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Author Topic: RPGnet's decay (TBP madness)  (Read 306559 times)

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Re: RPGnet's decay (TBP madness)
« Reply #1860 on: June 26, 2022, 10:21:27 PM »
I can't see Tangency, so did one of the mods quote the wrong post in Valtiel's infraction?

Because I don't see how this
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I earnestly suggest you stop reading Twitter - it's designed to amplify things that make you sad and anxious. I've been noticeably happier since I cut it out. What worked for me is rewarding myself with a sweet or some videogame time or something every single time I thought of going on Twitter and then refrained from it.

This forum is the last bit of social media I use, and while it's definitely more coherent, it's still full of too much pain. I think most of the tangency front-page threads are now hidden from me because I've ignore-listed the users, but it's not really helping that much.

qualifies as "lashing out in panic."
By no rational judgement is Valtiel lashing out in a panic. However, Valtiel’s post included criticism of TBP even though the user still visits. Thus the post could not stand, and the ban hammer had to come out regardless of justification.

It’s not enough to obey Big Purple. One must love Big Purple.

Damn, almost like a religion.  Honestly, at times I wonder of the moddisars there see themselves as on some sort of holy task.

Anyway, can somone with access to tbp screencap some of tge messages around this bad by age nagging bitch? https://forum.rpg.net/index.php?threads/jonb-receives-a-%F0%9F%9A%AB-thirty-day-ban-racism.898782/

Yeah, since she has an avatar that looks like a naggibg bitch that's all I see her as, never bother with her name.
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Re: RPGnet's decay (TBP madness)
« Reply #1861 on: June 27, 2022, 08:23:06 AM »
I can't see Tangency, so did one of the mods quote the wrong post in Valtiel's infraction?

Because I don't see how this
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I earnestly suggest you stop reading Twitter - it's designed to amplify things that make you sad and anxious. I've been noticeably happier since I cut it out. What worked for me is rewarding myself with a sweet or some videogame time or something every single time I thought of going on Twitter and then refrained from it.

This forum is the last bit of social media I use, and while it's definitely more coherent, it's still full of too much pain. I think most of the tangency front-page threads are now hidden from me because I've ignore-listed the users, but it's not really helping that much.

qualifies as "lashing out in panic."
By no rational judgement is Valtiel lashing out in a panic. However, Valtiel’s post included criticism of TBP even though the user still visits. Thus the post could not stand, and the ban hammer had to come out regardless of justification.

It’s not enough to obey Big Purple. One must love Big Purple.

Damn, almost like a religion.  Honestly, at times I wonder of the moddisars there see themselves as on some sort of holy task.

Anyway, can somone with access to tbp screencap some of tge messages around this bad by age nagging bitch? https://forum.rpg.net/index.php?threads/jonb-receives-a-%F0%9F%9A%AB-thirty-day-ban-racism.898782/

Yeah, since she has an avatar that looks like a naggibg bitch that's all I see her as, never bother with her name.
Yeah, I don't know what salinea is huffing there.

Bethdragon is another interesting case. She had a REAL humdinger with Age of Fable where said poster objected to Seiberwing (another trash mod) characterizing his posts as 'aggressive and threats of gambling'. Yeah, I dunno either.

Relevant links:
https://forum.rpg.net/index.php?threads/age-of-fable-receives-a-%F0%9F%9A%AB-one-day-ban.873168/
https://forum.rpg.net/index.php?threads/age-of-fable-receives-a-%F0%9F%9A%AB-thirty-day-ban-and-threadban.873229/

The real gem, though, was this line from Bethdragon:
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Actually, _yes_, we _do_ want you to be repentant and intimidated, because _maybe_ that would make you think about how you interact with other people and the moderation on this website. And if you don't care about the power to ban you from this website, you won't care when that banning happens.

Really, Beth? You're attempting to flex with your power as a mod on an elfgames forum? Really?

Interestingly, while her activity shows she was on yesterday, she's not posted since September 2021 (unless it's been in some kind of private mods-only or special snowflake subforum, which I can't rule out).

