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TBP does it again

Started by thecasualoblivion, April 01, 2013, 01:42:01 PM

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thecasualoblivion

April 01, 2013, 01:42:01 PM
I had promised myself I wouldn't post about rpg.net after my recent permaban there, as doing so would imply that I care, when I really don't. However, the following thread, describing their new moderation/behavior policy for the D&D/d20 forum is just too amusing to ignore:

http://forum.rpg.net/showthread.php?681901-New-Rules-For-Discussion-In-The-d20-Subforum-READ-THIS
"Other RPGs tend to focus on other aspects of roleplaying, while D&D traditionally focuses on racially-based home invasion, murder and theft."--The Little Raven, RPGnet

"We\'re not more violent than other countries. We just have more worthless people who need to die."

K Peterson

#1
April 01, 2013, 01:54:16 PM
April Fool.

Piestrio

#2
April 01, 2013, 02:00:24 PM
Quote from: K Peterson;641992April Fool.

Spoil sport.

What's actually funny about the whole thing is that it was kinda sorta believable, as evidenced by the thread where people thought it might be real.

You could probably make some sort of comment about moderation over there if you wanted to :)
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Currently Playing: AD&D

Sacrosanct

#3
April 01, 2013, 02:10:07 PM
Quote from: Piestrio;641996Spoil sport.

What's actually funny about the whole thing is that it was kinda sorta believable, as evidenced by the thread where people thought it might be real.

very true.  After all, it seems paraphrasing someone is now considered a personal attack.  Every day it reaches a new level of comedy.
D&D is not an "everyone gets a ribbon" game.  If you\'re stupid, your PC will die.  If you\'re an asshole, your PC will die (probably from the other PCs).  If you\'re unlucky, your PC may die.  Point?  PC\'s die.  Get over it and roll up a new one.

KenHR

#4
April 01, 2013, 02:10:36 PM
Would've been better if it was actually funny.  The confusion was mildly amusing, but more a commentary on how fucked up that place has become than anything.
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One Horse Town

#5
April 01, 2013, 02:14:07 PM
This thread will be the funniest result of their April Fool for them. A banker, you might say.

I doubt they were banking on quite the backlash they got over there, however, but hey, he who laughs last laughs longest.

thedungeondelver

#6
April 01, 2013, 02:17:34 PM
Ettin thinks pedophilia is funny so who fuckin' knows if that's an AFJ or not.
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Mcbobbo sums it up nicely.

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Sacrosanct

#7
April 01, 2013, 02:20:16 PM
Speaking of, what's the over/under on the number of days before Zak S gets rule 10'd?

It seems that he and Ettin have quite the dislike for each other, and one can't help but notice that nearly all of Zak's infractions have been from Ettin for things like, "I don't like how you phrased that."  I.e., nothing he actually did wrong.  And I think Kai pretty much just told him he was close to getting permabanned due to infraction history.

Convenient how that works.
D&D is not an "everyone gets a ribbon" game.  If you\'re stupid, your PC will die.  If you\'re an asshole, your PC will die (probably from the other PCs).  If you\'re unlucky, your PC may die.  Point?  PC\'s die.  Get over it and roll up a new one.

thecasualoblivion

#8
April 01, 2013, 02:29:36 PM
They seem to have removed the trouble tickets forum entirely because of the joke, at least to non-members.
"Other RPGs tend to focus on other aspects of roleplaying, while D&D traditionally focuses on racially-based home invasion, murder and theft."--The Little Raven, RPGnet

"We\'re not more violent than other countries. We just have more worthless people who need to die."

Piestrio

#9
April 01, 2013, 02:34:41 PM
Quote from: thedungeondelver;642011Ettin thinks pedophilia is funny so who fuckin' knows if that's an AFJ or not.

It is. They originally posted it in TT and then everyone wasn't sure if it was a joke or not until Cessna came out and said, yes, it was a joke.

That should REALLY tell them something both about their own moderation and their userbase.

Alas I really doubt it will.
Disclaimer: I attach no moral weight to the way you choose to pretend to be an elf.

Currently running: The Great Pendragon Campaign & DC Adventures - Timberline
Currently Playing: AD&D

beeber

#10
April 01, 2013, 02:37:43 PM
Quote from: thecasualoblivion;642018They seem to have removed the trouble tickets forum entirely because of the joke, at least to non-members.

paying members?  an old alt account of mine can't see TT or even the rules post.  only thing i bother reading over there for the most part is TT and the infraction history page.  

is interesting that i had IL'ed ettin and he's still invisible, even with his mod status.

The Ent

#11
April 01, 2013, 04:11:30 PM
Quote from: Sacrosanct;642014Speaking of, what's the over/under on the number of days before Zak S gets rule 10'd?

It seems that he and Ettin have quite the dislike for each other, and one can't help but notice that nearly all of Zak's infractions have been from Ettin for things like, "I don't like how you phrased that."  I.e., nothing he actually did wrong.  And I think Kai pretty much just told him he was close to getting permabanned due to infraction history.

Convenient how that works.

Yeah, that one's pretty ugly.

thedungeondelver

#12
April 01, 2013, 04:30:11 PM
Zak went to SA when his name and his work was specifically mentioned in [strike]helldump[/strike]grognards.txt, and got banned for basically asking (time and again) "What do you have against me?" or gainsaying whatever got thrown at him.

Ettin hails from SA and while not a mod there, is of that same hivemind.  So him jumping at every possible opportunity to [strike]put his weenie on display[/strike]moderate Zak is pretty much par for the course.  He's basically extending Something Awful's forum policy to rpg.net on SA's behalf; I'd expect to see more of that for as long as grognards.txt stays gone.
THE DELVERS DUNGEON


Mcbobbo sums it up nicely.

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Sacrosanct

#13
April 01, 2013, 04:39:53 PM
Quote from: thedungeondelver;642073Zak went to SA when his name and his work was specifically mentioned in [strike]helldump[/strike]grognards.txt, and got banned for basically asking (time and again) "What do you have against me?" or gainsaying whatever got thrown at him.

Ettin hails from SA and while not a mod there, is of that same hivemind.  So him jumping at every possible opportunity to [strike]put his weenie on display[/strike]moderate Zak is pretty much par for the course.  He's basically extending Something Awful's forum policy to rpg.net on SA's behalf; I'd expect to see more of that for as long as grognards.txt stays gone.

I don't see it going away even if grognard.txt came back.  Remember, Ettin had a quote from a poster here directed at SA in his sig at TBP, and I copped my first ban for saying, "Looks at sig" when he was sanctioning people for cross forum drama while sporting that sig.
D&D is not an "everyone gets a ribbon" game.  If you\'re stupid, your PC will die.  If you\'re an asshole, your PC will die (probably from the other PCs).  If you\'re unlucky, your PC may die.  Point?  PC\'s die.  Get over it and roll up a new one.

thecasualoblivion

#14
April 01, 2013, 04:46:44 PM
To be honest, I believed this was real until I got to the sillier bits later in the announcement. It just seemed to be a logical extension of their recent moderation policies.
"Other RPGs tend to focus on other aspects of roleplaying, while D&D traditionally focuses on racially-based home invasion, murder and theft."--The Little Raven, RPGnet

"We\'re not more violent than other countries. We just have more worthless people who need to die."
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