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Posted by: emo samurai Sep 14 2006, 03:07 AM

I have a feeling that the old-timers feel that it has changed somehow on a very basic level. Has it?

Posted by: Ancient History Sep 14 2006, 03:09 AM

More young'uns.

Posted by: emo samurai Sep 14 2006, 03:16 AM

How were the topics different?

Posted by: Ancient History Sep 14 2006, 03:51 AM

I'd like to say less bitching, but that might be the golden patina of nostalgia.

Posted by: JongWK Sep 14 2006, 05:09 PM

I'd say SR4 gave some people a single target to focus their bitching.

Posted by: Critias Sep 14 2006, 05:17 PM

QUOTE (JongWK)

I'd say SR4 gave some people a single target to focus their bitching.

Well, if it didn't suck so bad, maybe that wouldn't have hap--oh, huh. Hey. Yeah. I see what you mean.

Posted by: JongWK Sep 14 2006, 05:40 PM

Posted by: eidolon Sep 14 2006, 06:18 PM

QUOTE (emo samurai)

How were the topics different?

Much less random and useless polling on inane topics, much fewer "pimp my character" threads(which I used to think was a d20 phenomenon; maybe I just missed it for the other editions because of my join date), lots fewer posts that had nothing to do with SR, and the like.

That's the difference from my perspective, at least.

Posted by: SL James Sep 14 2006, 07:02 PM

It was a controlled level of childish behavior, as opposed to being childish for its own sake.

And, yes, I am casting aspersions.

Posted by: nezumi Sep 14 2006, 07:05 PM

I seem to recollect back when I first joined there were a lot more topics about 'how do you interpret these rules' or 'how do you do this', a lot more stuff on house-rules. A lot less complaining about SR4 (except in jest). Seems like a lot of our non-troll crazies didn't hang around for very long, but that might just be my poor memory.

Posted by: SL James Sep 14 2006, 07:18 PM

Master Shake was mad crazy trollish.

Posted by: Tanka Sep 15 2006, 12:34 AM

QUOTE (SL James)

Master Shake was mad crazy trollish.

Bahaha! Oh, him.

Yes. Crazy, crazy man. Or thing. Or whatever.

Posted by: Kagetenshi Sep 15 2006, 01:32 AM

Yeah, but he was never here for very long. He'd just show up, troll a thread, then vanish.

Polaris also hung on for a decent amount of time before he finally got sick of being demonstrated wrong.

Just never ask yourself "WHAT WOULD XENA DO?"

(Though I keep thinking I'll wake up and find that posted again…)

~J

Posted by: emo samurai Sep 15 2006, 04:02 AM

QUOTE (eidolon)

QUOTE (emo samurai @ Sep 13 2006, 10:16 PM)

How were the topics different?

This had nothing to do with me, of course.

Posted by: Kanada Ten Sep 16 2006, 02:23 AM

Every tenth thread was "invisibility/invulnerability?"

Posted by: Frag-o Delux Sep 16 2006, 03:02 AM

QUOTE (Kagetenshi)

Actually I believe he had multiple usernames, if Im not mistaken it was revealed at one point Master Shake was also Doctor Funkenstien and a few other Trolls.

Posted by: Kanada Ten Sep 16 2006, 05:13 AM

Funkenstien wasn't a troll; an abrasive asshole, sure, but always genuine (which was why we always knew who he was, despite the name changes). Polaris and Master Shake were not him, nor were they each other, as near I can tell.

Posted by: Bull Sep 16 2006, 05:20 AM

QUOTE (Kanada Ten)

Funkenstien wasn't a troll; an abrasive asshole, sure,

Personal attacks are against the rules, folks. Please don't do this, regardless of who it is/was.

Posted by: Frag-o Delux Sep 16 2006, 05:30 AM

I took a lot of time off from the interweb and its been a really long time since I seen any of those guys, so I guess I misremembered.

Posted by: zephir Sep 16 2006, 09:53 AM

There were less posts by emo samurai. And I guess I would like him to write less again, not nothing, but not dominate by volume also.

I miss some of the old posters, even if I seldom liked their style or opinions, and wrote so at the time. Dr. F, Laughlyn, the long chain of very expressly gay (what were their names again?) ...