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Re: RPGnet's decay (TBP madness)
« Reply #1862 on: June 27, 2022, 08:53:11 AM »
On a side note, if you have an account I can highly recommend the SCOTUS thread (now reopened) for laughs.

They're talking up replacing Manchin and Sinema, in addition to tossing bans at some folks for revenge fantasies (I suspect they come down on that because of the legal implications).


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Re: RPGnet's decay (TBP madness)
« Reply #1863 on: June 27, 2022, 09:28:49 AM »
I can't see Tangency, so did one of the mods quote the wrong post in Valtiel's infraction?

Because I don't see how this
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I earnestly suggest you stop reading Twitter - it's designed to amplify things that make you sad and anxious. I've been noticeably happier since I cut it out. What worked for me is rewarding myself with a sweet or some videogame time or something every single time I thought of going on Twitter and then refrained from it.

This forum is the last bit of social media I use, and while it's definitely more coherent, it's still full of too much pain. I think most of the tangency front-page threads are now hidden from me because I've ignore-listed the users, but it's not really helping that much.

qualifies as "lashing out in panic."
By no rational judgement is Valtiel lashing out in a panic. However, Valtiel’s post included criticism of TBP even though the user still visits. Thus the post could not stand, and the ban hammer had to come out regardless of justification.

It’s not enough to obey Big Purple. One must love Big Purple.

Damn, almost like a religion.  Honestly, at times I wonder of the moddisars there see themselves as on some sort of holy task.

Anyway, can somone with access to tbp screencap some of tge messages around this bad by age nagging bitch? https://forum.rpg.net/index.php?threads/jonb-receives-a-%F0%9F%9A%AB-thirty-day-ban-racism.898782/

Yeah, since she has an avatar that looks like a naggibg bitch that's all I see her as, never bother with her name.
It’s a cult among the mods and most Tangency users at TBP. Look up the concept of secular religion, and I think you’ll find the Woke would fit right in with the concepts of secular religion.

Their behavior reminds me so often of 1984, that I think it must be that some of the mods had to have read it, and thought to themselves “some of these ideas by the Party are actually pretty awesome.”

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Re: RPGnet's decay (TBP madness)
« Reply #1864 on: June 27, 2022, 12:50:47 PM »
Aw. That's cute. They're having a membership drive.

https://www.indiegogo.com/projects/rpgnet-membership-drive-2022-edition#/

That video just oozes personality....my my.

But why would they want new members?

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The ones that crawl in are lean and thin
The ones that crawl out are fat and stout
Your eyes fall in and your teeth fall out
Your brains come tumbling down your snout
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Re: RPGnet's decay (TBP madness)
« Reply #1865 on: June 27, 2022, 01:00:02 PM »
Aw. That's cute. They're having a membership drive.

https://www.indiegogo.com/projects/rpgnet-membership-drive-2022-edition#/

That video just oozes personality....my my.

But why would they want new members?
More like they want their paypigs to fill the coffers.

I mean, if Dyvers Hands (the owner of TBP) has done -anything-, please tell me. I have no idea what their revenue stream is aside from e-begging.

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Re: RPGnet's decay (TBP madness)
« Reply #1866 on: June 27, 2022, 01:47:03 PM »
I mean, if Dyvers Hands (the owner of TBP) has done -anything-, please tell me. I have no idea what their revenue stream is aside from e-begging.
TBP is owned by Skotos, which is primarily known for MUDs. Which unless you lived though the 90s, you've probably never heard of. Which should tell you a bit about their market reach and importance. They're a legacy company from a previous era.

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Re: RPGnet's decay (TBP madness)
« Reply #1867 on: June 27, 2022, 01:49:17 PM »
Sigh. Jeff I keep hoping a covid virus with your name on it ends up tettibg drawn into that ever open mouth of yours. You do nothing but throw shit into the world and it would be a less awful place if you were removed from it.

Woah. Jeff talks shit like everyone else, but he isn't THAT guy! (and he hates me - so my defending him should be a clue you might be off base). Maybe you just need to talk gaming with him.

