We should start a pool to see how many pages this one will go on for. My 's on 8.


Dare I ask the name of your 6 figure wannabe?

Master Shake

Anything less than 50 is uncivilized.

Indeed. I haven't seen an eight-page thread since the Lounge closed.

~J

probably only tangentially related. but the one thing I love the most about this board?

THERE'S NO BLOODY RATING SYSTEM.

no karma, no rep+, no fresh/splat, no post-farming, no rating camping.
no filter to remove posts with low ratings.

Every post is created equal, the only thing that determines whether you see it or not is whether you followed the drivel that far down the page.

and yeah. I can't remember the last time I saw an 8page thread (100 per page here)

edit: minor grammatical errors.

I don't think I've ever seen a Shadowrun related thread to rival the sex thread in the Lounge. Hopefully, everyone here still has his or her priorities properly in order.

Ah, the good old days...

I thought I should clarify, as many of the responses seem to think I mean that no criticism should be made. that's not the case. The thing I have a problem with is some people's need to be rude when they reply.

Just because someone's ideas for their campaign don't meet your standards is no excuse to be rude. But that's generally the case with the internet. People who wouldn't have the stones to be rude in real life get to do it from the anonymity of their keyboard. Its kind of sad when you think about it.

Who says none of us would be rude in real life?

Generally, it's the people who flame and troll that are really the little kids in high school that hide in corners and secretly make fun of everybody.

As I said; we're just very opinionated. We voice those opinions when we feel our voices are needed.

It isn't a matter of "being rude because it's the only place we can be," it's a matter of "telling them our opinions because that's why the posted it here -- to read our opinions on the matter."

And don't forget, some people never learned how to write in such a way to say, "I disagree," without adding, "you ass!"

I fear for todays youth, just like everyone of a given generation has feared for the youth of the next generation....I mean it only seems fair.

I guess you're right tanka: some people are just assholes everywhere.

Correctness is admirable, Political Correctness is an impediment to society.

If you don't want people's opinions, don't post! If you don't like someone's response, then report them to an Admin. There's no need to make a completely off-topic thread (something that is somewhat frowned upon here) and continually bemoan the fact that a few people disliked an idea enough to call it stupid.

No, that's probably because they all started writing in different forms of poetry.

(By the by, Kagetenshi: Check your messages real quick.)

I didn't start it, nor does it need my assistance to stay alive, as judged by the amount of posts prior to mine.

My contribution was to inform you (and others) that the Admins do not really like off-topic threads, as well as to point out the appropriate procedure should you (or anyone else) truly take offence to any specific post or poster.

Prickwaving? I can assure you that my genitals were completely inside my clothes at the time I posted that. And given his response I assume Fortune took it as it was intended.

Perhaps you just have an overactive imagination and/or a penchant for waving pricks?

Prickwaving...

<Woosh><Woosh><Woosh>

er... nevermind

If you look at the length and breath of my responses (ie, click search posts for my username), you'll find that I rarely get nasty with public posts. My deep personal hot-button though (calloused from years of shoddy Real-Life sessions) is GMs who arbitrarily make ridiculously unfair rulings for the sole purpose of getting glee watching their players suffer.

Realistically, this may be the home of the game police.

I recall some long debates about rules over the last few years, and also some house rules about excluding certain equipment. Somehow, perhaps purely coincidently , the game rules got changed in line with the house rules or the conclusion of the debate. The rules received an erratta. Things like the Chipjack Expert Driver, the mnemonic enhancer, called shots, and invisibility.

Since it may appear that this board has some influence, there are people who don't want their precious character or tactics to become obsolete or less than legal because it takes advantage of a rule quirk or some piece of equipment that bestows advantages beyond its cost. Even if you think there is no way this forum influences the game rules, there are groups that play by the concensus reached on this forum. So this forum influences games on the net and around the world.

It depends on what you see as the function of police. To kick in your door and punish evil doers or a group that seeks to maintain a tidy environment and kick the drek out of any idea that clutters it.

"I Am The Law!"

To some degree the board automatically has influence, in that some of the people who will determine the rules read it. As a result, the ideas discussed here are likely already in their minds when it comes time to work out the next variation on them. They may not be chosen, but just being already on the list is a big advantage.

The same is true, incidentally, of any other source read by the arbiter of something.

~J