RPGnet's decay (TBP madness)

[oggsmash]

  I have only been over at Enworld 10 or so times over the years.  I can not say I have seen very many discussions drift too political.  I do remember seeing some nasty edition fights years ago.  Is there a more political bent to discussion now?  I always saw that forum as being a bit more on topic regarding rpgs.  That said, I never dug through their rules or looked for hot buttons either.  They just looked a whole lot saner than some of the things that would pop up at rpgnet.

[3catcircus]

I was really enjoying RPGnet for the Sentinels Comics RPG threads, but that place is insufferable.  I can't go to any other thread because it's basically a trap.  Probably because Sentinels is such a niche product there's no vanity in it.  Overall the situation sux because the Sentinels official forums were dead on arrival but no one from there wanted to go to RPGnet.  This censorious wasteland has been happening with a lot of forums, where they're slowly becoming mini-Reddits.  I noticed this was happening nearly a decade ago on EnWorld, and now it's completely insufferable.  Privateer Press simply abandoned their forums, like WotC, rather than deal with it.

Moderation on ENWorld remains way WAY better than The Big Purple.

Morrus and Umbran have always been cunts - now they're woke cunts.

Whatever you think of them, they remain way better than The Big Purple.

Also, let's all be honest here. Your online persona on EnWorld was constantly aggressive and dickish, by intent. You pushed people's buttons and wanted to see where the limits were.

And?

Aggressive I may have been. But when faced with political correctness SJW groupthink, the mere act of pointing out their hypocrisy in a non-polite way was highly enjoyable.  People who've never been told that they're wrong need the cold hard truth to shatter their fragile egos.

[Eirikrautha]

  I have only been over at Enworld 10 or so times over the years.  I can not say I have seen very many discussions drift too political.  I do remember seeing some nasty edition fights years ago.  Is there a more political bent to discussion now?  I always saw that forum as being a bit more on topic regarding rpgs.  That said, I never dug through their rules or looked for hot buttons either.  They just looked a whole lot saner than some of the things that would pop up at rpgnet.

You don't see it much because there is a one way filter on politics.  When some tard spouts diversity or trans nonsense, that's not politics to them, so no outcry.  But contradict the woke talking points and suddenly you get dog-piled and warned for being political.  It's a political bullying based on double standards.  Mistwell is being disingenuous, as usual.

[oggsmash]

 LMAO the SJW do no harm crowd seems pretty adamant about toeing the party line about getting into WW3.
https://forum.rpg.net/index.php?threads/sartana-receives-a-%F0%9F%94%B4-warning-threadban-whataboutism.894200/

[Mistwell]

I was really enjoying RPGnet for the Sentinels Comics RPG threads, but that place is insufferable.  I can't go to any other thread because it's basically a trap.  Probably because Sentinels is such a niche product there's no vanity in it.  Overall the situation sux because the Sentinels official forums were dead on arrival but no one from there wanted to go to RPGnet.  This censorious wasteland has been happening with a lot of forums, where they're slowly becoming mini-Reddits.  I noticed this was happening nearly a decade ago on EnWorld, and now it's completely insufferable.  Privateer Press simply abandoned their forums, like WotC, rather than deal with it.

Moderation on ENWorld remains way WAY better than The Big Purple.

Morrus and Umbran have always been cunts - now they're woke cunts.

Whatever you think of them, they remain way better than The Big Purple.

Also, let's all be honest here. Your online persona on EnWorld was constantly aggressive and dickish, by intent. You pushed people's buttons and wanted to see where the limits were.

And?

Aggressive I may have been. But when faced with political correctness SJW groupthink, the mere act of pointing out their hypocrisy in a non-polite way was highly enjoyable.  People who've never been told that they're wrong need the cold hard truth to shatter their fragile egos.

Did you really think so high of yourself to believe you were the only one who ever told the moderation staff there they were wrong? Dude, they have that level of run-in every week, and have for decades. Sometimes every day, depending on what's going on. If their egos were so fragile they would have shut down editions ago.

[Mistwell]

  I have only been over at Enworld 10 or so times over the years.  I can not say I have seen very many discussions drift too political.  I do remember seeing some nasty edition fights years ago.  Is there a more political bent to discussion now?  I always saw that forum as being a bit more on topic regarding rpgs.  That said, I never dug through their rules or looked for hot buttons either.  They just looked a whole lot saner than some of the things that would pop up at rpgnet.

