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[robobobo]

Yeah, the whole "collaborative storytelling" thing has never interested me. When I sit down at a gaming table, my interests begin and end with my character and whatever influence they organically have in the shared world. If there's a dragon wanting to eat them, I'm not going to say, "Well ackshually that dragon was very traumatized about being misgendered in xirs youth and only wants to be friends." or some shit. A large portion of my enjoyment of RPGs is working out how to make the most of what I have, so having an override button built into the system ruins that.

 

[Starscreams Cape]

Yeah, the whole "collaborative storytelling" thing has never interested me. When I sit down at a gaming table, my interests begin and end with my character and whatever influence they organically have in the shared world. If there's a dragon wanting to eat them, I'm not going to say, "Well ackshually that dragon was very traumatized about being misgendered in xirs youth and only wants to be friends." or some shit. A large portion of my enjoyment of RPGs is working out how to make the most of what I have, so having an override button built into the system ruins that.

Fiasco is a great off-night, one-shot game if you have a group of players who THINK they'd be great at DM'ing. How hard could it be after all, right? It gives them a creative outlet without them having to suffer the UH OH MOMENT. That's be when they're fumbling behind a DM screen saying "uhm... uhm... uhm" with a slightly blanched and somewhat panicked stricken face.

 

[Next Task]

Collaborative storytelling can be great - for a one-off like Fiasco. Get a good group and you can have a GM who only needs to provide a few prompts and keep everyone involved.

I can't see it working in a campaign, though. They require more direction and guidance than something you play in a single evening. And since the fun relies more on the players, a dud is going to have much more of an impact.

 

[PancakesPancakesPancakes]

I actually like the FATE family. Dresden Accelerated and its Mantles are a brilliant addition to the game. Wearing the Cape does great things with aspects that most other fate games are afraid to say. Mindjammer takes the crunchy fiddly side of fate and adds some decent transhuman scifi to it.

 

[gangweedfan]

do mods like zeea and tanka even play RPGs anymore? considering how much they are featured in this thread I am under the impression that the mods entertain each other with a board ranking the mods by how many people they have banned.

 

[AnOminous]

do mods like zeea and tanka even play RPGs anymore?

Even with the modcows covered in other threads like the RetardEra thread, I think tanka may be the absolute rock bottom most worthless shitmod ever to moderate a forum. I can't imagine how worthless he would be as a GM.

 

[The Littlest Shitlord]

It was probably more successful as a meme than a movement. It really reveals the main problem with RPGNet: a great many of their posters are armchair gamers only, endlessly dissecting and theorizing about games and the gaming hobby without going out to actually play them. It is a lot like the new kind of game journalism, where you have a bunch of purple-hairs bloviating about game characters, game culture, game merchandise and game politics, but then it turns out they either consider games beneath them, or they try one and they are absolute shit at it. That's what a lot of RPGNetters are: kibbitzers. Useless on their own, obnoxious in a group.

At a point, you have to ask yourself how hard it is to play a game (hint: it is not hard at all, kids do it all the time without problems).

But kids have friends, though. These speds are complete social rejects. Also I've never seen a kid refuse to play with someone because they voted for Trump.

 

[Hugbox Kommissar]

Even with the modcows covered in other threads like the RetardEra thread, I think tanka may be the absolute rock bottom most worthless shitmod ever to moderate a forum. I can't imagine how worthless he would be as a GM.

I agree with you, but only because Ettin is is inactive nowadays.

 

[Jet Fuel Johnny]

do mods like zeea and tanka even play RPGs anymore? considering how much they are featured in this thread I am under the impression that the mods entertain each other with a board ranking the mods by how many people they have banned.

No, they don't.

I remember back on ENWorld about 2008 they had a poll for how many people actually play the RPG's they talk about, and it was something like only 30%. RPGNet did the same poll a few years back and it was like 20% actually play.

And the majority of them play those faggy Forge games.

 

[Shaka Brah]

No, they don't.

I remember back on ENWorld about 2008 they had a poll for how many people actually play the RPG's they talk about, and it was something like only 30%. RPGNet did the same poll a few years back and it was like 20% actually play.

