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5/4/2004 Bankuei: Appropriate disapproval and troll-fu
Hi, What are some good guidelines for us non-moderator Forgies to express diapproval regarding politeness? Chris
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Participants: Bankuei, Mark Johnson, pete_darby, Jack Aidley, Walt Freitag, joshua neff, Christopher Kubasik, Ron Edwards, Dev, Clinton R. Nixon, John Kim, Matt Snyder, Hunter Logan, Shreyas Sampat, Roy.

4/30/2004 Crackerjacker: Iron Chef Results Today or Later?
So...arent the results of the Iron Chef supposed to be posted sometime today? I'm not rushing them, or trying to give anyone a hard time when they just haven't put…
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Participants: Crackerjacker, Mike Holmes, Emily Care, Jack Aidley.

4/30/2004 ethan_greer: Forge Hubris
So over in another thread, Chris Pramas wrote: And I think this comment typifies the self-congratulatory hubris I see at the Forge all the time. Some of you have found…
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Participants: ethan_greer, Jack Spencer Jr, Ron Edwards, Matt Snyder, talysman, Dav, xiombarg, Bankuei, cruciel, M. J. Young, John Kim, pete_darby, Pramas, mearls, Emiricol, greyorm.

4/29/2004 Valamir: Access Announcement
Well, it finally happened. They said it was coming and it finally caught up with me. The corporate net nanny just blocked indie-rpgs. They'd already blocked rpg.net a few months…
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Participants: Valamir, cruciel, joshua neff, talysman, Jürgen Mayer.

4/28/2004 Valamir: Welcome Christopher Hammock
Congratulations. You are member #3000! <insert balloons and confetti falling from the ceiling here> There is no prize, I'm afraid, but it seemed like too big a milestone to let…
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Participants: Valamir, Paganini, Christopher Kubasik, C. Edwards, Jeph, ethan_greer, clehrich, Bankuei.

4/22/2004 Amadeus: "Reply Problems"
For a while I've been noticing this problem, but its getting a little old. Whenever I try to click reply, even on open non locked threads, it just brings me…
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Participants: Amadeus, M. J. Young, montag, Trevis Martin.

4/19/2004 M. J. Young: Is a "closed" sticker a possible future feature?
I've often poured over posts on a thread for what feels a long time, and then come to the end to find that Ron or Clinton has closed it. Sometimes…
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Participants: M. J. Young, greyorm, Jack Aidley, Ron Edwards, Christopher Weeks, xiombarg, Shreyas Sampat, quozl, Jack Spencer Jr, Emily Care, Rob Carriere, orbsmatt.

4/18/2004 Lxndr: [Iron Games Past] Where are they now?
(I considered posting this in Connections, as it might be more appropriate there - but my gut told me IGD. Ron & Clinton, if this is the wrong forum, I…
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Participants: Lxndr, Simon W, greyorm, ethan_greer, talysman, Emily Care, Jonathan Walton, Mike Holmes, Valamir.

4/17/2004 Valamir: Record number of users
I find it interesting that the record number of simultaneous users reported at the bottom of the Main Page used to adjust every couple of months to a new level,…
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Participants: Valamir, Eero Tuovinen, Asrogoth, Emily Care.

4/17/2004 eyebeams: Indie or not?
Heya folks, I'm interested in posting about a game I'm designing, but I'm not sure it would be considered "Indie" by this board. Why? 1) I'm not publishing it. 2)…
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Participants: eyebeams, Matt, greyorm, Jack Spencer Jr, Ron Edwards.

4/14/2004 Prothall81: Username Troubles
Hello there; when I tried to register for the Forge previously, I had a little trouble with the registration email; that account has remained inactive to this day, and I'd…
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Participants: Prothall81, Shreyas Sampat, Steve Samson.

4/13/2004 ethan_greer: PDF articles
You know what would be cool? If the Forge articles were available both as HTML (as they appear now) and as downloadable, printer-friendly PDFs.
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Participants: ethan_greer, xiombarg.

4/12/2004 signoftheserpent: wargame design
I know this is an rpg design site, ostensibly, but do other types of design get a look in (such as the subject)? thanks
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Participants: signoftheserpent, Ron Edwards, Mike Holmes, quozl.

4/10/2004 komradebob: Making it newbie friendly
Hello all, Robert here... (anxious deep breath taken) IreallylikethissitebutIdon't thinksomeofitisverynewbiefriendly. OK. I said it. ( a little calmer now) Look, I've been reading posts here at the Forge for about…
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Participants: komradebob, clehrich, Simon W.

