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« Reply #15 on: March 16, 2008, 06:37:45 AM »
Indeed. There are plenty of people there who manage to abide by the rules and have decent gaming discussions. It seems like the moderation only really becomes a problem for those who can't walk away from situations. Eventually their tempers fray and they find themselves on the wrong side of the "emotionally safe environment." :D
 

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« Reply #16 on: March 17, 2008, 12:32:56 PM »
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Indeed...................... Eventually their tempers fray and they find themselves on the wrong side of the "emotionally safe environment." :D



Irony is - THIS forum (rpgsite) is actually a friendlier atmosphere more times than not.
 Trying to create an emotionally safe environment is a goal that is set up for failure at the start.


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« Reply #17 on: March 18, 2008, 02:42:09 AM »
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 Trying to create an emotionally safe environment is a goal that is set up for failure at the start.


How dare you oppress my right to be emotionally safe!

I'll see you in court.

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« Reply #18 on: March 18, 2008, 03:13:42 AM »
As I've said before, this forum is the only one on which I've seen genuine and spontaneous apologies given by one member to another over some offence given or taken.

Amazing what happens when people are responsible for themselves like grownups :cool:
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« Reply #19 on: March 18, 2008, 04:19:59 AM »
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Well, they've often said that if you go back, email them and apologise for your misdeeds, there's a good chance they'll have you back. And it's happened, and not only with that idiot Curt.

Most of the people who stay permabanned are the sorts of people who are not inclined to apologise for their misdeeds on rpg.net... :cool:


I for one would gladly go back the day THEY come and apologize to ME.

Won't be holding my breath, of course, but why would I apologize when they're the ones who are in the wrong, and have always been in the wrong?

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« Reply #20 on: March 18, 2008, 04:20:28 AM »
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As I've said before, this forum is the only one on which I've seen genuine and spontaneous apologies given by one member to another over some offence given or taken.

Amazing what happens when people are responsible for themselves like grownups :cool:


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« Reply #21 on: March 24, 2008, 10:42:13 PM »
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As I've said before, this forum is the only one on which I've seen genuine and spontaneous apologies given by one member to another over some offence given or taken.

Amazing what happens when people are responsible for themselves like grownups :cool:


Except it happens all the time on RPG.net.  Seriously.

Looking back, I agree somewhat that the moderation during that period was...interesting to say the least.

The moderation now is much more hands off, and only real assholes get any kind of banning at all.

Although, really, to what purpose does dredging all this shit up really have to do with anything?  I mean, it was quite some time ago - who, other than Pundit and the other banned retards who constantly harangue about a site they flamed out on YEARS ago, cares about some stupid shit involving Curt and VoI and A2K?

And me, since I'm commenting?  I haven't checked in here in a while, and whats the first thing I see coming back, and thus get involved in?  An RPG.net screed.  Jesus.  I almost thought Pundit had worked these out of his system by now.

Seriously, P, aren't there better things to spend time talking about?  Things that INTEREST you?  Things that you WANT to talk about?  About the beauty of the Montevidean nights, while smoking pipes and drinking good scotch?  What is it about RPG.net that you just can't let GO of?  You have a great little community here.  Focus all that energy HERE.

I keep saying this, and keep hoping you'll listen.  It was good for a while, and maybe this thread is one straw in the stack that I happened to find, but dude - let it GO.
 

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« Reply #22 on: March 24, 2008, 10:51:07 PM »
Dude, HMG, that is a seriously disingenuous, and uninformed response.  I expect better from you man.  

This is, essentially, an automated repost from a year ago, and the first such "OMG RPGnet suxxors" thread in some time.  And you might have known that if you'd bothered to stick around, or given fair shrift to it's percentage of the general discourse here.

You do know how this forum works, right?  It's just a repost of every last one of his blog posts, exactly one year later.  Why he does it, I dunno.  Maybe just as a way of seeing what's "changed" in a year, how the climate is different.  Maybe it's just his giant ego.  I've been known to pull up old threads just to read some clever thing I wrote eons ago.  