You don't see it much because there is a one way filter on politics.  When some tard spouts diversity or trans nonsense, that's not politics to them, so no outcry.  But contradict the woke talking points and suddenly you get dog-piled and warned for being political.  It's a political bullying based on double standards.  Mistwell is being disingenuous, as usual.

What's disingenuous about saying their moderation staff is way less draconian than The Big Purple. Oh right, you were not replying to what I said, just what you wish I said.

[Reckall]

LMAO the SJW do no harm crowd seems pretty adamant about toeing the party line about getting into WW3.
https://forum.rpg.net/index.php?threads/sartana-receives-a-%F0%9F%94%B4-warning-threadban-whataboutism.894200/

This post was both literally and historically right (Cuban Missiles Crisis...) I'm now thinking that they decide the people to ban by randomly pulling names from a ballot.

[oggsmash]

LMAO the SJW do no harm crowd seems pretty adamant about toeing the party line about getting into WW3.
https://forum.rpg.net/index.php?threads/sartana-receives-a-%F0%9F%94%B4-warning-threadban-whataboutism.894200/

This post was both literally and historically right (Cuban Missiles Crisis...) I'm now thinking that they decide the people to ban by randomly pulling names from a ballot.

   Yeah, I guess pointing out anything can now be a white supremacist, or a Russian propaganda talking point.   Or, well anything you do not agree with is some sort of istaphobe talking point.

[Ghostmaker]

'Whataboutism' has been the go-to since 2015 when people were pointing out the massive hypocrisy inherent in the Dems' behavior (particularly regarding Her Nibs, Hillary I).

It's much like the smear of 'racist!' in that it's not used to debate, but to shut down the opponent's argument and disallow them from continuing debate.

[Godfather Punk]

Cerulean Lion posted

Great minds discuss ideas.
Average minds discuss events.
Small minds discuss people.

One Day ban for sexism...

Because obviously, when you say 'small minds', the moderators immediately think of women.
It's behind the login wall, so I don't know the context, but Sexism? Really? 

[Stephen Tannhauser]

Because obviously, when you say 'small minds', the moderators immediately think of women.
It's behind the login wall, so I don't know the context, but Sexism? Really? 

I was flummoxed too when I saw the name. I was like, "Cerulean Lion? Really? He's the single most inoffensive poster I've ever read on this site."

It wouldn't surprise me at this point to find that "Believe All Reports" is an ironclad rule of mod guidance.

[oggsmash]

Cerulean Lion posted

Great minds discuss ideas.
Average minds discuss events.
Small minds discuss people.

One Day ban for sexism...

Because obviously, when you say 'small minds', the moderators immediately think of women.
It's behind the login wall, so I don't know the context, but Sexism? Really? 

  Well the worst is how the fuck would anyone make that link to when the expression developed in history?  Do you have to research every sentence you utter now to make sure you are not saying something someone who was "not on the right side of history" said?  Insufferable.

[Armchair Gamer]

I was flummoxed too when I saw the name. I was like, "Cerulean Lion? Really? He's the single most inoffensive poster I've ever read on this site."

It wouldn't surprise me at this point to find that "Believe All Reports" is an ironclad rule of mod guidance.

  Well, "context and infraction history are included," and Cerulean Lion is a publicly identified Christian, which makes him unlikely to give proper respect to TBP's patrons Mammon, Asmodeus, and Moloch.

[Pat]

I was flummoxed too when I saw the name. I was like, "Cerulean Lion? Really? He's the single most inoffensive poster I've ever read on this site."

It wouldn't surprise me at this point to find that "Believe All Reports" is an ironclad rule of mod guidance.

  Well, "context and infraction history are included," and Cerulean Lion is a publicly identified Christian, which makes him unlikely to give proper respect to TBP's patrons Mammon, Asmodeus, and Moloch.

Socialists don't worship Mammon. But Moloch? Definitely.

[oggsmash]

I was flummoxed too when I saw the name. I was like, "Cerulean Lion? Really? He's the single most inoffensive poster I've ever read on this site."

It wouldn't surprise me at this point to find that "Believe All Reports" is an ironclad rule of mod guidance.

  Well, "context and infraction history are included," and Cerulean Lion is a publicly identified Christian, which makes him unlikely to give proper respect to TBP's patrons Mammon, Asmodeus, and Moloch.

Socialists don't worship Mammon. But Moloch? Definitely.

  Disagree, every declared socialist I have ever seen loved to stuff their pockets at every opportunity.   They fucking love money and wealth, they just hate for YOU to have it.