4/10/2004 cruciel: After Birthdays, There is Still Cake
I just wanted to say I was actually impressed by the content of the birthday forum this year. We hit some really emotional topics without dialog devolving into worthless 'I…
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Participants: cruciel, GreatWolf, clehrich, Bob McNamee.

4/10/2004 Asrogoth: Asrogoth's First Rant -- Edwardian Philology and RPG Design
My understanding was that this site was created to promote the GNS ramblings of Ron Edwards and to provide a forum for people to discuss the theories related to his…
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Participants: Asrogoth, Steve Samson, clehrich, Paganini, ethan_greer, Bankuei, Mike Holmes.

4/4/2004 Jeph: Will 24 Hour Games be making a return appearance?
The thread for the original started April 8th last year. It seems like it's about time for another batch, given Ron's 1/year qualifier. This coming week would be perfect for…
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Participants: Jeph, Ron Edwards, Seth L. Blumberg, Mike Holmes, philreed.

4/4/2004 Walt Freitag: Spammed
Everyone, there are one or more new threads in each forum started by Optix. Each has a subject line designed -- albeit crudely -- to sound relevant to that forum.…
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Participants: Walt Freitag, Valamir, Christopher Weeks, Ron Edwards.

4/3/2004 nataix: New RPG - PROTEUS
Welcome to the last bastion of humanity, where Earth is but a distant memory. This world is known as Ad Tair. Here humanity is but one of many species struggling…
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Participants: nataix, Ron Edwards.

3/30/2004 Malechi: downage?
Just curious but was the site down for the last errr 12 hours or so?
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Participants: Malechi, greyorm, orbsmatt, Clinton R. Nixon.

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5/6/2004 Crackerjacker: A Suggestion on Thread Closings
Rather than counting on people to pay attention and almost inviting people to either end up embarassed or defensive (which might lead to them getting in arguments that get them…
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Participants: Crackerjacker, Valamir, Christopher Kubasik, Eric J-D, Eero Tuovinen, greyorm, Walt Freitag, Paul Watson, Shreyas Sampat, Christopher Weeks, Ron Edwards, Dev, Mike Holmes.

5/6/2004 Bill_White: Communication Ethics of the Forge
The threads about Forge hubris and thread locking prompt me to observe that one way of thinking about "how we do things around here" is that it's driven by a…
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Participants: Bill_White, Ron Edwards.

5/7/2004 dragongrace: Spell Checker
I'm not sure if this topic has been broched as doing a search ont he terms pulls up numerous off topic posts but I have a suggestion, and that is…
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Participants: dragongrace, Shreyas Sampat, Silmenume, Jack Spencer Jr.

5/10/2004 xiombarg: Forge Hubris, Part II
Jason might get mad at me for calling attention to this, but as it's a public post "on the record", I'd like to point it out: http://www.livejournal.com/users/jasonlblair/98591.html Regardless of what…
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Participants: xiombarg, Dev, chadu, ethan_greer, clehrich, Valamir, Paka, Matt Wilson, Walt Freitag, John Harper, John Kim, Mark Johnson, joshua neff, Bankuei, Jason L Blair, greyorm, Mike Holmes, Sean, Dav, M. J. Young, Jack Aidley, Asrogoth.

5/10/2004 Asrogoth: What is WIKI!?!?!?!?
Sorry folks, but I can't figure this one out. What is a Wiki? I've been seeing this word for quite a while now and still have no clue. Thanks, -Kenny
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Participants: Asrogoth, Trevis Martin.

5/11/2004 Emily Care: Perceptions of Civility at the Forge
Hey everyone, Lots of sparks are flying 'round here. Ethan, I think, rightly called for the end of the second Hubris thread. Can we take a moment and instead of…
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Participants: Emily Care, Adam Dray, clehrich, cruciel, Dav, Ron Edwards, Walt Freitag, xiombarg, M. J. Young, matthijs, Jonathan Walton, greyorm, AnyaTheBlue, Valamir, Jack Spencer Jr, Hunter Logan, Asrogoth.

5/11/2004 Ron Edwards: Forge Glossary
Hello, Here's the state of things: the first draft has been finished for over a month. It's been awaiting formatting, and now that's hit a snag in terms of others'…
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Participants: Ron Edwards, ethan_greer, Sean, Mike Holmes, rafial, greyorm, Doyce, Bob McNamee, clehrich, Christopher Kubasik, Walt Freitag, pete_darby, Jonathan Walton, Ian Charvill, Garbanzo, Valamir, cruciel, Bankuei, Jack Spencer Jr, bcook1971.