I don't really see why it should bother you so much at that, after all, you hardly post here, and it's not like anything said here has much effect on the rampaging purple mob anyway.  It's just bored sideline commentary, who the fuck gives a shit?  Does it really hurt you that much?
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« Reply #23 on: March 25, 2008, 12:54:51 AM »
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Except it happens all the time on RPG.net.  Seriously.
I've yet to see it. Perhaps Tangency's become a hot-bed of frank, genuine and open expression of worthwhile ideas, I wouldn't know, I can't see it. Outside there, no-one has a chance to apologise before they're banned - temporarily or permanently - and when apologies do pop up they're of the forced, "I'm sorry I called you a cunt - I'm sorry you're a cunt" type that you get when they're forced.

Of all discussion sites I've ever seen, this is the only one where I've regularly seen genuine and unprompted apologies from people about what they've said to another poster. Sure, it happens now and then everywhere - but it happens reasonably frequently here.

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The moderation now is much more hands off, and only real assholes get any kind of banning at all.
I dunno, really, that's what they said a couple of years ago, too. What that usually means - and I say this as someone having used almost the same words as you just did - is just, "they just ban posters I don't like or care about anyway."

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Although, really, to what purpose does dredging all this shit up really have to do with anything?  I mean, it was quite some time ago - who, other than Pundit and the other banned retards who constantly harangue about a site they flamed out on YEARS ago, cares [...]
I assume the purpose is to compare and contrast the different sites.

I may be a retard, but I didn't flame out on rpg.net. My ban was a genuine surprise to me.

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And me, since I'm commenting?  I haven't checked in here in a while, and whats the first thing I see coming back, and thus get involved in?  An RPG.net screed.  
Then you're not looking very far into on the "new posts" list. There's plenty of rpg discussion, and even some rpg design discussion. If you choose to talk about this rather than that stuff, that's your fault.
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« Reply #24 on: March 25, 2008, 09:39:14 PM »
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I may be a retard, but I didn't flame out on rpg.net. My ban was a genuine surprise to me.


I've just been banned from there again, and just like the last time it took me entirely by surprise.  I posted a personal observation about women gamers in a thread about personal observations about women gamers, and since it wasn't a flattering observation, I got banned for making a "general attack."

Utterly ridiculous.

The kicker:  My observation was that women are very good at using ostracization to prevent criticism of women.
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« Reply #25 on: March 26, 2008, 12:54:06 AM »
That's beautiful, man :)

You should be proud of that!

When you're unbanned you can return to the thread, quote the banning post, and say, "QED".

Of course they will ban you again then, but...
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« Reply #26 on: March 27, 2008, 07:28:03 PM »
They didn't ban you for that, they banned you for being a dick - then becoming a crazy motherfucker.

Dude, you have issues.
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« Reply #27 on: March 27, 2008, 07:48:50 PM »
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They didn't ban you for that, they banned you for being a dick - then becoming a crazy motherfucker.

Dude, you have issues.



He lives in Seattle, what do you expect? Everyone in Seattle has issues. Serious ones.
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« Reply #28 on: March 27, 2008, 07:50:11 PM »
Lol, never been so I'll take your word on that:p
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« Reply #29 on: March 28, 2008, 04:17:30 AM »
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They didn't ban you for that, they banned you for being a dick - then becoming a crazy motherfucker.

Magical historical revision!

They banned me for because I posted a personal observation about women gamers in a thread about personal observations about women gamers.  They permabanned me for becoming a crazy motherfucker.  Actually, that's not even true either.  Darren MacLarren permabanned me because I attacked Michelle Lyons in her journal, on an entirely unrelated issue.  Within minutes Darren had posted to her journal saying I would be permanently banned.  That's when I decided to just start fucking with them.

And who the heck are you, their proxy on the rpg site?  Which one of them has his/her hand up you ass?

EDIT: Hey, you joined this forum just to come snark me, didn't you?  Of your five comments so far, three are snark aimed at me.  So you're stalking me on the internet, and calling me the crazy motherfucker?  More likely, you're not crazy, you're just fucking with me.  You must be a rpg.net mod to achieve that level of hypocrisy.

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