And the majority of them play those faggy Forge games.

I wish I saved some of the drama from before Forge closed. That in itself was such a hilarious shitstorm.

 

[Tactical Wizard]

I wish I saved some of the drama from before Forge closed. That in itself was such a hilarious shitstorm.

You cannot just leave that in the middle of the room and not dish. I drifted away from RPGnet a long time ago.

Does anyone here remember the motivational poster thread and the creepy gamers thread? In that last one, you used to have people pulling "The Aristocrats"

Fuck, that place has gone downhill.

 

[Shaka Brah]

You cannot just leave that in the middle of the room and not dish. I drifted away from RPGnet a long time ago.

Does anyone here remember the motivational poster thread and the creepy gamers thread? In that last one, you used to have people pulling "The Aristocrats"

Fuck, that place has gone downhill.

I'm talking about the forum The Forge, now located at http://www.indie-rpgs.com/forge/index.php

It had a large overlap of crazy SJWs and storygamers before that was a big well-known thing, and a lot of storygames emerged from it.

 

[Tactical Wizard]

I'm talking about the forum The Forge, now located at http://www.indie-rpgs.com/forge/index.php

It had a large overlap of crazy SJWs and storygamers before that was a big well-known thing, and a lot of storygames emerged from it.

So basically it's the exact opposite of the OSR types.

 

[Shaka Brah]

So basically it's the exact opposite of the OSR types.

Not merely the opposite, they were violently opposed to OSR and the people who used to use it (including Vincent Baker himself) continue to go to great lengths to destroy the OSR community and slander its members for being too right-wing.

 

[Jet Fuel Johnny]

Not merely the opposite, they were violently opposed to OSR and the people who used to use it (including Vincent Baker himself) continue to go to great lengths to destroy the OSR community and slander its members for being too right-wing.

If there's one thing that the people at RPGNet hate, it's people who actually play the games and have fun with other people.

 

[Borax Bozo]

But kids have friends, though. These speds are complete social rejects. Also I've never seen a kid refuse to play with someone because they voted for Trump.

If a child did somehow vote for Trump I think that would rightly raise a few questions

 

[gangweedfan]

how does board game geek compare to rpg net? is it just as shit? I never really interacted with the main forums when i was on there so my only complaint is that the redesign sucks

 

[anti SJW]

how does board game geek compare to rpg net? is it just as shit? I never really interacted with the main forums when i was on there so my only complaint is that the redesign sucks

I've never had an issue with anyone on the BGG fourms. But my posts have always been in specific games. I don't know if they have a general fourm or anything.

 

[Hugbox Kommissar]

I got bored in quarantine and some of these folks make it easy. Say hi, guys.

Username: Critias
Real name: Russell Ray Zimmerman
Age: 42
Address: 10062 Royal Ln Apt 123 Dallas TX 75238
Married to Felicia Zimmerman, no children. Operates Wordsmith Games LLC, writes tabletop game stories, mostly for Shadowrun.

Username: The Wyzard
Real name: Nathan M Easton
Age: 39
Telephone: (660) 273-9168
Address: 1201 S 12th St Bethany MO 64424
Practices law in Bethany MO, has six digits of student loan debt. Married to Elizabeth Townsend Easton, has one daughter.

Username: Dweller in Darkness
Real name: James P Roberts
Age: 43
Telephone: (603) 736-0247
Address: 1576 Dover Rd Apt 2 Epsom NH 03234
Originally from Burlington, Ontario. Married to Christy Yeaton Roberts, has two children.

Username: Seiberwing
Real name: Anna (Elliot) Besmann
Age: n/a
Telephone: 865-742-9262
Last known Address: 2805 N. Albany Ave Chicago, IL 60618
Has transitioned about three times, currently goes by Elliot. Frequently performs at Chicago storytelling festivals.

 

[Shaka Brah]

Username: Seiberwing
Real name: Anna (Elliot) Besmann
Age: n/a
Telephone: 865-742-9262
Last known Address: 2805 N. Albany Ave Chicago, IL 60618
Has transitioned about three times, currently goes by Elliot. Frequently performs at Chicago storytelling festivals.

Three times? How?