 1930s with the commie gulags.

What in blazes is idpol?

Identity politics.

[Shasarak]

It also says that there is no loyalty with the 92%. You tell me- did ANYONE ever really stand up for anyone banned here? I'm betting a pot of gold no. So if Pundit and his site gets banned for saying bad things about the woke nobody will say anything for him.

Yeah, why is no one standing up for the anti-semitic sock puppets?

Another one of those mysteries I guess.

[Dan Davenport]

Ah, I remember the Good Ol' Days when RPGnet was all about the RPGs -- back before there were forums of any kind.

Then the forums showed up, the politics showed up, Tangency was set up as a sewer system for the politics, and the sewer overflowed and overran the entire site.

It's a shame. It was a great place once.

I only go there these days to look up one of the many reviews I posted there. If I could, I'd move them all en masse to my blog.

[DocJones]

How many people been banned here and why? Is there a list?

I got threadbanned over there for suggesting that Libyan refugess really enjoy raping French girls.
I also got threadbanned for posting Tim Kaine clown memes.
I found it humorous.  But that was before the TDS kicked in 2017.
I'd surely be completely banned for any of the above today since they ratcheted things up.
I bet I'd be banned for posts made here since I use the same userid on all the RPG forums, since they like to do that.
They are right about one thing.  I'm not a "good fit" for their forum.

[DocJones]

Ah, I remember the Good Ol' Days when RPGnet was all about the RPGs -- back before there were forums of any kind.

What was RPGnet before it was a forum?
I used to follow usenet groups rec.games.frp, rec.games.frp.dnd and alt.games.rpg

[Dan Davenport]

Ah, I remember the Good Ol' Days when RPGnet was all about the RPGs -- back before there were forums of any kind.

What was RPGnet before it was a forum?
I used to follow usenet groups rec.games.frp, rec.games.frp.dnd and alt.games.rpg

Originally, RPGnet was all reviews and articles. Then feedback forums appeared for the reviews, and eventually a single general-purpose forum was added. Eventually, off-topic posts started crowding out the actual gaming discussion, and so Tangency was born.

[Ghostmaker]

I don't know if you could 'fix' TBP at this point (short of firing every mod, gutting the forum rules, and starting over).

I would definitely put Tangency out of its misery, though.

[Godfather Punk]

I remember the time when A2K (dunno if she was already a mod at the time) chided people for finding the word 'niggardly' offensive, as it was a perfectly good English word with no etymological roots in racism. Nowadays she would probably get banned for minimizing the plight of afro-americans.

I remember a time when Gareth-Michael Skarka lamented the fact that people on the internet got more and more isolated in separate monochrome echo chambers where no argument was possible because all opposing views were in another group and nobody was interested in hearing or learning the other side. Nowadays that attitude would get him canned for wanting to give a platform to Trump, ICE, cops and conservatives. Or he'd be a mod himself.

I remember when I enjoyed the RPGPundit's reviews and IIRC gaming column. He may have been abrasive in his comments but nowhere near as infantile as the guy who wrote that FATAL review (which I never found funny). Nowadays he would probably get banned for being too negativ... wait!

I remember when the rules were "Don't post spam, porn or illegal stuff and don't be a dick(m/f)" instead of the legalese brick they are today.

Oh, well. I totally missed my anniversary of quitting the site for good. I sometimes miss the good parts but I get that those are mostly nostalgic memories, from a different decade. To quote one of their mods "Fuck them, with a shovel. Sideways."

[Fheredin]

How many people been banned here and why? Is there a list?

I got threadbanned over there for suggesting that Libyan refugess really enjoy raping French girls.
I also got threadbanned for posting Tim Kaine clown memes.
I found it humorous.  But that was before the TDS kicked in 2017.
I'd surely be completely banned for any of the above today since they ratcheted things up.
I bet I'd be banned for posts made here since I use the same userid on all the RPG forums, since they like to do that.
They are right about one thing.  I'm not a "good fit" for their forum.

Threadbanned? Psh.

Observe:

https://forum.rpg.net/index.php?threads/tension-between-inclusiveness-and-cultural-appropriation.852534/#post-22827534

The irony is that they spent numerous pages after that trying to prove me wrong (and failing.)

One of the theologians I respect is the late Francis Shaeffer, who said, "if there is no absolute by which to judge society, society is absolute." This is the story of RPG.net; like much of the left, they have abandoned any moral foundation, so they can only maintain the forum through arbitrary and excessively punitive moderation.

[Ghostmaker]

Q99 is a fucking retard, like most of the TBP mods.

There are two bans that occurred later on where one guy was banned for 'cultural appropriation' while the other was banned for 'marginalizing'. Exactly what you had pointed out.

Not to mention the fact that cultural appropriation is a crock of shit. I am particularly amused at Q99 conflating stolen valor with cultural appropriation, though.

Honestly, my response would be, 'If you want to go down this road, fine. Shall we discuss all the white inventions and concepts 'appropriated' by others?'

But then, I'd get banned too.

[David Johansen]

I got my first ban for saying something true about D&D.  That being that as the game with the lion's share of gamers it also had the lion's share of "cat piss men."  Now, admittedly I'd taken to trolling D&D threads but there wasn't a word I said that wasn't simple fact.

[Ghostmaker]

I got my first ban for saying something true about D&D.  That being that as the game with the lion's share of gamers it also had the lion's share of "cat piss men."  Now, admittedly I'd taken to trolling D&D threads but there wasn't a word I said that wasn't simple fact.

That's just simple percentages and numbers though.

If you figure 2 percent of people in X hobby are going to be jackasses, then if a hobby has 100 persons, 2 will be shit. But if you have a hobby with 10,000 persons, 200 will be shit.

[David Johansen]

Yeah, I've only caught a couple bans over the years, but that one's my favorite.  That's why I signed on to the GMS don't report pact.  It was already clear that Darren was a power mad ass hat who pursued his own agendas and policies.  I got a ban a while back for saying that the Catholic church in GURPS Banestorm wouldn't approve of sex with slaves as it was extramarital.  I got a week for making a "rape joke."  I actually expected a warning for a "Catholic joke."  Imagine my surprise.