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RPGnet's decay (TBP madness)

Started by Ghostmaker, July 27, 2021, 08:10:46 AM

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Stephen Tannhauser

#2040
July 18, 2022, 03:56:17 PM
Quote from: rytrasmi on July 18, 2022, 03:48:41 PMMost visitors won't know the people being commemorated, so it comes across as empty.

Perhaps, but I don't see much that can be done about that. Still better to do it than not, I think.

After all, to paraphrase Donne, "Ask not for whom the popup blocks your viewing field; it blocks for thee."
Better to keep silent and be thought a fool, than to speak and remove all doubt. -- Mark Twain

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GeekyBugle

#2041
July 18, 2022, 04:00:10 PM
Quote from: Armchair Gamer on July 18, 2022, 11:47:40 AM
On the topic of TBP, apparently someone there has taken notice of our discussion of SJG's latest stance and considers us "too vile to be named" and the thread "disgustingly foul."

https://forum.rpg.net/index.php?threads/a-time-to-rally.899681/

We should create a gamming podcast:

The "too vile to be named" podcast in a YT channel called "disgustingly foul." Hosted by? Stinking Troll...
Quote from: Rhedyn

Here is why this forum tends to be so stupid. Many people here think Joe Biden is "The Left", when he is actually Far Right and every US republican is just an idiot.

"During times of universal deceit, telling the truth becomes a revolutionary act."

― George Orwell

GeekyBugle

#2042
July 18, 2022, 04:02:17 PM
Quote from: rytrasmi on July 18, 2022, 03:48:41 PM
Quote from: Stephen Tannhauser on July 18, 2022, 03:41:10 PM
Quote from: rytrasmi on July 18, 2022, 02:49:31 PM
Quote from: FelixGamingX1 on July 18, 2022, 01:52:31 PM
...3 or 4 pop-ups  about dying members, plus a whole bunch of activist propaganda...
Virtual signaling, literally. This is what they do.

Well, commemorating the deaths of individual members is a respectable thing, and there aren't many other ways to do so for an internet forum community. Dropping by with a casserole would only very seldom be feasible.

Fair point. However, there has to be a better way than a barrage of pop ups to anyone who visits. Most visitors won't know the people being commemorated, so it comes across as empty.

Except when it's the occasional conmemorating of the recent passin of a "famous" someboy in the hobby that has evaded cancellation up till that point. No guarantees the locustus won't go searching for stuff to cancell the recently departed posthumously.
Quote from: Rhedyn

Here is why this forum tends to be so stupid. Many people here think Joe Biden is "The Left", when he is actually Far Right and every US republican is just an idiot.

"During times of universal deceit, telling the truth becomes a revolutionary act."

― George Orwell

rytrasmi

#2043
July 18, 2022, 04:39:13 PM
Quote from: Stephen Tannhauser on July 18, 2022, 03:56:17 PM
After all, to paraphrase Donne, "Ask not for whom the popup blocks your viewing field; it blocks for thee."
Thanks for the laugh (no sarcasm).

Though I wonder if they honor any significant creator or just the ideologically pure ones.
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FelixGamingX1

#2044
July 18, 2022, 05:09:20 PM
Quote from: rytrasmi on July 18, 2022, 03:48:41 PM
Quote from: Stephen Tannhauser on July 18, 2022, 03:41:10 PM
Quote from: rytrasmi on July 18, 2022, 02:49:31 PM
Quote from: FelixGamingX1 on July 18, 2022, 01:52:31 PM
...3 or 4 pop-ups  about dying members, plus a whole bunch of activist propaganda...
Virtual signaling, literally. This is what they do.

Well, commemorating the deaths of individual members is a respectable thing, and there aren't many other ways to do so for an internet forum community. Dropping by with a casserole would only very seldom be feasible.

Fair point. However, there has to be a better way than a barrage of pop ups to anyone who visits. Most visitors won't know the people being commemorated, so it comes across as empty.

Right. When you go to a gaming website the last thing I want to see is all these dead people notifications. There should be a page dedicated to those. Remembering someone is never a bad thing, but primary purpose of the site seems to have heavily deviated from what it originally intended to be. Dead authors thread would be more suitable for those willing to check it out.
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Shasarak

#2045
July 18, 2022, 05:42:56 PM
Quote from: Armchair Gamer on July 18, 2022, 12:50:28 PM
Quote from: Reckall on July 18, 2022, 12:44:17 PM
I guess that they missed how many of those who disagree with SJG say "He just lost half of his customers". This is a fine example of people who understand only absolutes.

  I think half is probably an overstatement--I think that the RPG hobby, having been less than welcomed by/welcoming to religious folk, probably winds up skewing more pro-abortion rights than the overall American audience.