Posted by: emo samurai Sep 16 2006, 02:34 PM

Fair enough... Wait, no way.

Posted by: nezumi Sep 16 2006, 06:21 PM

QUOTE (zephir)

I miss some of the old posters, even if I seldom liked their style or opinions, and wrote so at the time. Dr. F, Laughlyn, the long chain of very expressly gay (what were their names again?) ...

If you reach far enough back you get the lounge with subrosa, who wasn't gay, but certainly brought those sorts of sexual identity issues to the forefront.

Once again, I do not miss the lounge.

Posted by: emo samurai Sep 17 2006, 05:02 AM

I WANNA SEE A LOUNGE GRRR

I actually enjoy a good flamewar, if only because the other person is inevitably slower than my rapier wit.

Posted by: zephir Sep 17 2006, 03:20 PM

QUOTE

If you reach far enough back you get the lounge with subrosa, who wasn't gay, but certainly brought those sorts of sexual identity issues to the forefront.

Before that, on the earth-colored forums. I think subrosa split hairs on transsexuality and related terms. I may misremember.
I don't miss the lounge either.

Posted by: Kagetenshi Sep 18 2006, 12:44 AM

If I could get one person to return to regular posting, it would be Doc Funk. It's probably better for his blood pressure that he isn't here, but I miss him.

~J

Posted by: SL James Sep 18 2006, 01:41 AM

QUOTE (emo samurai)

I WANNA SEE A LOUNGE GRRR

I actually enjoy a good flamewar, if only because the other person is inevitably slower than my rapier wit.

There are other forums where you can more than indulge yourself, even some filled with DSers.

Posted by: emo samurai Sep 18 2006, 02:43 AM

Cool, which ones?

Posted by: Kanada Ten Sep 19 2006, 01:13 AM

QUOTE (Bull)

QUOTE (Kanada Ten @ Sep 16 2006, 12:13 AM)

Funkenstien wasn't a troll; an abrasive asshole, sure,

Personal attacks are against the rules, folks. Please don't do this, regardless of who it is/was.

He'd take it as a compliment. And I meant it as one.

Posted by: Glyph Oct 3 2006, 06:29 AM

I think we were hashing out the rules and experimenting with house rules more - but it was dealing with the more complicated stuff, like how targetting worked with astral perception. Now there are more basic rule questions and "pimp my character" threads (although to be fair, the majority are looking for feedback on how coherent their backstory is and whether they have made any major mistakes or omissions - not too many of them are trying to create the perfect combat machine. And the ones that are usually get all of the weaknesses of their botched min-maxing pointed out to them). There were still plenty of min-maxing experiments back then, too, although they were more theoretical than practical - they were number-crunching monstrosities, not characters intended for play.

There are some posters I miss, but some I don't. I think I am so tolerant of Emo because he actually seems kind of mild after Chad H, Crazy Elf, lorg, and others that I remember (uh, not to cast any aspersions on those fine gents or anything ). The Lounge was actually pretty fun for awhile, but I think shutting it down was the right decision - the flaming was getting out of hand, and I can see how it was becoming a big headache for the mods to deal with.

I think the forums are still going pretty strong. They have always had long stretches where all of the questions seem banal, but then a batch of more interesting threads comes along.

Posted by: emo samurai Oct 3 2006, 02:27 PM

Banal? My questions are banal? :.(..

Posted by: craigpierce Oct 3 2006, 03:47 PM

QUOTE (EMO SAMURAI)

Banal? My questions are banal? :.(..

sorry emo - we should really stick to words you understand...

Banal - adj. devoid of freshness or originality; hackneyed; trite: emo's polls are totally, like, banal.

and glyph was talking about the current state of the forums, not your posts specifically.

Posted by: emo samurai Oct 3 2006, 04:54 PM

I know what banal means, which is why I was all insulted and shit.

Posted by: Domino Oct 3 2006, 07:16 PM

QUOTE (EMO SAMURAI)

.......all insulted and shit.

Hello Target Audience.

Posted by: emo samurai Oct 3 2006, 08:02 PM

Huh? I don't get it. And the "insulted and shit" part was ironic.

Posted by: Domino Oct 3 2006, 08:04 PM

Then recognize its use in other places.