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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.

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.

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.

5/20/2004 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.

5/19/2004 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.

5/17/2004 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.

5/14/2004 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.

5/12/2004 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.

5/12/2004 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 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 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.

5/11/2004 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.

5/11/2004 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.

5/10/2004 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.

5/10/2004 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.

5/7/2004 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.

5/6/2004 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.

5/6/2004 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.

5/4/2004 timfire: Post-ICG Results thread!
[url=http://www.indie-rpgs.com/viewtopic.php?t=11060]The ICG results are in![/url] Congrats to Bill White, Hans Christian Andersen, Dev, and especially Jack Aidley. I'm going to have to go back and reread those entries now. Thanks…
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Participants: timfire, Zak Arntson, Ron Edwards.

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.

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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.

6/14/2004 Eero Tuovinen: Moderating question (split from Bad Taste)
[quote="Doctor Xero"] As to how I would deal with those postings which I find offensive . . . Well, I'll ask this to Ron Edwards or Clinton R. Nixon (or…
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Participants: Eero Tuovinen, Ron Edwards, Doctor Xero.

6/15/2004 hix: How do I ... do stuff?
Hi, I have a couple of coding questions that I couldn’t finding answers to by searching. I’d appreciate any help. 1) When I quote someone, how do I make the…
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Participants: hix, Christopher Weeks, jrs, ethan_greer, Mike Holmes, Rob Carriere.

6/18/2004 Lxndr: Subscribe to Forum?
You can be notified when a reply is posted to a given thread... but is there a way to do a similar thing for a whole forum? "Notify me whenever…
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Participants: Lxndr, Dev.

6/24/2004 Noon: Glossary and narr essay showing up wierd for me
The forge glossary and the nar essay are showing up as a bunch of junk characters to me right now. I looked at some other articles and they come up…
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Participants: Noon, Rob Carriere, xiombarg.

6/25/2004 jdrakeh: Oddly...
I just posted a thread relating to this in a different light over at RPGnet. See, I haven't witnessed any more negativity at The Forge over the last few years…
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Participants: jdrakeh, xiombarg, Ron Edwards, Bankuei, Mark Johnson, Walt Freitag, M. J. Young, Mike Holmes, Clay, Valamir, C. Edwards, Jack Spencer Jr, ADGBoss, Balbinus, Marco, greyorm, MR. Analytical.

6/29/2004 cognizantchance: Player-driven Moderation
OK, this is probably going to get me in trouble here too, but I do think it's interesting enough to mention. So there's an enormous thread over at RPG.net in…
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Participants: cognizantchance, MR. Analytical, Ron Edwards, Balbinus, greyorm, Henri.

6/29/2004 Piers Brown: 'Most Popular Games' on the Resource Page
So this is entirely trivial, but has anyone noticed that the Most Popular Games section hasn't changed in, oh, I don't know, a couple of years? Not that I'm blaming…
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Participants: Piers Brown, greyorm.

6/29/2004 M. J. Young: Congratulations to My Life with Master
Congratulations, Paul, for making the short list on the Diana Jones Award. --M. J. Young
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Participants: M. J. Young, C. Edwards, Paul Czege, Valamir, Andy Kitkowski, Mike Holmes, John Kim, Ron Edwards.

6/29/2004 hive: I liiiiiiiiiivvvvvvvvveeee...
After taking a two year recovery from a life illness i'm back in action. It's good to see the Forge still in action and in full-swing no less. BTW...does everyone…
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Participants: hive, greyorm, Matt, Ron Edwards, MarktheAnimator.

7/6/2004 Ron Edwards: Moderator talk & recent thread-lock
Hello, This thread refers to my closing of Playing with strict Karma, and subsequent locking. Michael, that was a sarcastic and vicious reply to my Actual Play thread-closure. It…
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Participants: Ron Edwards, RaconteurX, ErrathofKosh, ethan_greer, Ben Lehman, Bankuei.

7/6/2004 JamesDJIII: Thanks, Forge
Split from http://indie-rpgs.com/viewtopic.php?t=11810 ...was someone somewhere babbling something about the Forge being a bunch of niche navel gazers with no relevance to the hobby at large? I don't get…
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Participants: JamesDJIII, Andy Kitkowski, MR. Analytical.

7/10/2004 stardog: TRoS movement
I'm interested in discussing TRoS with someone who has played it. How does tactical movement in TRoS stack up against D&D? That was the biggest selling point for me on…
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Participants: stardog, C. Edwards.

7/15/2004 Chris Lekas: Question on Forge etiquette
I had a small question about Forge ettiquette (spelling there is not quite right, but it IS 5 in the morning). I would like to post a larger span of…
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Participants: Chris Lekas, Eero Tuovinen, Mike Holmes.

7/16/2004 Bob Bell: Forge Open-Source Rules Repository Idea
The Forge would be a great place to compile an encyclopedia of rules/ideas for RPG's. This is a huge undertaking suited to an open-source community effort and seems to fall…
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Participants: Bob Bell, greyorm, Dev, Ron Edwards, LordSmerf, John Kim.

7/23/2004 John Wick: I WANT ENEMY GODS ON THE BOOKSHELF!!!
Hi. It's me. I've been looking for Clinton for a while and he's dodging me. :) I'd like to put the ENEMY GODS PDF up on the Bookshelf. Can anybody…
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Participants: John Wick, Clinton R. Nixon.

7/26/2004 Vaxalon: Jargon
As some of you may be aware, I joined up here recently and started doing my best to contribute... and while I find the theory discussions mildly interesting, I have…
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Participants: Vaxalon, timfire, Christopher Weeks, Matt, Ron Edwards, John Kim, Valamir, Mark Johnson, M. J. Young, Mike Holmes, Jaik, Rob Carriere, xiombarg, ADGBoss.

7/27/2004 Clinton R. Nixon: The Forge Bookshelf and problems
I'm posting this here because I've gotten several e-mails recently about the Forge Bookshelf. Recently, the database that powers the Bookshelf crashed and all data was lost. My last backup,…
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Participants: Clinton R. Nixon, montag, clehrich, Thunder_God, Nathan P..

7/27/2004 Insect King: Disappearing Post...
Hey there, Moderating persons. I posted a new topic earlier today about an OGL-based rpg I was having to rewrite, and thus was asking for advice. It seems to have…
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Participants: Insect King, Ron Edwards, Mike Holmes, Alan.

8/1/2004 IdentityCrisis: lack of CRPG topics
New here. I'm very impressed with the forums, there seems to be an incredible amount of thought and work on RPG theory consolidated here. However, I note that it mostly…
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Participants: IdentityCrisis, Vaxalon, Jasper, Ron Edwards, Eero Tuovinen, LordSmerf, Andrew Morris, Andrew Martin, ADGBoss, timfire, Mike Holmes, M. J. Young.

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