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Re: RPGnet's decay (TBP madness)
« Reply #1868 on: June 27, 2022, 02:45:33 PM »
Now that Tanka's MIA, Bethdragon is who I would now consider the Worst of the Worst.  Her modding decisions may not be any worse than the others, but at self-righteous, puritanical, holier-than-thou scolding she (???  Don't want to misgender it) takes the crown.

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Re: RPGnet's decay (TBP madness)
« Reply #1869 on: June 27, 2022, 03:03:56 PM »
Now that Tanka's MIA, Bethdragon is who I would now consider the Worst of the Worst.  Her modding decisions may not be any worse than the others, but at self-righteous, puritanical, holier-than-thou scolding she (???  Don't want to misgender it) takes the crown.

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Re: RPGnet's decay (TBP madness)
« Reply #1870 on: June 27, 2022, 04:36:58 PM »
I mean, if Dyvers Hands (the owner of TBP) has done -anything-, please tell me. I have no idea what their revenue stream is aside from e-begging.
TBP is owned by Skotos, which is primarily known for MUDs. Which unless you lived though the 90s, you've probably never heard of. Which should tell you a bit about their market reach and importance. They're a legacy company from a previous era.
You sure about that? The about page says Dyvers Hands owns it.

Dyvers. Die Verse. Diverse. Hmmm...
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Re: RPGnet's decay (TBP madness)
« Reply #1871 on: June 27, 2022, 06:55:15 PM »
I mean, if Dyvers Hands (the owner of TBP) has done -anything-, please tell me. I have no idea what their revenue stream is aside from e-begging.
TBP is owned by Skotos, which is primarily known for MUDs. Which unless you lived though the 90s, you've probably never heard of. Which should tell you a bit about their market reach and importance. They're a legacy company from a previous era.
You sure about that? The about page says Dyvers Hands owns it.

Dyvers. Die Verse. Diverse. Hmmm...
It's also a reference to the Cthulhu Mythos (multiple people associated with TBP have written for Chaosium's line), and could potentially be a reference to the city in Greyhawk (Appelcline wrote all the bios for D&D Classics, at DM's Guild).

It didn't used to say Dyvers Hands on the bottom of the page. But if you go to About, Christopher Allen is listed as the Publisher, President, and Founder of DH. Christopher Allen is also the President of Skotos. And Shannon Appelcline has been a long time employee of Skotos, as well as the admin of TBP. Looking up DH at the Wyoming Secretary of State's business search shows the business was registered in 2019. And the home page on skotos.net has a sign off letter from Allen and Appelcline, saying they're closing the site as of September 2020.

So it's been juggled around and Skotos has been mostly farmed out to the fans, but it's the same people.

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Re: RPGnet's decay (TBP madness)
« Reply #1872 on: June 27, 2022, 09:58:36 PM »
Sigh. Jeff I keep hoping a covid virus with your name on it ends up tettibg drawn into that ever open mouth of yours. You do nothing but throw shit into the world and it would be a less awful place if you were removed from it.

Woah. Jeff talks shit like everyone else, but he isn't THAT guy! (and he hates me - so my defending him should be a clue you might be off base). Maybe you just need to talk gaming with him.

You are full of more shit than a Christmas Turkey....
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Re: RPGnet's decay (TBP madness)
« Reply #1873 on: June 27, 2022, 10:54:02 PM »
Yeah, Skotos vanished a while back. And I'll have you know I still play on a couple MU*'s, sonny. (shakes cane menacingly)

But jokes aside, I'm still wondering what pays their bills, aside from the begging. I grant running a forum isn't exactly bank-breaking these days, but...

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Re: RPGnet's decay (TBP madness)
« Reply #1874 on: June 28, 2022, 04:55:07 AM »
Sigh. Jeff I keep hoping a covid virus with your name on it ends up tettibg drawn into that ever open mouth of yours. You do nothing but throw shit into the world and it would be a less awful place if you were removed from it.

Woah. Jeff talks shit like everyone else, but he isn't THAT guy! (and he hates me - so my defending him should be a clue you might be off base). Maybe you just need to talk gaming with him.

You are full of more shit than a Christmas Turkey....

Yaaaawwwnnnn.


Seriouwky, dude,  die already. You're just s boring shit throwing troll.
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