Thats only because the group that loves abortions the most are white liberal men.
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pathetically struggling,
look at the good things you've got! -  Jesus

Stephen Tannhauser

#2046
July 18, 2022, 05:50:34 PM
Quote from: Shasarak on July 18, 2022, 05:42:56 PMThats only because the group that loves abortions the most are white liberal men.

Most likely, though the subset of such men who wind up in the gaming hobby (myself very definitely included for much of my life) don't strike me as the group likely to need them most.
Better to keep silent and be thought a fool, than to speak and remove all doubt. -- Mark Twain

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oggsmash

#2047
July 18, 2022, 05:52:19 PM
Quote from: Stephen Tannhauser on July 18, 2022, 05:50:34 PM
Quote from: Shasarak on July 18, 2022, 05:42:56 PMThats only because the group that loves abortions the most are white liberal men.

Most likely, though the subset of such men who wind up in the gaming hobby (myself very definitely included for much of my life) don't strike me as the group likely to need them most.

  but...those sorts of dudes will simp for whatever they think women want to hear so it does make sense.

Stephen Tannhauser

#2048
July 18, 2022, 05:56:09 PM
Quote from: rytrasmi on July 18, 2022, 04:39:13 PM
Thanks for the laugh (no sarcasm).

Much obliged! :)

QuoteThough I wonder if they honor any significant creator or just the ideologically pure ones.

Well, the universality of death, grief and loss is a thing worth respecting, whatever one's beliefs in the Creator.
Better to keep silent and be thought a fool, than to speak and remove all doubt. -- Mark Twain

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Shasarak

#2049
July 18, 2022, 06:01:56 PM
Quote from: Stephen Tannhauser on July 18, 2022, 05:50:34 PM
Quote from: Shasarak on July 18, 2022, 05:42:56 PMThats only because the group that loves abortions the most are white liberal men.

Most likely, though the subset of such men who wind up in the gaming hobby (myself very definitely included for much of my life) don't strike me as the group likely to need them most.

Thats why they play Fantasy RPGs.
Who da Drow?  U da drow! - hedgehobbit

There will be poor always,
pathetically struggling,
look at the good things you've got! -  Jesus

Willmark

#2050
July 18, 2022, 06:31:10 PM
Quote from: Armchair Gamer on July 18, 2022, 11:47:40 AM
On the topic of TBP, apparently someone there has taken notice of our discussion of SJG's latest stance and considers us "too vile to be named" and the thread "disgustingly foul."

https://forum.rpg.net/index.php?threads/a-time-to-rally.899681/
Weird (but not) that they find free speech vile; of course this is the group that thinks words=violence.

Ghostmaker

#2051
July 19, 2022, 08:15:35 AM
https://forum.rpg.net/index.php?threads/eric-the-5b-receives-a-%F0%9F%94%B4-warning-threadban.899720/

The mods don't like it when someone points out inherent flaws in the jackboot philosophy. I admit I may be missing something though, because Aikireikinu went all sorts of bitchy on this. Guilty conscience, perhaps.

My favorite, though, was the dumb fucker's post after they redtexted Eric:
QuoteEveryone else, you are now free to return to your previously fruitful discussion.
Well, aren't you gracious. I hope they do a flip when they throw themselves off the rooftop.

I

#2052
July 19, 2022, 02:52:31 PM
LOL, the douche that started the thread about SJG has already been banned.

"The Site Too Vile To Be Named."  Sounds like an artifact in the original DMG, found between the Sceptre of Might and the Sword of Kas.  I suppose it's kind of like the cyber-version of the Book of Vile Darkness.

Ghostmaker

#2053
July 19, 2022, 04:10:01 PM
Quote from: I on July 19, 2022, 02:52:31 PM
LOL, the douche that started the thread about SJG has already been banned.

"The Site Too Vile To Be Named."  Sounds like an artifact in the original DMG, found between the Sceptre of Might and the Sword of Kas.  I suppose it's kind of like the cyber-version of the Book of Vile Darkness.
It looks like they tagged him with a guidance asking him to dial back the cross forum drama. And then banned him for personal attacks via PM.

Assuming, of course, Dawgstar is telling the truth. Which is not a sure thing. My guess is he disagreed with Dawgstar, and got banned for it.

Reckall

#2054
July 20, 2022, 02:48:34 AM
Quote from: I on July 19, 2022, 02:52:31 PM
LOL, the douche that started the thread about SJG has already been banned.

"The Site Too Vile To Be Named."  Sounds like an artifact in the original DMG, found between the Sceptre of Might and the Sword of Kas.  I suppose it's kind of like the cyber-version of the Book of Vile Darkness.

It sounds more like a place to me - possibly where the Book of Vile Darkness is kept.
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