5/12/2004 Adam Dray: Jargon and legacy
Chris Lehrich in this post listed ten reasons why people might use jargon. I wanted to add another (and that thread is closing). I think some people create new jargon…
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Participants: Adam Dray, clehrich, Rob Carriere, Asrogoth, Emily Care, AnyaTheBlue, Mike Holmes, M. J. Young, matthijs.

5/12/2004 John Kim: Opening Up Ideas
This is split off of Forge Hubris, Part II, as a number of people seemed concerned that constructive discussion should be separated from there. 1)…
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Participants: John Kim, Mike Holmes, ethan_greer, Hunter Logan, A.Neill, M. J. Young.

5/12/2004 xiombarg: scare quotes and "industry"
In a recent discussion my my Livejournal, one of the posters mentions something regarding "scare quotes" that I think is relevant to discourse here, as a sort of a footnote.…
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Participants: xiombarg, John Kim, greyorm, ethan_greer, Asrogoth, Ron Edwards, M. J. Young, Rob Carriere, Andrew Norris, Mike Holmes, GMSkarka, Sean, Jack Spencer Jr.

5/12/2004 Adam Dray: Forge pedagogy
In Jargon and legacy, Mike Holmes said: Ironically, I didn't have to learn most of this by "jumping in," I've been working on this suff since before there was a…
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Participants: Adam Dray, matthijs, Mike Holmes, greyorm, Valamir, Ron Edwards, Jack Spencer Jr, Emily Care, ethan_greer, Hunter Logan, John Kim, Andrew Norris.

5/14/2004 NeuroZombie: Moderators... Need to Check Member list
I just went to the memberlist to check out the websites of new members (By join date, descending) and found that many of the first page are links to porn…
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Participants: NeuroZombie, Matt, Ron Edwards, xiombarg, Walt Freitag, greyorm, Rob Carriere, Clinton R. Nixon, ethan_greer, abzu.

5/17/2004 Asrogoth: Hephestus Speaks for the 9,000th time...
Just a cool milestone.... Sometime today, maybe while I'm writing this message, Ron (who is at 8,999 posts) should reach the 9,000 post mark. What does this mean for the…
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Participants: Asrogoth, Rob Carriere.

5/19/2004 lumpley: It Could Be Worse
Cranky post by me: I remember a time, maybe a year and a half ago, when new people would come to the Forge, post in Indie Game Design, and ...…
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Participants: lumpley, Valamir, Andrew Norris, John Kim, Ron Edwards, greyorm, Brad Renfro, ethan_greer, Andrew Morris, Mike Holmes, M. J. Young, GMSkarka.

5/20/2004 matthijs: Consultation service?
As a newbie designer, there's one thing I've really wanted to see. It's a consultation service where I can send in a game, and one or more people will hack…
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Participants: matthijs, Mark Johnson, Ron Edwards, Roy, xiombarg.

5/20/2004 kwill: other site discussion: GO archives accessible
hi, today I stumbled into the new GO message board, where it looks like the archives of old posts have been restored... http://gamingoutpost.newmediaone.net/discussions/ the uri is not permanent, it seems…
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Participants: kwill, M. J. Young.

5/27/2004 Dev: Sell Me on ______! (don't we want these threads?)
There were moderationesqe issues here. Basically, the "Sell me on ..." and "What game should I play for ..." threads are frowned upon, or have a hard time fitting in.…
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Participants: Dev, Ron Edwards, Doyce, Andy Kitkowski, xiombarg, pete_darby, Paul Czege, Michael S. Miller, Bankuei, sirogit, daMoose_Neo, talysman, bcook1971.

6/1/2004 Moah: What forum to use for...
Hi, I'd like to know what forum to use to "update" (ie tweak significantly) a game? I saw the indie game forum had specific warning against these threads, so I…
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Participants: Moah, Ron Edwards.

6/3/2004 ethan_greer: "alot" is a disease
I've been noticing it more and more lately around here, and every time I do, it makes me want to stab my eyes. I feel certain that this grammatical lassitude…
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Participants: ethan_greer, Ben Lehman, pete_darby, Jack Spencer Jr, Ron Edwards.

6/4/2004 KingstonC: Board game question
Hi, I've just written an educational board game (I'm a student teacher), and I would like to get some feedback on it. I know that the forge is not the…
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Participants: KingstonC, ethan_greer.

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